L5 8SZ

Vauxhall · Liverpool · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Liverpool
Local authority
Liverpool
Constituency
Liverpool Riverside
Postcode district
L5
Postcode sector
L5 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
L5 2RU 36 m
L5 8SX 36 m
L5 8XT 72 m
L5 2QT 76 m
L5 8YB 84 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
L5 8SZ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
L
Postcode district
L5
Postcode sector
L5 8
Latitude
53.423085
Longitude
-2.983746
British National Grid easting
334,724
British National Grid northing
392,259

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Liverpool · E08000012
Electoral ward
Vauxhall · E05015330
Parish or community
E43000166
Westminster constituency
Liverpool Riverside · E14001338
Output area
E00034374
Lower layer super output area
Liverpool 022D · E01006779
Middle layer super output area
Liverpool 022 · E02001368

Postcode source versions

Explore L5

10 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
76, Hopwood Street, Liverpool, L5 8SZ 22 August 2025 £201,000
100, Hopwood Street, Liverpool, L5 8SZ 18 August 2023 £125,000
70, Hopwood Street, Liverpool, L5 8SZ 30 June 2023 £145,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
143
Primary
87
Secondary
19
  1. The Trinity Catholic Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    380 m
  2. Notre Dame Catholic Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    447 m
  3. Our Lady Immaculate Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    763 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
7,607
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 2,222
  • Drugs 1,369
  • Public order 790
  • Criminal damage and arson 588
  • Shoplifting 456

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
49

30 female, 19 male

Postcode households
21
Residents per household
2.3
L5 8 residents
1,257

Age bands in L5 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.9%

181 residents

Age 15 to 24
14.6%

166 residents

Age 25 to 44
25.2%

287 residents

Age 45 to 64
23.2%

264 residents

Age 65 and over
21.1%

240 residents

This postcode contained 3.9% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider L5 8 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

62

within 5 km straight-line

  • VAUXHALL HEALTH CENTRE

    LIMEKILN LANE, LIVERPOOL, L5 8XR

    ODS code N82115

    413 m

  • BOUSFIELD - ROBERTS

    BOUSFIELD SURGERY, WESTMINSTER ROAD, LIVERPOOL, L4 4PP

    ODS code N82078

    1.0 km

  • BOUSFIELD SURGERY - DR SHAH

    WESTMINSTER ROAD, LIVERPOOL, L4 4PP

    ODS code N82077

    1.0 km

  • STANLEY MEDICAL CENTRE

    BOUSFIELD HEALTH CENTRE, WESTMINISTER ROAD, LIVERPOOL, L4 4PP

    ODS code N82651

    1.0 km

  • GREAT HOMER STREET MEDICAL CENTRE

    MERE LANE N'HOOD HC, 49-51 MERE LANE, LIVERPOOL, L5 0QW

    ODS code N82669

    1.0 km

  • MERE LANE GROUP PRACTICE

    MERE LANE N'HOOD HC, MERE LANE, LIVERPOOL, L5 0QW

    ODS code N82099

    1.0 km

  • KIRKDALE MEDICAL CENTRE

    14 WALLER CLOSE, LIVERPOOL, L4 4QJ

    ODS code N82101

    1.3 km

  • BROWNLOW AT MARYBONE

    MARYBONE HEALTH CENTRE, UNIT 1, 2 VAUXHALL ROAD, LIVERPOOL, L3 2BG

    ODS code N82617

    1.3 km

  • ALBION SURGERY

    45 EVERTON ROAD, LIVERPOOL, L6 2EH

    ODS code N82095

    1.5 km

  • ISLINGTON HOUSE MEDICAL CENTRE

    45 EVERTON ROAD, LIVERPOOL, L6 2EH

    ODS code N82081

    1.5 km

  • BROWNLOW GROUP PRACTICE

    PRIMARY CARE RESOURCE CENTRE, 70 PEMBROKE PLACE, LIVERPOOL, L69 3GF

    ODS code N82117

    2.0 km

  • WESTMINSTER MEDICAL CENTRE

    ALDAMS GROVE, LIVERPOOL, L4 3TT

    ODS code N82049

    2.0 km

  • BENIM MEDICAL CENTRE

    2 PENVALLEY CRESCENT, LIVERPOOL, L6 3BY

    ODS code N82067

    2.4 km

  • FAIRFIELD MEDICAL CENTRE

    2A PENVALLEY CRESCENT, LIVERPOOL, L6 3BY

    ODS code N82113

    2.4 km

  • PRIORY MEDICAL CENTRE

    BELMONT GROVE, ANFIELD, LIVERPOOL, L6 4EW

    ODS code N82011

    2.5 km

  • BIGHAM ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE

    BIGHAM ROAD, LIVERPOOL, L6 6DW

    ODS code N82671

    2.7 km

  • ST. JAMES' HEALTH CENTRE

    29 GREAT GEORGE SQUARE, LIVERPOOL, L1 5DZ

    ODS code N82082

    2.8 km

  • BROWNLOW HEALTH AT KENSINGTON

    KENSINGTON N'HOOD HC, 157 EDGE LANE, LIVERPOOL, L7 2PF

    ODS code N82645

    2.8 km

  • ANFIELD GROUP PRACTICE

    TOWNSEND LANE N'HOOD H/C, 98 TOWNSEND LANE, ANFIELD, LIVERPOOL, L6 0BB

    ODS code N82103

    2.8 km

  • TOWNSEND MEDICAL CENTRE

    98 TOWNSEND LANE, ANFIELD, LIVERPOOL, L6 0BB

    ODS code N82052

    2.8 km

Showing 20 of 62 matching practices.

Nearby transport

  • Westmorland Place

    BCT · Kirkdale

    0.1 miles
  • Woodstock Street

    BCT · Kirkdale

    0.1 miles
  • Newsham Street

    BCT · Vauxhall

    0.1 miles
  • McKeown Close

    BCT · Kirkdale

    0.1 miles
  • Lyle Street

    BCT · Kirkdale

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Liverpool 022D, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

1 of 10

Overall England rank

465 of 33,755

Income
1 of 10
Employment
1 of 10
Education and skills
1 of 10
Health and disability
1 of 10
Crime
2 of 10
Housing and services
10 of 10
Living environment
6 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
0
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Property market

The five-year median is £140,000 from 4 recorded sales in L5 8SZ. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Liverpool is £185,307 in June 2026, up 7.2% year on year.

Schools

143 open schools are in scope, including 87 primary and 19 secondary schools. The Trinity Catholic Academy is the nearest published school at 380 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

7,607 published events cover 12 months, averaging 633.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 2,222 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.