Property market
The five-year median is £240,000 from 5,056 recorded sales in WA5. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.
The latest UK House Price Index average for Warrington is £259,398 in June 2026, up 6.5% year on year.
WA5
UK postcode district
Part of Warrington
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 2,099
- Current units
- 1,320
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 9
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- North West
- Local authority codes
- 2
- Terminated postcode units
- 779
Postcode sectors in WA5
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
33,915 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 8, Kintore Drive, Great Sankey, Warrington, WA5 3PF | 24 July 2026 | £277,250 |
| 2, Banbury Drive, Great Sankey, Warrington, WA5 1HW | 24 July 2026 | £265,000 |
| 68, Winchester Avenue, Great Sankey, Warrington, WA5 1XX | 24 July 2026 | £250,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 24
- Primary
- 20
- Secondary
- 3
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 3,536
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,688
- Public order 357
- Anti social behaviour 256
- Shoplifting 248
- Other theft 243
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- WA5 usual residents
- 62,678
- Age-profile population
- 62,678
Age bands in WA5
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 17.8%
- 11,141 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.3%
- 6,470 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 26.5%
- 16,582 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 27.8%
- 17,420 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 17.7%
- 11,065 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 1,304 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, 1,244 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 1,148 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 5 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
5
in this district
CHAPELFORD PRIMARY CARE CENTRE
SANTA ROSA BOULEVARD, GREAT SANKEY, WARRINGTON, WA5 3AL
ODS code Y04925
FOLLY LANE MEDICAL CENTRE
FOLLY LANE, BEWSEY, WARRINGTON, WA5 0LU
ODS code N81056
GUARDIAN STREET MED/CTR
GUARDIAN STREET, WARRINGTON, WA5 1UD
ODS code N81012
PENKETH HEALTH CENTRE
HONITON WAY, PENKETH, WARRINGTON, WA5 2EY
ODS code N81020
WESTBROOK MEDICAL CENTRE
301-302 WESTBROOK CENTRE, WESTBROOK, WARRINGTON, WA5 8UF
ODS code N81122
Evidence in context
Schools
24 open schools are in scope, including 20 primary and 3 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
3,536 published events cover 12 months, averaging 295 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,688 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.