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Ellel

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South Lancaster. About 4,866 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 138 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 85% of people in Ellel live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
4,634
2,424th least populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
85%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
70.9%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
2.6%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Ellel compares

Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.

EllelMiddle
Population27 wards, Lancaster · 2021
Population: every ward in Lancaster27 areas from 1,900 to 8,376. The middle area is 4,984. Ellel is 4,634.
4,6349th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares27 wards, Lancaster · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Lancaster27 areas from 5.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 100.0%. Ellel is 85.0%.
85%4th fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage27 wards, Lancaster · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Lancaster27 areas from 12.6% to 99.0%. The middle area is 93.7%. Ellel is 70.9%.
70.9%3rd lowest
Claimant rate27 wards, Lancaster · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Lancaster27 areas from 0.2% to 7.2%. The middle area is 2.6%. Ellel is 2.6%.
2.6%14th highest

Is Ellel safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Ellel at a rate of 51.6 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 96.8 per 1,000 people across Lancaster.

Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 9 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Ellel.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (91), other crime (45) and anti-social behaviour (30).

Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.

Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.

Figures for the whole of Lancaster

These figures are published for the whole of Lancaster, not for each ward, so they describe all of Lancaster and not Ellel alone. See Lancaster

Average house price
£203,781
Up 4.6% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Median full-time pay
£34,890
58th lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
5.8×
Joint 78th most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
22.4
111th most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Ellel in brief

Ellel had 4,634 usual residents at the census.

About 85% of people in Ellel live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Ellel, 70.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Ellel, 2.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.