LA1 3EQ

John O'Gaunt · Lancaster · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Lancaster
Local authority
Lancaster
Constituency
Lancaster and Wyre
Postcode district
LA1
Postcode sector
LA1 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
LA1 4XT 70 m
LA1 1AG 92 m
LA1 1AF 99 m
LA1 3SE 99 m
LA1 3SF 99 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
LA1 3EQ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 February 1990
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
LA
Postcode district
LA1
Postcode sector
LA1 3
Latitude
54.046546
Longitude
-2.795193
British National Grid easting
348,030
British National Grid northing
461,467

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Lancaster · E07000121
Parish or community
E43000253
Westminster constituency
Lancaster and Wyre · E14001318
Output area
E00127515
Lower layer super output area
Lancaster 015B · E01025128
Middle layer super output area
Lancaster 015 · E02005235

Postcode source versions

Explore LA1

39 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
17, Swan Yard, Lancaster, LA1 3EQ 2 May 2025 £119,500
4, Swan Yard, Lancaster, LA1 3EQ 18 October 2024 £130,000
5, Swan Yard, Lancaster, LA1 3EQ 3 December 2021 £127,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
37
Primary
21
Secondary
6
  1. The Cathedral Catholic Primary School, Lancaster

    Voluntary aided school

    151 m
  2. Lancaster Royal Grammar School

    Academy converter

    340 m
  3. Lancaster Girls' Grammar School

    Academy converter

    540 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
3,947
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,357
  • Anti social behaviour 743
  • Shoplifting 328
  • Criminal damage and arson 319
  • Public order 294

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
24

14 female, 10 male

Postcode households
20
Residents per household
1.2
LA1 3 residents
12,328

Age bands in LA1 3

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.4%

1,844 residents

Age 15 to 24
22%

2,629 residents

Age 25 to 44
30%

3,597 residents

Age 45 to 64
21.6%

2,586 residents

Age 65 and over
11%

1,320 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider LA1 3 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+
81%
Gigabit-capable
0%
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

2

within 5 km straight-line

  • LANCASTER MEDICAL PRACTICE

    8 DALTON SQUARE, LANCASTER, LA1 1PN

    ODS code P81002

    176 m

  • QUEEN SQUARE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    2 QUEEN SQUARE, LANCASTER, LA1 1RP

    ODS code P81013

    381 m

Nearby transport

  • Swan Yard

    BCT · Moorlands

    0.0 miles
  • Swan Yard

    BCT · Moorlands

    0.0 miles
  • Robert Street

    BCT · Lancaster City Centre

    0.1 miles
  • St Peters Mews

    BCT · Freehold

    0.1 miles
  • Robert Street

    BCT · Lancaster City Centre

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Lancaster 015B, 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

5 of 10

Overall England rank

14,687 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
9 of 10
Living environment
1 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
6
Low risk addresses
6
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 £123,250 from 4 recorded sales in LA1 3EQ. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Lancaster is £199,762 in June 2026, up 4.9% year on year.

Schools

37 open schools are in scope, including 21 primary and 6 secondary schools. The Cathedral Catholic Primary School, Lancaster is the nearest published school at 151 m.

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

Recorded crime

3,947 published events cover 12 months, averaging 328.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,357 events.

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