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LA5 9AP

Carnforth & Millhead · Lancaster · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Carnforth
Ward
Carnforth & Millhead
Local authority
Lancaster
Constituency
Morecambe and Lunesdale
Postcode district
LA5
Postcode sector
LA5 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
LA5 9AU 36 m
LA5 9AR 122 m
LA5 9AX 135 m
LA5 9AW 152 m
LA5 9AY 187 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
LA5 9AP
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
LA
Postcode district
LA5
Postcode sector
LA5 9
Latitude
54.121732
Longitude
-2.765698
British National Grid easting
350,052
British National Grid northing
469,811

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Lancaster · E07000121
Electoral ward
Carnforth & Millhead · E05014889
Parish or community
E04005183
Westminster constituency
Morecambe and Lunesdale · E14001372
Output area
E00127378
Lower layer super output area
Lancaster 001C · E01025097
Middle layer super output area
Lancaster 001 · E02005221

Postcode source versions

Explore LA5

Property

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13 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
35, Dunkirk Avenue, Carnforth, LA5 9AP 13 December 2024 £163,000
53, Dunkirk Avenue, Carnforth, LA5 9AP 23 October 2024 £175,000
41, Dunkirk Avenue, Carnforth, LA5 9AP 5 May 2017 £130,500

Schools

Within 5 km of this postcode

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Open schools
10
Primary
9
Secondary
1

  1. Carnforth High School

    Academy converter

    571 m

  2. Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School, Carnforth

    Academy converter

    630 m

  3. Carnforth Community Primary School

    Community school

    657 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
404
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 172
  • Anti social behaviour 82
  • Other theft 33
  • Criminal damage and arson 33
  • Burglary 20

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
39
23 female, 16 male
Postcode households
16
Residents per household
2.4
LA5 9 residents
8,254

Age bands in LA5 9

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.2%
1,223 residents
Age 15 to 24
9%
720 residents
Age 25 to 44
21.4%
1,713 residents
Age 45 to 64
29.1%
2,331 residents
Age 65 and over
25.4%
2,035 residents

This postcode contained 0.5% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider LA5 9 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+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
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, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

1

within 5 km straight-line

  • ASH TREES SURGERY

    MARKET STREET, CARNFORTH, LA5 9JU

    ODS code P81029

    884 m

Nearby transport

  • Langdale Road

    BCT · Carnforth

    168 m

  • Coniston Road

    BCT · Carnforth

    173 m

  • Coniston Road

    BCT · Carnforth

    174 m

  • Windermere Road

    BCT · Carnforth

    306 m

  • Windermere Road

    BCT · Carnforth

    322 m

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Lancaster 001C, 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

3 of 10

Overall England rank

8,643 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
4 of 10
Education and skills
2 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
3 of 10
Housing and services
4 of 10
Living environment
5 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
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

Property market

The five-year median is £169,000 from 2 recorded sales in LA5 9AP. 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

10 open schools are in scope, including 9 primary and 1 secondary schools. Carnforth High School is the nearest published school at 571 m.

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

Recorded crime

404 published events cover 12 months, averaging 34 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 172 events.

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