# WA5 3RZ: area report for a postcode in Warrington

WA5 3RZ is a postcode in Warrington.

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 Warrington. Open the map at WA5 3RZ for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Warrington](https://openindex.co.uk/warrington) › [WA5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wa5) › [WA5 3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wa5-3)

## Around this postcode

- **14 crimes within 500 m**: August, down 36% on July. Warrington 009I: 62 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-2.6458,53.3963,WA53RZ
- **Sankey For Penketh, 530 m**: About 7 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-2.6458,53.3963,WA53RZ
- **1 school within 800 m**: Nearest is 540 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-2.6458,53.3963,WA53RZ
- **No property in WA5 3RZ 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=-2.6458,53.3963,WA53RZ
- **England’s least deprived 10%**: This neighbourhood, Warrington 009I. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-2.6458,53.3963,WA53RZ
- **£260,040 average price**: For the whole of Warrington, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-2.6458,53.3963,WA53RZ
- **1 GP practice within 1 km**: Nearest is 560 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-2.6458,53.3963,WA53RZ
- **2 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 420 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-2.6458,53.3963,WA53RZ
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at WA5 3RZ**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-2.6458,53.3963,WA53RZ
- **Low road and rail noise at WA5 3RZ**: Road 52 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-2.6458,53.3963,WA53RZ
- **Not in a radon Affected Area**: Under 1% 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=-2.6458,53.3963,WA53RZ
- **13.3 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-2.6458,53.3963,WA53RZ

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Chapelford Village Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/chapelford-village-primary-school-e145388) | Primary | 540 m (7 minutes on foot) | Report card, March 2026: safeguarding met | 85% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Great Sankey Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/great-sankey-primary-school-e144798) | Primary | 860 m (11 minutes on foot) | Report card, November 2025: safeguarding met | 78% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Park Road Community Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/park-road-community-primary-school-e145387) | Primary | 900 m (11 minutes on foot) | Report card, November 2025: safeguarding met | 81% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Penketh High School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/penketh-high-school-e145157) | Secondary | 920 m (11 minutes on foot) | Standards maintained, May 2025 | Attainment 8 of 47.7 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [St Joseph's Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-josephs-catholic-primary-school-e111373) | Primary | 1.1 km (14 minutes on foot) | Standards maintained, June 2025 | 77% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Great Sankey High School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/great-sankey-high-school-e139152) | Secondary | 1.1 km (14 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, March 2023 | Attainment 8 of 49.9 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Barrow Hall Community Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/barrow-hall-community-primary-school-e111234) | Primary | 1.1 km (14 minutes on foot) | Outstanding (overall), July 2023 | 79% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Sankey Valley St James Church of England Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/sankey-valley-st-james-church-of-england-primary-school-e133676) | Primary | 1.2 km (14 minutes on foot) | Report card, March 2026: safeguarding met | 75% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| January 2026 | £450,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 10 m |
| September 2025 | £420,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 80 m |
| March 2026 | £285,000 | Semi-detached, established, leasehold | 180 m |
| May 2023 | £245,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 200 m |
| July 2023 | £375,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 210 m |
| August 2024 | £321,500 | Terraced, established, leasehold | 210 m |
| April 2026 | £525,000 | Detached, established, leasehold | 220 m |
| December 2025 | £335,000 | Detached, established, leasehold | 230 m |

## Within 1 km

- Stations: Sankey For Penketh (530 m, 7 minutes on foot); Warrington West (580 m, 7 minutes on foot)
- GP practices: CHAPELFORD PRIMARY CARE CENTRE (560 m)
- Pharmacies: CHAPELFORD PHARMACY (460 m); ASTON PHARMACY (550 m)
- Supermarkets: Sainsburys Chapelford (420 m, Sainsburys); Co-op Hawthorne Avenue (490 m, The Co-operative Group)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £260,040** (July 2026). Warrington’s average house price was £260,040 in July 2026 (HM Land Registry). Up 5.4% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, July 2026. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Median full-time pay: £40,380** (2025). Full-time workers living in Warrington earned a median of £40,380 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). 131st highest paid of 348. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025. Published 23 October 2025.
- **House price to pay: 6.4×** (2025). A home in Warrington costs 6.4 times local full-time pay. Joint 123rd 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: 16.8** (2025). Warrington has a deprivation score of 16.8 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 121st least deprived of 296. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.

## Warrington 009I (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 2.9** (2025). Warrington 009I has a deprivation score of 2.9 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 916th least deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £353,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Warrington 009I was £353,000 in 2025. Joint 11,457th most expensive of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,595** (2021). Warrington 009I had 1,595 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 18,365th most 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: 97.6%** (January 2026). In Warrington 009I, 97.6% 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.

## WA5 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £250,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in WA5 was £250,000 in 2025. Joint 751st cheapest of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 62,044** (2021). WA5 had 62,044 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 82nd 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: 31%** (2022). About 31% of people in WA5 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: 96.8%** (January 2026). In WA5, 96.8% 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: [Warrington](https://openindex.co.uk/warrington)
- Centre: 53.3963, -2.6458

Council: [Warrington](https://openindex.co.uk/warrington) (Unitary authority, 100%).

## Your MP

- [Warrington South](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/warrington-south): Sarah Hall (Labour (Co-op)), 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=-2.6458,53.3963,WA53RZ

## How to cite

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