Property market
The five-year median is £465,000 from 2,441 recorded sales in WA16. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.
The latest UK House Price Index average for Cheshire East is £303,387 in June 2026, up 5.0% year on year.
WA16
UK postcode district
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 1,756
- Current units
- 1,191
- Coordinate coverage
- 99%
- Electoral wards
- 6
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- North West
- Local authority codes
- 2
- Terminated postcode units
- 565
Postcode sectors in WA16
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
15,112 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 9, Buckingham Drive, Knutsford, WA16 8LH | 24 July 2026 | £360,000 |
| 9, Lowe Drive, Knutsford, WA16 8DN | 20 July 2026 | £360,000 |
| 80, Westfield Drive, Knutsford, WA16 0BN | 20 July 2026 | £391,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 11
- Primary
- 8
- Secondary
- 1
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 1,229
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 478
- Public order 156
- Other theft 114
- Criminal damage and arson 96
- Anti social behaviour 89
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- WA16 usual residents
- 24,387
- Age-profile population
- 24,689
Age bands in WA16
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 16.4%
- 4,048 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 8.1%
- 2,006 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 20%
- 4,946 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 29.6%
- 7,297 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 25.9%
- 6,392 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 1,160 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, 911 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 615 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 10 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
KNUTSFORD MEDICAL PARTNERSHIP
MANCHESTER ROAD MED/CTR, 27-29 MANCHESTER ROAD, KNUTSFORD, WA16 0LY
ODS code N81049
Evidence in context
Schools
11 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
1,229 published events cover 12 months, averaging 102 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 478 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.