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LA4 5AX

Poulton · Lancaster · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward
Poulton
Local authority
Lancaster
Constituency
Morecambe and Lunesdale
Postcode district
LA4
Postcode sector
LA4 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
LA4 5EN 21 m
LA4 5LD 23 m
LA4 5HW 38 m
LA4 5EP 44 m
LA4 5JY 49 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
LA4 5AX
Status
Current
Introduced
1 March 2021
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
LA
Postcode district
LA4
Postcode sector
LA4 5
Latitude
54.071893
Longitude
-2.862981
British National Grid easting
343,626
British National Grid northing
464,339

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Lancaster · E07000121
Electoral ward
Poulton · E05014900
Parish or community
E04012009
Westminster constituency
Morecambe and Lunesdale · E14001372
Output area
E00127573
Lower layer super output area
Lancaster 006D · E01025139
Middle layer super output area
Lancaster 006 · E02005226

Postcode source versions

Explore LA4

Schools

Within 5 km of this postcode

View all nearby schools
Open schools
31
Primary
20
Secondary
4

  1. Morecambe Bay Community Primary School

    Community school

    150 m

  2. Poulton-le-Sands Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    424 m

  3. St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Morecambe

    Voluntary aided school

    662 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

View all nearby crime records
Published events
3,800
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,422
  • Anti social behaviour 641
  • Criminal damage and arson 411
  • Shoplifting 262
  • Other theft 218

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
2
1 female, 1 male
Postcode households
1
Residents per household
2.0
LA4 5 residents
8,760

Age bands in LA4 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
18.4%
1,669 residents
Age 15 to 24
11.6%
1,049 residents
Age 25 to 44
23.3%
2,115 residents
Age 45 to 64
25.3%
2,297 residents
Age 65 and over
21.4%
1,943 residents

This postcode contained 0% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider LA4 5 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+
75%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
50%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
50%
Gigabit-capable
50%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
75%
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, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

2

within 5 km straight-line

  • BAY MEDICAL GROUP

    HEYSHAM PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, MIDDLETON WAY, HEYSHAM, MORECAMBE, LA3 2LE

    ODS code Y01008

    3.9 km

  • QUEEN SQUARE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    2 QUEEN SQUARE, LANCASTER, LA1 1RP

    ODS code P81013

    5.0 km

Nearby transport

  • Euston Grove

    BCT · Morecambe

    68 m

  • Arndale Centre

    BCT · Morecambe

    93 m

  • Euston Road School

    BCT · Morecambe

    119 m

  • Euston Road School

    BCT · Morecambe

    126 m

  • Euston Road School

    BCT · Morecambe

    137 m

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Lancaster 006D, 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

155 of 33,755

Income
1 of 10
Employment
1 of 10
Education and skills
1 of 10
Health and disability
1 of 10
Crime
1 of 10
Housing and services
8 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
1
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

Schools

31 open schools are in scope, including 20 primary and 4 secondary schools. Morecambe Bay Community Primary School is the nearest published school at 150 m.

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

Recorded crime

3,800 published events cover 12 months, averaging 317 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,422 events.

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