LA4 5ER

Poulton · Lancaster · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward
Poulton
Local authority
Lancaster
Postcode district
LA4
Postcode sector
LA4 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
LA4 5EP 8 m
LA4 5EN 28 m
LA4 5AY 31 m
LA4 5ES 38 m
LA4 5AX 46 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
LA4 5ER
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 January 2001
Postcode area
LA
Postcode district
LA4
Postcode sector
LA4 5
Latitude
54.072193
Longitude
-2.862498
British National Grid easting
343,658
British National Grid northing
464,372

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 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
31
Primary
20
Secondary
4
  1. Morecambe Bay Community Primary School

    Community school

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

    Voluntary aided school

    378 m
  3. St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Morecambe

    Voluntary aided school

    623 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
3,743
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,388
  • Anti social behaviour 635
  • Criminal damage and arson 399
  • Shoplifting 262
  • Other theft 219

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
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

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.

GP practices

2

within 5 km straight-line

  • BAY MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code Y01008

    4.0 km

  • QUEEN SQUARE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    2 QUEEN SQUARE, LANCASTER, LA1 1RP

    ODS code P81013

    5.0 km

Nearby transport

  • Euston Road School

    BCT · Morecambe

    0.1 miles
  • Euston Grove

    BCT · Morecambe

    0.1 miles
  • Euston Road School

    BCT · Morecambe

    0.1 miles
  • Euston Road School

    BCT · Morecambe

    0.1 miles
  • Arndale Centre

    BCT · Morecambe

    0.1 miles

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.

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 115 m.

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

Recorded crime

3,743 published events cover 12 months, averaging 311.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,388 events.

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