Property market
The five-year median is £170,000 from 2,685 recorded sales in WA11. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.
The latest UK House Price Index average for St Helens is £186,435 in June 2026, up 11.1% year on year.
WA11
UK postcode district
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 1,227
- Current units
- 1,031
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 10
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- North West
- Local authority codes
- 2
- Terminated postcode units
- 196
Postcode sectors in WA11
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
16,389 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 36, Windermere Drive, Rainford, St Helens, WA11 7LD | 24 July 2026 | £265,000 |
| 1, Cartwright Court, Rainford, St Helens, WA11 8GB | 23 July 2026 | £205,000 |
| 9, Litherland Crescent, St Helens, WA11 9AJ | 16 July 2026 | £120,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 15
- Primary
- 11
- Secondary
- 3
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 2,746
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,270
- Criminal damage and arson 238
- Public order 236
- Anti social behaviour 186
- Other theft 184
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- WA11 usual residents
- 39,986
- Age-profile population
- 39,358
Age bands in WA11
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 15.3%
- Age 15 to 24
- 9.5%
- Age 25 to 44
- 21.9%
- Age 45 to 64
- 28.5%
- Age 65 and over
- 24.8%
6,024 residents
3,732 residents
8,616 residents
11,207 residents
9,779 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 1,020 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%
919 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 840 had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, and 4 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 Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
4
in this district
KENNETH MACRAE MED CENTRE
32 CHURCH ROAD, RAINFORD, ST. HELENS, WA11 8HJ
ODS code N83049
MODALITY ST HELENS
WOODSIDE HEALTHCARE CENTRE, WOODSIDE ROAD, HAYDOCK, ST. HELENS, WA11 0NA
ODS code N83020
RAINFORD HEALTH CENTRE
17 HIGHER LANE, RAINFORD, ST HELENS, WA11 8AZ
ODS code N83041
WINDERMERE MEDICAL CENTRE
WINDERMERE AVENUE, ST. HELENS, WA11 7AF
ODS code N83620
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.
Evidence in context
Schools
15 open schools are in scope, including 11 primary and 3 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
2,746 published events cover 12 months, averaging 228.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,270 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.