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St Matthew's

Middle area

South Preston. 9,876 people in 1.2 square kilometres.

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Gigabit coverage by ward

Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026

Under 60%98% or more

There is no gigabit broadband coverage figure for St Matthew's’s wards yet.

Median sale price
£109,500
90th lowest of 7,259
Worked out by Open Index
Population
8,984
2,131st highest of 9,448
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
Gigabit broadband coverage
99.4%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
9.3%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How St Matthew's compares

Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.

St Matthew'sMiddle
Median sale price17 middle areas, Preston · 2025
Median sale price: every middle area in Preston17 areas from £109,500 to £315,500. The middle area is £161,000. St Matthew's is £109,500.
£109,500lowest
Population17 middle areas, Preston · 2021
Population: every middle area in Preston17 areas from 5,775 to 12,439. The middle area is 8,984. St Matthew's is 8,984.
8,9849th highest
Gigabit broadband coverage17 middle areas, Preston · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every middle area in Preston17 areas from 80.0% to 99.9%. The middle area is 96.5%. St Matthew's is 99.4%.
99.4%3rd highest
Claimant rate17 middle areas, Preston · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every middle area in Preston17 areas from 1.8% to 9.3%. The middle area is 5.0%. St Matthew's is 9.3%.
9.3%highest

Figures for the whole of Preston

These figures are published for the whole of Preston, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Preston and not St Matthew's alone. See Preston

Average house price
£188,629
Up 7.3% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£37,214
131st lowest of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
5.1×
47th most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
28.8
48th most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
St Matthew's in brief

The median price paid for a home in St Matthew's was £109,500 in 2025.

St Matthew's had 8,984 usual residents at the census.

In St Matthew's, 99.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In St Matthew's, 9.3% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.