# WA11 9PJ: area report for a postcode in St. Helens

WA11 9PJ is a postcode in St. Helens.

A postcode has no figures of its own: each layer is published for whole councils, neighbourhoods or exact points. The figures below are for the whole of St. Helens. Open the map at WA11 9PJ for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [St. Helens](https://openindex.co.uk/st-helens) › [WA11](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wa11) › [WA11 9](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wa11-9)

## Around this postcode

- **5 crimes within 500 m**: August, down 17% on July. St. Helens 004F: 40 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-2.7269,53.4644,WA119PJ
- **St Helens Central, 1.3 km**: About 16 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-2.7269,53.4644,WA119PJ
- **1 school within 800 m**: Nearest is 650 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-2.7269,53.4644,WA119PJ
- **No property in WA11 9PJ listed at risk of flooding**: From rivers or the sea, with flood defences, in the Environment Agency's assessment. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/flood-risk-by-postcode?around=-2.7269,53.4644,WA119PJ
- **England’s most deprived 30%**: This neighbourhood, St. Helens 004F. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-2.7269,53.4644,WA119PJ
- **£185,154 average price**: For the whole of St. Helens, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-2.7269,53.4644,WA119PJ
- **No GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 1.1 km away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-2.7269,53.4644,WA119PJ
- **1 supermarket within 1 km**: Nearest is 370 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-2.7269,53.4644,WA119PJ
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at WA11 9PJ**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-2.7269,53.4644,WA119PJ
- **Moderate road and rail noise at WA11 9PJ**: Road 48 dB, rail 58 dB (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-2.7269,53.4644,WA119PJ
- **In a radon Affected Area, class 5 of 6**: 10% to 30% of homes in this 1 km square are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon?around=-2.7269,53.4644,WA119PJ
- **14.6 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-2.7269,53.4644,WA119PJ

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [St Peter and St Paul Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-peter-and-st-paul-catholic-primary-school-e104810) | Primary | 650 m (8 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, October 2024: no overall grade | 61% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Parish Church of England Primary School, St Helens](https://openindex.co.uk/school/parish-church-of-england-primary-school-st-helens-e145458) | Primary | 880 m (11 minutes on foot) | Report card, March 2026: safeguarding met | 63% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [This Is My Education - TIME](https://openindex.co.uk/school/this-is-my-education-time-e148758) | Special | 950 m (12 minutes on foot) | No outcome in Ofsted's file | – |
| [Holy Cross Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/holy-cross-catholic-primary-school-e104804) | Primary | 1 km (13 minutes on foot) | Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met | 44% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Merton Bank Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/merton-bank-primary-school-e104784) | Primary | 1 km (13 minutes on foot) | Requires improvement (overall), May 2024 | 28% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Launchpad Centre](https://openindex.co.uk/school/launchpad-centre-e132033) | Pupil referral and alternative provision | 1.1 km (13 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, June 2022 | – |
| [Ashurst Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/ashurst-primary-school-e104771) | Primary | 1.2 km (15 minutes on foot) | Report card, May 2026: safeguarding met | 57% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [St. Mary's Blackbrook Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-marys-blackbrook-catholic-primary-school-e104802) | Primary | 1.4 km (17 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), March 2023 | 53% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| May 2026 | £175,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 10 m |
| July 2024 | £147,500 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 70 m |
| August 2026 | £195,000 | Semi-detached, established, leasehold | 110 m |
| May 2025 | £155,000 | Semi-detached, established, leasehold | 160 m |
| February 2025 | £183,500 | Terraced, established, leasehold | 160 m |
| February 2026 | £108,900 | Terraced, established, leasehold | 170 m |
| March 2023 | £280,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 200 m |
| October 2025 | £250,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 230 m |

## Within 1 km

- Supermarkets: Spar - Platinum - Haresfinch (370 m, Spar)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £185,154** (July 2026). St. Helens’s average house price was £185,154 in July 2026 (HM Land Registry). Up 7.3% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, July 2026. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Median full-time pay: £37,306** (2025). Full-time workers living in St. Helens earned a median of £37,306 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). 136th lowest paid of 348. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025. Published 23 October 2025.
- **House price to pay: 5.0×** (2025). A home in St. Helens costs 5.0 times local full-time pay. Joint 43rd most affordable of 348. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UK House Price Index and the ONS earnings survey. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Deprivation score: 29.0** (2025). St. Helens has a deprivation score of 29.0 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). 46th most deprived of 296. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.

## St. Helens 004F (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 27.9** (2025). St. Helens 004F has a deprivation score of 27.9 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 9,332nd most deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £149,975** (2025). The median price paid for a home in St. Helens 004F was £149,975 in 2025. Joint 2,379th cheapest of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,423** (2021). St. Helens 004F had 1,423 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 19,254th least populated of 46,844. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 99.7%** (January 2026). In St. Helens 004F, 99.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## WA11 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £185,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in WA11 was £185,000 in 2025. Joint 278th cheapest of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 39,991** (2021). WA11 had 39,991 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 457th most populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 80%** (2022). About 80% of people in WA11 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 96.2%** (January 2026). In WA11, 96.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode
- Council: [St. Helens](https://openindex.co.uk/st-helens)
- Centre: 53.4644, -2.7269

Council: [St. Helens](https://openindex.co.uk/st-helens) (Metropolitan borough, 100%).

## Your MP

- [St Helens North](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/st-helens-north): David Baines (Labour), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Sources

- [Street-level crime](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/street-crime), August 2026 (Map point)
- [Rail and Tube stations](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/stations), 2024/25 (Exact point)
- [Schools](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools) (Exact point)
- [Flood risk by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/flood-risk-by-postcode), June 2026 (Postcode)
- [English Indices of Deprivation 2025](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/deprivation-england), 2025 (Neighbourhood)
- [Average house price](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/house-prices), July 2026 (Council)
- [GP practices](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/gp-practices) (Postcode)
- [Supermarkets](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/supermarkets) (Exact point)
- [Broadband by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/broadband-by-postcode), January 2026 (Postcode)
- [Road and rail noise by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/noise-by-postcode), 2021 (Postcode)
- [Radon potential](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/radon) (1 km grid)
- [Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/nitrogen-dioxide), 2025 (1 km grid)

On the map: https://openindex.co.uk/map/sold-prices?around=-2.7269,53.4644,WA119PJ

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