Property market | £263,474 for a semi-detached property | |
Airport access | Closest airport is Manchester (15.0 miles) | |
Broadband | 46.9mbps average broadband speeds (average broadband for UK) | |
Ethnic diversity | White: 95.3% residents (vs 81.7% England & Wales) Other: 4.7% residents (vs 18.3% England & Wales) | |
Socio-economic status | Ranked 154 out of 573 in England & Wales for % of residents in higher managerial positions and 370 out of 573 for residents who are long-term unemployed (Eddisbury level) | |
Community | Median age is 44.5 | Happiness is Below Average for Cheshire, Average for UK | |
Crime | 3.0 burglaries per 1k people (Cheshire West and Chester) | |
Commute (approx) | - Manchester Piccadilly (29 mins) - Birmingham New Street (59 mins) | |
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£263,474 for a semi-detached property | |
Closest airport is Manchester (15.0 miles) | |
46.9mbps average broadband speeds (average broadband for UK) | |
Median age is 44.5 | Happiness is Below Average for Cheshire, Average for UK | |
Ranked 154 out of 573 in England & Wales for % of residents in higher managerial positions and 370 out of 573 for residents who are long-term unemployed (Eddisbury level) | |
3.0 burglaries per 1k people (Cheshire West and Chester) | |
- Manchester Piccadilly (29 mins) - Birmingham New Street (59 mins) | |
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Leahead has a few stores nearby for groceries, including: Lidl Middlewich, Morrisons Middlewich, Jacks Wheelock Street Middlewich, Tesco Middlewich Wheelock Street Express. Leahead has a range of train stations and schools nearby, as shown in the map below.
The property market in Leahead has had a steep increase over the last few years but slowing growth. Based on data published on 15 November 2023, on average a detached house costs £441,811, which is up 5.1% on last year. A semi-detached house on average costs £263,474 (up 4.1% on last year) , a terraced house £206,841 (up 2.8% on last year) and a flat £141,376. Renting a two bedroom flat will cost you approximately £632 per month. Property prices in Leahead are similar to the average property prices across Cheshire and are slightly lower compared to other locations with a similar density in England. When looking at the annual change in property prices in Leahead, prices have risen a little quicker than the annual average price change seen across the Cheshire region.
Property data is based on Cheshire West and Chester 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 Leahead, or click here to browse the longer list of Leahead property transactions from 2023.
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Leahead has a few schools nearby to choose from. There are a mix of both primary and secondary schools nearby, including Wimboldsley Community Primary School, which was was rated as outstanding in 2017. Example schools in the area are listed below, with some information on their rating and access criteria.
School | Type | Latest Rating | Parent View Reviews (if available) | Ofsted Report (if available) | Address |
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Wimboldsley Community Primary School Save school | Primary Community school - Mixed | 1: Outstanding (6/9/2017) | Ofsted Report Link | Middlewich | |
St Mary's Catholic Primary School Save school | Primary Voluntary aided school - Mixed | 2: Good (10/16/2013) | Ofsted Report Link | Middlewich | |
Middlewich Primary School Save school | Primary Community school - Mixed | 2: Good (9/22/2022) | 53 submissions 94.0% agree or strongly agree that their child is happy | Ofsted Report Link | Middlewich |
Middlewich High School Save school | Secondary school Community school - Mixed | Middlewich |
School | Type |
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Wimboldsley Community Primary School Ofsted report Save school | Primary Latest rating - 1: Outstanding (6/9/2017) |
St Mary's Catholic Primary School Ofsted report Save school | Primary Latest rating - 2: Good (10/16/2013) |
Middlewich Primary School Ofsted report Save school | Primary Latest rating - 2: Good (9/22/2022) 53 submissions 94.0% agree or strongly agree that their child is happy |
Middlewich High School Ofsted report Save school | Secondary school |
Station | Distance from Leahead | Commute options |
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Winsford A relatively quiet station. Station footfall changed -8% from the previous year. | 2 miles |
- Manchester Piccadilly (1 change(s) - 58 mins - Avanti West Coast) View details - Birmingham New Street (70 mins - Avanti West Coast) View details - Euston (161 mins - Avanti West Coast) View details - Leeds (1 change(s) - 120 mins - TransPennine Express) View details - York (1 change(s) - 146 mins - TransPennine Express) View details - Bristol Temple Meads (1 change(s) - 156 mins - CrossCountry) View details - Reading (1 change(s) - 171 mins - CrossCountry) View details |
Sandbach A relatively quiet station. Station footfall changed +1% from the previous year. | 5 miles |
- Manchester Piccadilly (37 mins - Avanti West Coast) View details - Birmingham New Street (65 mins - CrossCountry) View details - Leeds (1 change(s) - 106 mins - TransPennine Express) View details - York (1 change(s) - 135 mins - TransPennine Express) View details - Euston (150 mins - Avanti West Coast) View details - Bristol Temple Meads (1 change(s) - 160 mins - CrossCountry) View details - Reading (1 change(s) - 166 mins - CrossCountry) View details - Cardiff Central (184 mins - Transport for Wales) View details |
Crewe A relatively busy station. Station footfall changed +2% from the previous year. | 8 miles |
- Manchester Piccadilly (45 mins - Avanti West Coast - £203 monthly fare) View details - Birmingham New Street (1 change(s) - 66 mins - Avanti West Coast) View details - Euston (148 mins - Avanti West Coast - £1476 monthly fare) View details - Leeds (1 change(s) - 114 mins - TransPennine Express) View details - York (1 change(s) - 143 mins - TransPennine Express) View details - Bristol Temple Meads (1 change(s) - 149 mins - CrossCountry) View details - Reading (1 change(s) - 157 mins - CrossCountry) View details - Cardiff Central (177 mins - Transport for Wales) View details - East Croydon (1 change(s) - 174 mins - Southern - £1476 monthly fare) View details - Marylebone (1 change(s) - 179 mins - Chiltern Railways - £1476 monthly fare) View details |
Greenbank A relatively quiet station. Station footfall changed +3% from the previous year. | 8 miles |
- Manchester Piccadilly (59 mins - Transport for Wales) View details - Leeds (1 change(s) - 123 mins - TransPennine Express) View details - Birmingham New Street (1 change(s) - 133 mins - CrossCountry) View details - York (1 change(s) - 152 mins - TransPennine Express) View details |
Lostock Gralam A very quiet station station. Station footfall changed +3% from the previous year. | 8 miles |
- Manchester Piccadilly (62 mins - Northern Trains) View details - Leeds (1 change(s) - 139 mins - TransPennine Express) View details - Birmingham New Street (1 change(s) - 148 mins - CrossCountry) View details - York (1 change(s) - 168 mins - TransPennine Express) View details |
Northwich A relatively quiet station. Station footfall changed -1% from the previous year. | 8 miles |
- Manchester Piccadilly (54 mins - Transport for Wales) View details - Leeds (1 change(s) - 120 mins - TransPennine Express) View details - Birmingham New Street (1 change(s) - 130 mins - CrossCountry) View details - York (1 change(s) - 149 mins - TransPennine Express) View details |
The table below lists ethnicities living in the local authority (Cheshire West and Chester) as per the data published in December 2022. Source: ethnicity-facts-figures.service.gov.uk
Ethnicity | % of Cheshire West and Chester residents | Benchmark:% of England & Wales residents |
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White | 95.3% | 81.7% |
Asian | 2.0% | 9.3% |
Mixed | 1.5% | 2.9% |
Black | 0.6% | 4.0% |
Other | 0.6% | 2.1% |
The table below lists the types of occupations that residents have, at the Eddisbury 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 | 11.0% | |
Small employers and own account workers | 12.5% | |
Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations | 16.0% | 154 out of 573 |
Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations | 21.7% | |
Lower supervisory and technical occupations | 5.5% | |
Semi-routine occupations | 10.5% | |
Routine occupations | 10.7% | |
Never worked / long-term unemployed | 6.7% | 370 out of 573 |
Full-time students | 5.4% |
Relative to the UK average, the average broadband download speed in Cheshire is average (60mbps). Leahead is slower than this, with average download speeds of 46.9mbps. You can also view really detailed broadband information at the Eddisbury level, via data.parliament.uk, here.
Average speed | 46.9 mbps |
% households with superfast broadband access | 89.0% |
% households unable to access decent broadband | 0.7% |
Crime stats were found at the Cheshire West and Chester level:
Type | Cheshire West and Chester | UK |
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Total Crimes (per thousand people) | 81 | 93 |
Burglaries (per thousand people) | 3 | 5 |
Public Order Offences (per thousand people) | 13 | 10 |
Bicycle Thefts (per thousand people) | 1 | 1 |
Violence Against People (per thousand people) | 38 | 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 Leahead.
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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Gtr Mancs Mersey and Ches | River Weaver | The Weaver Catchment includes the Rivers Weaver, Ducklow and Wheelock and their tributaries |
Gtr Mancs Mersey and Ches | River Dane | The Dane catchment includes the River Wheelock, Arclid, Smoker and Fowle Brooks and their tributaries |
Name | Property market | Crimes per 1,000 | Schools nearby | Socio Economic |
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Leahead, Cheshire Affordability: Average Low Burglary Rate Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £263,474 Detached: £441,811 | 81 | Primary: 3Secondary: 1 | 16.0% residents in higher managerial positions 6.7% residents long-term unemployed |
Bollington, Cheshire Affordability: Average Happiness High for UK Very fast broadband Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £278,873 Detached: £497,895 | 57 | Primary: 7Secondary: 1 | 18.4% residents in higher managerial positions 5.8% residents long-term unemployed |
Mobberley, Cheshire Affordability: Average Happiness High for UK Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £278,873 Detached: £497,895 | 57 | Primary: 1Secondary: | 21.2% residents in higher managerial positions 6.2% residents long-term unemployed |
Knutsford, Cheshire Affordability: Average Happiness High for UK Slowing property market Local Waitrose Local M&S | Semi-detached: £278,873 Detached: £497,895 | 57 | Primary: 4Secondary: 3 | 21.2% residents in higher managerial positions 6.2% residents long-term unemployed |
Barnton, Cheshire Affordability: Average Low Burglary Rate Outstanding schools Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £263,474 Detached: £441,811 | 81 | Primary: 10Secondary: 4 | 21.2% residents in higher managerial positions 6.2% residents long-term unemployed |
Hale, Cheshire Affordability: Very affordable Very fast broadband Slowing property market Local M&S | Semi-detached: £186,026 Detached: £316,738 | 104 | Primary: 2Secondary: | 8.5% residents in higher managerial positions 9.9% residents long-term unemployed |
Castlefields, Cheshire Affordability: Very affordable Very fast broadband Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £186,026 Detached: £316,738 | 104 | Primary: 17Secondary: 4 | 8.5% residents in higher managerial positions 9.9% residents long-term unemployed |
Name | Property | Crimes per 1,000 | Schools nearby |
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Leahead, Cheshire Affordability: Average Low Burglary Rate Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £263,474 Detached: £441,811 | 81 | Primary: 3Secondary: 1 |
Bollington, Cheshire Affordability: Average Happiness High for UK Very fast broadband Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £278,873 Detached: £497,895 | 57 | Primary: 7Secondary: 1 |
Mobberley, Cheshire Affordability: Average Happiness High for UK Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £278,873 Detached: £497,895 | 57 | Primary: 1Secondary: |
Knutsford, Cheshire Affordability: Average Happiness High for UK Slowing property market Local Waitrose Local M&S | Semi-detached: £278,873 Detached: £497,895 | 57 | Primary: 4Secondary: 3 |
Barnton, Cheshire Affordability: Average Low Burglary Rate Outstanding schools Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £263,474 Detached: £441,811 | 81 | Primary: 10Secondary: 4 |
Hale, Cheshire Affordability: Very affordable Very fast broadband Slowing property market Local M&S | Semi-detached: £186,026 Detached: £316,738 | 104 | Primary: 2Secondary: |
Castlefields, Cheshire Affordability: Very affordable Very fast broadband Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £186,026 Detached: £316,738 | 104 | Primary: 17Secondary: 4 |
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