LA5 9HT

Carnforth & Millhead · Lancaster · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Carnforth
Local authority
Lancaster
Postcode district
LA5
Postcode sector
LA5 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
LA5 9HR 29 m
LA5 9HU 63 m
LA5 9HS 93 m
LA5 9HN 111 m
LA5 9JT 111 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
LA5 9HT
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
LA
Postcode district
LA5
Postcode sector
LA5 9
Latitude
54.135846
Longitude
-2.773596
British National Grid easting
349,553
British National Grid northing
471,387

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Lancaster · E07000121
Parish or community
E04005209
Westminster constituency
Morecambe and Lunesdale · E14001372
Output area
E00127737
Lower layer super output area
Lancaster 001G · E01025169
Middle layer super output area
Lancaster 001 · E02005221

Postcode source versions

Explore LA5

3 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
4, Hazelmount Avenue, Carnforth, LA5 9HT 8 March 2019 £140,350
2, Hazelmount Avenue, Carnforth, LA5 9HT 11 April 2014 £145,000
4, Hazelmount Avenue, Carnforth, LA5 9HT 30 January 2014 £140,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
9
Primary
8
Secondary
1
  1. Carnforth Christ Church, Church of England, Voluntary Aided Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    978 m
  2. Carnforth Community Primary School

    Community school

    996 m
  3. Warton Archbishop Hutton's VC Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    1.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
411
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 176
  • Anti social behaviour 80
  • Other theft 36
  • Criminal damage and arson 35
  • Burglary 17

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
15

6 female, 9 male

Postcode households
6
Residents per household
2.5
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 0.2% 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 Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

1

within 5 km

  • ASH TREES SURGERY

    MARKET STREET, CARNFORTH, LA5 9JU

    ODS code P81029

    775 m

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • The Nib

    BCT · Millhead

    0.1 miles
  • The Nib

    BCT · Millhead

    0.1 miles
  • Carlisle Terrace

    BCT · Millhead

    0.1 miles
  • Carlisle Terrace

    BCT · Millhead

    0.1 miles
  • Midland Terrace

    BCT · Millhead

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Lancaster 001G, 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

8 of 10

Overall England rank

23,733 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
3 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

Schools

9 open schools are in scope, including 8 primary and 1 secondary schools. Carnforth Christ Church, Church of England, Voluntary Aided Primary School is the nearest published school at 978 m.

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

Recorded crime

411 published events cover 12 months, averaging 34.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 176 events.

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