Property market
The five-year median is £354,995 from 9 recorded sales in WA9 5YS. 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.
WA9 5YS
Thatto Heath · St. Helens · England
Updated September 2026
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- Post town
- St Helens
- Ward
- Thatto Heath
- Local authority
- St. Helens
- Constituency
- St Helens South and Whiston
- Postcode district
- WA9
- Postcode sector
- WA9 5
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- WA9 5YS
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 August 2025
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- WA
- Postcode district
- WA9
- Postcode sector
- WA9 5
- Latitude
- 53.430537
- Longitude
- -2.740994
- British National Grid easting
- 350,864
- British National Grid northing
- 392,893
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- North West · E12000002
- Local authority district
- St. Helens · E08000013
- Electoral ward
- Thatto Heath · E05014135
- Parish or community
- E43000300
- Westminster constituency
- St Helens South and Whiston · E14001510
- Output area
- E00035035
- Lower layer super output area
- St. Helens 024E · E01006912
- Middle layer super output area
- St. Helens 024 · E02006935
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore WA9
Property
9 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 9, Swaine Close, St Helens, WA9 5YS | 26 September 2025 | £304,995 |
| 7, Swaine Close, St Helens, WA9 5YS | 8 September 2025 | £369,995 |
| 2, Swaine Close, St Helens, WA9 5YS | 26 August 2025 | £299,995 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 63
- Primary
- 45
- Secondary
- 8
- 560 m
St John Vianney Catholic Primary School
Voluntary aided school
- 762 m
The Sutton Academy
Academy sponsor led
- 1.1 km
Thatto Heath Community Primary School
Community school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,453
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 624
- Drugs 133
- Public order 128
- Criminal damage and arson 124
- Anti social behaviour 110
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- WA9 5 residents
- 13,201
Age bands in WA9 5
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 18.7%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.9%
- Age 25 to 44
- 26.1%
- Age 45 to 64
- 27%
- Age 65 and over
- 17.2%
2,543 residents
1,481 residents
3,543 residents
3,661 residents
2,337 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
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
23
within 5 km straight-line
THE BOWERY MEDICAL CENTRE
ELEPHANT LANE, ST. HELENS, WA9 5PR
ODS code N83050
1.3 km
THE SPINNEY MEDICAL CTR.
WHITTLE STREET, ST. HELENS, WA10 3EB
ODS code N83035
1.7 km
FOUR ACRE HEALTH CENTRE
BURNAGE AVENUE, CLOCK FACE, ST. HELENS, WA9 4QB
ODS code N83021
1.7 km
MARSHALLS CROSS MEDICAL CENTRE
ST. HELENS HOSPITAL, MARSHALLS CROSS ROAD, ST. HELENS, WA9 3DA
ODS code Y02510
1.8 km
RAINHILL VILLAGE SURGERY
529 WARRINGTON ROAD, RAINHILL, PRESCOT, L35 4LP
ODS code N83010
2.2 km
RAINBOW MEDICAL CENTRE
333 ROBINS LANE, SUTTON, ST. HELENS, WA9 3PN
ODS code N83001
2.4 km
LONGTON MEDICAL CENTRE
451 WARRINGTON ROAD, RAINHILL, PRESCOT, L35 4LL
ODS code N83053
2.4 km
HALL STREET MEDICAL CENTRE
28-30 HALL STREET, ST HELENS, WA10 1DW
ODS code N83017
2.5 km
BETHANY MEDICAL CENTRE
151 GRAFTON STREET, ST. HELENS, WA10 4GW
ODS code N83054
2.8 km
ATLAS MEDICAL PRACTICE
ATLAS STREET, ST. HELENS, WA9 1LN
ODS code N83023
2.9 km
MILL STREET MEDICAL CTR.
2 MILL STREET, ST HELENS, WA10 2BD
ODS code N83012
2.9 km
CENTRAL SURGERY
LOWE HOUSE, 103 CRAB STREET, ST HELENS, WA10 2DJ
ODS code N83027
2.9 km
NEWHOLME SURGERY
LOWE HSE HCRC, 103 CRAB STREET, ST HELENS, WA10 2DJ
ODS code N83637
2.9 km
ORMSKIRK HOUSE SURGERY
103 CRAB STREET, ST HELENS, WA10 2DJ
ODS code N83003
2.9 km
PARKFIELD SURGERY
103 CRAB STREET, ST HELENS, WA10 2DJ
ODS code N83026
2.9 km
LINGHOLME HEALTH CENTRE
ATHERTON STREET, ST HELENS, WA10 2HT
ODS code N83007
3.0 km
PHOENIX MEDICAL CENTRE
ATHERTON STREET, ST. HELENS, WA10 2HT
ODS code N83006
3.0 km
ECCLESTON MEDICAL CENTRE
4 MILLFIELDS COURT, ECCLESTON, ST. HELENS, WA10 5RG
ODS code N83614
3.1 km
BERRYMEAD FAMILY MED.CTR.
140 BERRYS LANE, ST. HELENS, WA9 3RP
ODS code N83008
3.2 km
PARK HOUSE MEDICAL CENTRE
PRESCOT P/CARE RES CTR, SEWELL STREET, PRESCOT, L34 1ND
ODS code N83024
4.3 km
Showing 20 of 23 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.2 miles
Welwyn Close
BCT · Sutton Heath
- 0.2 miles
Elton Head Road
BCT · Sutton Heath
- 0.2 miles
Sherdley Bus Park
BCT · Sutton
- 0.2 miles
Sherdley Bus Park
BCT · Sutton
- 0.2 miles
Stevenage Close
BCT · Sutton Heath
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for St. Helens 024E, 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
2 of 10
Overall England rank
3,997 of 33,755
- Income
- 2 of 10
- Employment
- 1 of 10
- Education and skills
- 2 of 10
- Health and disability
- 1 of 10
- Crime
- 2 of 10
- Housing and services
- 8 of 10
- Living environment
- 6 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.
Evidence in context
Schools
63 open schools are in scope, including 45 primary and 8 secondary schools. St John Vianney Catholic Primary School is the nearest published school at 560 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
1,453 published events cover 12 months, averaging 121.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 624 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.