Property market | £188,827 for a semi-detached property | |
Airport access | Closest airport is Liverpool (30.2 miles) | |
Broadband | 54.9mbps average broadband speeds (average broadband for UK) | |
Ethnic diversity | White: 72.6% residents (vs 81.7% England & Wales) Other: 27.5% residents (vs 18.3% England & Wales) | |
Socio-economic status | Ranked 144 out of 573 in England & Wales for % of residents in higher managerial positions and 348 out of 573 for residents who are long-term unemployed (Fylde level) | |
Community | Median age is 35.3 | Population of 6,157 | Happiness is Below Average for Lancashire, Average for UK | |
Crime | 7.0 burglaries per 1k people (Preston) | |
Commute (approx) | - Manchester Piccadilly (48 mins) | |
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£188,827 for a semi-detached property | |
Closest airport is Liverpool (30.2 miles) | |
54.9mbps average broadband speeds (average broadband for UK) | |
Median age is 35.3 | 6,157 | Happiness is Below Average for Lancashire, Average for UK | |
Ranked 144 out of 573 in England & Wales for % of residents in higher managerial positions and 348 out of 573 for residents who are long-term unemployed (Fylde level) | |
7.0 burglaries per 1k people (Preston) | |
- Manchester Piccadilly (48 mins) | |
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Lea has one main store nearby, Tesco Preston Blackpool Road Express. There are a few pubs and bars nearby, including: Lea Gate Hotel, The Pig and Whistle. Regarding restaurants and other types of eateries, there are a few nearby, including: Lollydees, PNE Training Ground, The Pantry at Maxy Farm. Lea has a range of train stations and schools nearby, as shown in the map below.
The property market in Lea has had a steep increase over the last few years and accelerating growth. Based on data published on 15 November 2023, on average a detached house costs £323,425, which is up 9.6% on last year. A semi-detached house on average costs £188,827 (up 4.7% on last year) , a terraced house £130,146 (up 2.6% on last year) and a flat £91,185. Renting a two bedroom flat will cost you approximately £542 per month. Property prices in Lea are similar to the average property prices across Lancashire and are slightly lower compared to other locations with a similar density in England. When looking at the annual change in property prices in Lea, prices have risen much more quickly than the annual average price change seen across the Lancashire region.
Property data is based on Preston level pricing data and is as at September 2023 (publicised 15 November 2023)
Detached and Semi-detached House Trend (£) to September 2023
County | Avg Detached Price | Annual Change | Avg Semi-Detached Price | Annual Change |
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Rutland | £557,774 | +11.3% | £341,529 | +11.7% |
Northumberland | £333,743 | +7.3% | £183,403 | +6.1% |
Lancashire | £326,887 | +4.3% | £195,848 | +3.4% |
Leicestershire | £432,076 | +3.9% | £262,308 | +3.0% |
Derbyshire | £340,545 | +3.7% | £209,276 | +2.9% |
Oxfordshire | £706,629 | +3.5% | £450,305 | +3.5% |
Merseyside | £340,051 | +3.4% | £214,398 | +2.4% |
Gloucestershire | £536,963 | +3.4% | £330,457 | +3.4% |
Nottinghamshire | £334,429 | +2.8% | £206,257 | +2.8% |
Wiltshire | £521,688 | +2.7% | £328,877 | +3.0% |
Greater Manchester | £396,806 | +2.7% | £254,125 | +2.3% |
West Yorkshire | £351,673 | +2.5% | £210,889 | +2.0% |
West Midlands | £407,684 | +2.2% | £245,250 | +2.4% |
East Riding of Yorkshire | £326,098 | +2.2% | £203,163 | +2.1% |
Staffordshire | £364,884 | +2.1% | £221,783 | +2.1% |
Herefordshire | £434,518 | +2.1% | £276,148 | +2.2% |
South Yorkshire | £284,409 | +2.0% | £182,869 | +1.9% |
West Sussex | £686,980 | +1.9% | £441,716 | +2.3% |
Kent | £619,795 | +1.8% | £386,201 | +1.4% |
Shropshire | £404,408 | +1.8% | £252,891 | +1.8% |
Warwickshire | £515,326 | +1.8% | £299,238 | +1.3% |
Devon | £503,963 | +1.6% | £337,624 | +2.3% |
North Yorkshire | £422,027 | +1.5% | £265,231 | +1.2% |
Norfolk | £406,137 | +1.4% | £267,820 | +1.2% |
North Northamptonshire | £426,370 | +1.3% | £254,947 | +1.2% |
Buckinghamshire | £853,940 | +1.2% | £460,891 | +1.2% |
West Northamptonshire | £478,844 | +0.9% | £279,006 | +0.7% |
Hampshire | £628,455 | +0.6% | £386,140 | +1.0% |
Lincolnshire | £307,354 | +0.6% | £205,466 | +1.4% |
Worcestershire | £455,558 | +0.6% | £276,201 | +0.9% |
Essex | £586,972 | +0.4% | £379,804 | 0.0% |
Somerset | £465,131 | +0.3% | £296,160 | +0.7% |
Suffolk | £454,636 | +0.2% | £283,920 | +0.6% |
East Sussex | £595,763 | +0.1% | £385,074 | +0.4% |
Cambridgeshire | £486,349 | 0.0% | £330,028 | +0.2% |
Surrey | £957,680 | -0.2% | £546,201 | +0.7% |
Isle of Wight | £435,441 | -0.4% | £298,787 | 0.0% |
Hertfordshire | £939,983 | -0.7% | £542,021 | -0.2% |
Cornwall | £453,159 | -1.1% | £300,170 | -0.6% |
Dorset | £528,863 | -1.3% | £348,080 | -0.8% |
Recent property transactions in the area
Listed below are some recent property purchases in the area, to give you an idea of the market. Click on a postcode if you would like to see data on that specific area of Lea, or click here to browse the longer list of Lea property transactions from 2023.
Lea has a healthy number of schools nearby to choose from. There are a mix of both primary and secondary schools nearby, including Royal Cross Primary School, which was was rated as outstanding in 2014. Example schools in the area are listed below, with some information on their rating and access criteria.
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School | Type | Outstanding? |
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St Mary's Catholic Primary School | Primary Voluntary aided school - Mixed | Yes - 2014 |
Royal Cross Primary School | Primary Community special school - Mixed | Yes - 2014 |
Lea Community Primary School | Primary Community school - Mixed | No |
Ashton Primary School | Primary Community school - Mixed | No |
St Bernard's Catholic Primary School, Preston | Primary Voluntary aided school - Mixed | No |
Lea Neeld's Endowed Church of England Primary School | Primary Voluntary aided school - Mixed | No |
Trax Academy | Secondary school Other independent special school - Mixed | No |
Cottam Primary School | Primary Community school - Mixed | No |
School | Type | Latest Rating | Parent View Reviews (if available) | Ofsted Report (if available) | Address |
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Royal Cross Primary School Save school | Primary Community special school - Mixed | 1: Outstanding (3/5/2015) | Ofsted Report Link | Preston | |
Ashton Primary School Save school | Primary Community school - Mixed | 2: Good (9/27/2012) | 16 submissions 75.0% agree or strongly agree that their child is happy | Ofsted Report Link | Preston |
Lea Neeld's Endowed Church of England Primary School Save school | Primary Voluntary aided school - Mixed | 2: Good (6/19/2019) | Ofsted Report Link | Preston | |
Lea Community Primary School Save school | Primary Community school - Mixed | 2: Good (5/13/2016) | Ofsted Report Link | Preston | |
St Mary's Catholic Primary School Save school | Primary Voluntary aided school - Mixed | 2: Good (6/3/2015) | Ofsted Report Link | Preston | |
Cottam Primary School Save school | Primary Community school - Mixed | 2: Good (1/22/2014) | Ofsted Report Link | Preston | |
St Bernard's Catholic Primary School, Preston Save school | Primary Voluntary aided school - Mixed | Preston | |||
Trax Academy Save school | Secondary school Other independent special school - Mixed | Lytham St Annes |
School | Type |
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Royal Cross Primary School Ofsted report Save school | Primary Latest rating - 1: Outstanding (3/5/2015) |
Ashton Primary School Ofsted report Save school | Primary Latest rating - 2: Good (9/27/2012) 16 submissions 75.0% agree or strongly agree that their child is happy |
Lea Neeld's Endowed Church of England Primary School Ofsted report Save school | Primary Latest rating - 2: Good (6/19/2019) |
Lea Community Primary School Ofsted report Save school | Primary Latest rating - 2: Good (5/13/2016) |
St Mary's Catholic Primary School Ofsted report Save school | Primary Latest rating - 2: Good (6/3/2015) |
Cottam Primary School Ofsted report Save school | Primary Latest rating - 2: Good (1/22/2014) |
St Bernard's Catholic Primary School, Preston Ofsted report Save school | Primary |
Trax Academy Ofsted report Save school | Secondary school |
Station | Distance from Lea | Commute options |
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Lostock Hall A very quiet station station. Station footfall changed +24% from the previous year. | 6 miles |
- Manchester Piccadilly (1 change(s) - 96 mins - Northern Trains) View details - Leeds (1 change(s) - 118 mins - Northern Trains) View details - York (1 change(s) - 152 mins - Northern Trains) View details |
Bamber Bridge A very quiet station station. Station footfall changed +26% from the previous year. | 7 miles |
- Manchester Piccadilly (1 change(s) - 99 mins - Northern Trains) View details - Leeds (1 change(s) - 115 mins - Northern Trains) View details - York (1 change(s) - 149 mins - Northern Trains) View details |
Leyland A relatively quiet station. Station footfall changed +30% from the previous year. | 8 miles |
- Manchester Piccadilly (63 mins - Northern Trains) View details - Birmingham New Street (1 change(s) - 111 mins - Avanti West Coast) View details - Leeds (1 change(s) - 116 mins - TransPennine Express) View details - York (1 change(s) - 142 mins - TransPennine Express) View details - Euston (1 change(s) - 164 mins - Avanti West Coast) View details |
Euxton Balshaw Lane A very quiet station station. Station footfall changed +24% from the previous year. | 11 miles |
- Manchester Piccadilly (49 mins - Northern Trains) View details - Birmingham New Street (1 change(s) - 107 mins - Avanti West Coast) View details - Leeds (1 change(s) - 122 mins - TransPennine Express) View details - York (1 change(s) - 147 mins - TransPennine Express) View details - Euston (1 change(s) - 160 mins - Avanti West Coast - £1681 monthly fare) View details |
Chorley A relatively quiet station. Station footfall changed +23% from the previous year. | 13 miles |
- Manchester Piccadilly (44 mins - TransPennine Express) View details - Leeds (1 change(s) - 101 mins - TransPennine Express) View details - York (1 change(s) - 126 mins - TransPennine Express) View details - Birmingham New Street (1 change(s) - 133 mins - CrossCountry) View details - Glasgow Central (171 mins - TransPennine Express) View details - Edinburgh Waverley (174 mins - TransPennine Express) View details |
The table below lists ethnicities living in the local authority (Preston) as per the data published in December 2022. Source: ethnicity-facts-figures.service.gov.uk
Ethnicity | % of Preston residents | Benchmark:% of England & Wales residents |
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White | 72.6% | 81.7% |
Asian | 20.2% | 9.3% |
Mixed | 3.0% | 2.9% |
Black | 2.4% | 4.0% |
Other | 1.9% | 2.1% |
The table below lists the types of occupations that residents have, at the Fylde consituency level. Source: commonslibrary.parliament.uk
Type of occupation | % of residents (over 16 years old) | Rank within England & Wales |
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Intermediate occupations | 13.3% | |
Small employers and own account workers | 11.8% | |
Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations | 15.1% | 144 out of 573 |
Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations | 23.1% | |
Lower supervisory and technical occupations | 5.1% | |
Semi-routine occupations | 10.8% | |
Routine occupations | 9.2% | |
Never worked / long-term unemployed | 7.0% | 348 out of 573 |
Full-time students | 4.7% |
Relative to the UK average, the average broadband download speed in Lancashire is average (67mbps). Lea is slower than this, with average download speeds of 54.9mbps. You can also view really detailed broadband information at the Fylde level, via data.parliament.uk, here.
Average speed | 54.9 mbps |
% households with superfast broadband access | 93.4% |
% households unable to access decent broadband | 0.6% |
Crime stats were found at the Preston level:
Type | Preston | UK |
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Total Crimes (per thousand people) | 106 | 93 |
Burglaries (per thousand people) | 7 | 5 |
Public Order Offences (per thousand people) | 8 | 10 |
Bicycle Thefts (per thousand people) | 2 | 1 |
Violence Against People (per thousand people) | 42 | 36 |
We use an API provided by Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) to identify any live flood warnings to be aware of and we also provide insight into whether flooding could occur from rivers, sea and groundwater within 1km of Lea.
There are no live flood warnings in the area, according to our interpretation of the DEFRA API.
The areas in the table below have been identified by the DEFRA API as areas where it is possible for flooding to occur from rivers, sea and in some locations, groundwater. Some of these areas will have measures in place to minimise the risk of flooding and they may be monitored by the Flood Warning Service.
Area | Cause | Description |
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Cumbria and Lancashire | Ribble Estuary | Freckleton Marsh, Riversway Docklands, Lower Penwortham, Hutton Marsh, Longton Marsh, Becconsall Marsh, Much Hoole Marsh, Bretherton Eyes, Croston Finney, Hesketh Out Marsh and Hundred End |
Cumbria and Lancashire | River Ribble, River Darwen | River Ribble from Samlesbury and the River Darwen from Darwen including Blackburn, Preston, Walton-Le-Dale, Pleasington and Higher Walton |
Cumbria and Lancashire | River Wyre, Main Dyke | River Wyre, River Cocker, Pilling Water and other watercourses from Catterall to Fleetwood, including St Michaels and Great Eccleston and Preesall |
Cumbria and Lancashire | Ribble Estuary | Clifton Marsh Farm, Savick Brook Farm, Newton Marsh, Freckleton Marsh, Greenfield Park and Toll House Bridge |
Cumbria and Lancashire | River Ribble | Low lying land and properties north of the River Ribble from the Motor Park near Riversway up to Penwortham New Bridge |
Name | Property market | Crimes per 1,000 | Schools nearby | Socio Economic |
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Lea, Lancashire Affordability: Very affordable Hot property market | Semi-detached: £188,827 Detached: £323,425 | 106 | Primary: 7Secondary: 1 | 15.1% residents in higher managerial positions 7.0% residents long-term unemployed |
Clitheroe, Lancashire Affordability: Very affordable Low Crime Hot property market | Semi-detached: £273,093 Detached: £452,557 | 40 | Primary: 7Secondary: 3 | 14.5% residents in higher managerial positions 5.8% residents long-term unemployed |
Lancaster, Lancashire Affordability: Very affordable Outstanding schools Very fast broadband Hot property market Local M&S | Semi-detached: £222,692 Detached: £362,841 | 78 | Primary: 13Secondary: 7 | 9.4% residents in higher managerial positions 8.2% residents long-term unemployed |
Penwortham, Lancashire Affordability: Very affordable Outstanding schools Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £200,211 Detached: £327,899 | 89 | Primary: 16Secondary: 7 | 13.3% residents in higher managerial positions 6.6% residents long-term unemployed |
Name | Property | Crimes per 1,000 | Schools nearby |
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Lea, Lancashire Affordability: Very affordable Hot property market | Semi-detached: £188,827 Detached: £323,425 | 106 | Primary: 7Secondary: 1 |
Clitheroe, Lancashire Affordability: Very affordable Low Crime Hot property market | Semi-detached: £273,093 Detached: £452,557 | 40 | Primary: 7Secondary: 3 |
Lancaster, Lancashire Affordability: Very affordable Outstanding schools Very fast broadband Hot property market Local M&S | Semi-detached: £222,692 Detached: £362,841 | 78 | Primary: 13Secondary: 7 |
Penwortham, Lancashire Affordability: Very affordable Outstanding schools Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £200,211 Detached: £327,899 | 89 | Primary: 16Secondary: 7 |
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