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W4 5BU

Southfield · Ealing · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
London
Ward
Southfield
Local authority
Ealing
Constituency
Ealing Central and Acton
Postcode district
W4
Postcode sector
W4 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
W4 5BP 25 m
W4 5AE 31 m
W4 5BL 34 m
W4 5AF 63 m
W4 5BJ 69 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
W4 5BU
Status
Current
Introduced
1 July 2007
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
W
Postcode district
W4
Postcode sector
W4 5
Latitude
51.499126
Longitude
-0.266986
British National Grid easting
520,390
British National Grid northing
179,222

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
London · E12000007
Local authority district
Ealing · E09000009
Electoral ward
Southfield · E05013540
Parish or community
E43000199
Westminster constituency
Ealing Central and Acton · E14001207
Output area
E00006849
Lower layer super output area
Ealing 040A · E01001374
Middle layer super output area
Ealing 040 · E02006791

Postcode source versions

Explore W4

Property

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16 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Church Gate Court, Flat 1, Steele Road, London, W4 5BU 6 April 2016 £680,000
Church Gate Court, Flat 12, Steele Road, London, W4 5BU 23 June 2014 £550,000
Church Gate Court, Flat 7, Steele Road, London, W4 5BU 25 July 2013 £499,950

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
225
Primary
105
Secondary
29

  1. Acton Gardens Primary School

    Community school

    613 m

  2. Ark Priory Primary Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    637 m

  3. South Acton Childrens Centre

    Local authority nursery school

    690 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
7,683
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,807
  • Anti social behaviour 1,136
  • Vehicle crime 1,039
  • Shoplifting 834
  • Other theft 713

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
19

11 female, 8 male

Postcode households
13
Residents per household
1.5
W4 5 residents
10,192

Age bands in W4 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.6%

1,657 residents

Age 15 to 24
9%

904 residents

Age 25 to 44
38.5%

3,848 residents

Age 45 to 64
24.5%

2,449 residents

Age 65 and over
11.4%

1,135 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider W4 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+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
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

87

within 5 km

  • ACTON LANE MEDICAL CENTRE

    253 ACTON LANE, LONDON, W4 5DG

    ODS code E85687

    316 m

  • THE BEDFORD PARK SURGERY

    55 SOUTH PARADE, CHISWICK, LONDON, W4 5LH

    ODS code E85066

    479 m

  • CHISWICK FAMILY PRACTICE

    UNIT A, KELTON HOUSE, CORBET GARDENS, LONDON, W3 8TF

    ODS code E85130

    494 m

  • GP SURGERY @ ACTON GARDENS

    UNIT A, KELTON HOUSE, CORBET GARDENS, LONDON, W3 8TF

    ODS code E85075

    494 m

  • CHISWICK HEALTH PRACTICE

    FISHERS LANE, LONDON, W4 1RX

    ODS code E85030

    792 m

  • WEST4 GPS

    CHISWICK HEALTH CENTRE, FISHERS LANE, LONDON, W4 1RX

    ODS code E85040

    792 m

  • THE ACTON HEALTH CENTRE

    35-61 CHURCH ROAD, ACTON, LONDON, W3 8QE

    ODS code E85109

    819 m

  • HOLLY ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE

    2A HOLLY ROAD, CHISWICK, LONDON, W4 1NU

    ODS code E85658

    842 m

  • THE MILL HILL SURGERY

    111 AVENUE ROAD, ACTON, LONDON, W3 8QH

    ODS code E85107

    848 m

  • CROWN STREET SURGERY

    2 LOMBARD COURT, CROWN STREET, ACTON, LONDON, W3 8SA

    ODS code E85019

    1.0 km

  • HILLCREST SURGERY

    GROUND FLOOR, 23-31 KING STREET, LONDON, W3 9LA

    ODS code E85028

    1.1 km

  • THE CHURCHFIELD ROAD SURGERY

    64 CHURCHFIELD ROAD, ACTON, LONDON, W3 6DL

    ODS code E85640

    1.1 km

  • GLEBE STREET SURGERY

    1 GLEBE STREET, CHISWICK, LONDON, W4 2BD

    ODS code E85683

    1.1 km

  • THE VALE SURGERY

    97 THE VALE, ACTON, LONDON, W3 7RG

    ODS code E85635

    1.3 km

  • GROVE PARK TERRACE SURGERY

    25 GROVE PARK TERRACE, CHISWICK, LONDON, W4 3JL

    ODS code E85746

    1.7 km

  • PARK MEDICAL CENTRE

    INVER COURT, INVERMEAD CLOSE, HAMMERSMITH, LONDON, W6 0QG

    ODS code E85636

    1.7 km

  • THE HORN LANE SURGERY

    156 HORN LANE, ACTON, LONDON, W3 6PH

    ODS code E85677

    1.7 km

  • ASHCHURCH SURGERY

    134 ASKEW ROAD, SHEPHERDS BUSH, LONDON, W12 9BP

    ODS code E85032

    1.7 km

  • THE MEDICAL CENTRE, DR KUKAR

    13 OLLGAR CLOSE, LONDON, W12 0NF

    ODS code E85748

    1.8 km

  • CHISWICK MEDICAL PRACTICE

    95 BURLINGTON LANE, CHISWICK, LONDON, W4 3ET

    ODS code E85693

    2.0 km

Showing 20 of 87 matching practices.

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

  • South Acton Rail Station

    RLY · South Acton

    0.1 miles

  • South Acton Station

    RSE · South Acton

    0.1 miles

  • South Acton Station

    RSE · South Acton

    0.2 miles

  • Newton Avenue

    BCT · South Acton

    0.2 miles

  • Acton Green

    BCT · Acton Green

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Ealing 040A, 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

24,304 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
3 of 10
Living environment
3 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

225 open schools are in scope, including 105 primary and 29 secondary schools. Acton Gardens Primary School is the nearest published school at 613 m.

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

Recorded crime

7,683 published events cover 12 months, averaging 640.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,807 events.

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