Property market
The five-year median is £245,000 from 1,579 recorded sales in LA5. 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.
LA5
UK postcode district
Part of Carnforth
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 734
- Current units
- 587
- Coordinate coverage
- 99%
- Electoral wards
- 7
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- North West
- Local authority codes
- 2
- Terminated postcode units
- 147
Postcode sectors in LA5
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
10,750 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Keepers Cottage, 1, Keepers Green, Silverdale, Carnforth, LA5 0SP | 17 July 2026 | £320,000 |
| 17, Whernside Grove, Carnforth, LA5 9XH | 17 July 2026 | £390,000 |
| Station Buildings, 2, Warton Road, Carnforth, LA5 9BS | 16 July 2026 | £80,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 10
- Primary
- 8
- Secondary
- 1
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 735
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 318
- Anti social behaviour 129
- Criminal damage and arson 62
- Other theft 57
- Burglary 41
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- LA5 usual residents
- 16,243
- Age-profile population
- 16,008
Age bands in LA5
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 13.2%
- 2,120 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 8.4%
- 1,349 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 17.9%
- 2,871 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 29.6%
- 4,731 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 30.8%
- 4,937 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.
Fixed broadband coverage
The median Ofcom availability percentage across 572 current postcode units in this district. Each postcode is weighted equally, not by premises.
- 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%
In this district, 531 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 472 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 0 postcode units had at least some premises without decent fixed or fixed-wireless access.
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
1
in this district
ASH TREES SURGERY
MARKET STREET, CARNFORTH, LA5 9JU
ODS code P81029
Evidence in context
Schools
10 open schools are in scope, including 8 primary and 1 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
735 published events cover 12 months, averaging 61 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 318 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.