LA2 9RS

Lower Lune Valley · Lancaster · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Lancaster
Local authority
Lancaster
Postcode district
LA2
Postcode sector
LA2 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
LA2 9HY 53 m
LA2 9FB 81 m
LA2 9HX 176 m
LA2 9QH 227 m
LA2 9QQ 228 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
LA2 9RS
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
LA
Postcode district
LA2
Postcode sector
LA2 9
Latitude
54.077409
Longitude
-2.724332
British National Grid easting
352,705
British National Grid northing
464,851

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Lancaster · E07000121
Parish or community
E04005184
Westminster constituency
Morecambe and Lunesdale · E14001372
Output area
E00127550
Lower layer super output area
Lancaster 005D · E01025133
Middle layer super output area
Lancaster 005 · E02005225

Postcode source versions

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Property

At this postcode

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6 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
2, Mill Acre Court, Caton, Lancaster, LA2 9RS 18 December 2025 £260,000
3, Mill Acre Court, Caton, Lancaster, LA2 9RS 6 December 2024 £90,000
4, Mill Acre Court, Caton, Lancaster, LA2 9RS 21 January 2016 £240,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
8
Primary
7
Secondary
1
  1. Caton Primary School

    Community school

    948 m
  2. Caton St Paul's Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    1.6 km
  3. St Wilfrid's Cof E Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    2.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
111
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 45
  • Anti social behaviour 23
  • Criminal damage and arson 16
  • Burglary 9
  • Other theft 5

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
6

0 female, 6 male

Postcode households
4
Residents per household
1.5
LA2 9 residents
4,444

Age bands in LA2 9

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15%

635 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.2%

389 residents

Age 25 to 44
19.8%

841 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.5%

1,210 residents

Age 65 and over
27.5%

1,165 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider LA2 9 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

How to read these estimates
The standard postcode headcounts and the commissioned age table are separate ONS outputs. Small counts are disclosure-controlled, and totals can differ slightly between tables. Coverage is England and Wales only.

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%
Coverage is a modelled postcode-level snapshot, not a speed test or a guarantee for a named property. Check availability with providers before making a decision. Ofcom does not publish postcode-level full-fibre coverage in this release for commercial-confidentiality reasons.

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

Nearby transport

  • Quernmore Road

    BCT · Caton

    0.1 miles
  • Quernmore Road

    BCT · Caton

    0.1 miles
  • Hall Drive

    BCT · Caton

    0.2 miles
  • Station Hotel

    BCT · Caton

    0.3 miles
  • Station Hotel

    BCT · Caton

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Lancaster 005D, 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

9 of 10

Overall England rank

28,700 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
3 of 10
Living environment
8 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
4
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

A factual reading of the data in this report's scope. It is not a location score or a recommendation.

Property market

Recorded sales

The five-year median is £175,000 from 2 recorded sales in LA2 9RS. 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

Published establishments

8 open schools are in scope, including 7 primary and 1 secondary schools. Caton Primary School is the nearest published school at 948 m.

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

Recorded crime

Published police records

111 published events cover 12 months, averaging 9.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 45 events.

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