WA
Postcode areaPostcode area named after Warrington, with 18 districts.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: the outline joins its districts’ outlines, each made of the census output areas that hold most of the district’s postcodes.
Radon Affected Area by postcode area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 36% of people in WA live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How WA compares
Each dot is a postcode area. The black line marks the middle one.
Every postcode area ranked: median sale price, population, people in radon affected area squares and gigabit broadband coverage.
What is the population of WA?
WA had 643,595 usual residents at the census.
WA is the 36th most populated of 120 in the UK.
Postcode districts in WA
| Name | People (census) | Median sale price | Recorded crime per 1,000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WA1Warrington, Howley | 22,994 | £230,000 | 149.4 per 1,000 |
| WA2Warrington, Blackbrook | 41,762 | £187,500 | 104.3 per 1,000 |
| WA3Golborne, Warrington | 49,278 | £258,000 | No figure |
| WA4Warrington, Westy | 49,337 | £325,000 | 56.1 per 1,000 |
| WA5Warrington, Great Sankey | 62,044 | £250,000 | 55.6 per 1,000 |
| WA6Helsby, Kingsley | 19,476 | £300,000 | 41.6 per 1,000 |
| WA7Runcorn | 63,639 | £182,000 | 91.0 per 1,000 |
| WA8Widnes | 63,862 | £200,000 | 89.7 per 1,000 |
| WA9St Helens, Sutton | 52,793 | £183,750 | 118.3 per 1,000 |
| WA10St Helens, Eccleston | 40,348 | £180,000 | 128.7 per 1,000 |
| WA11Rainford, Haydock | 39,991 | £185,000 | 67.9 per 1,000 |
| WA12Newton-le-Willows, Wargrave | 25,365 | £210,000 | 79.4 per 1,000 |
| WA13Lymm, Booths Hill | 13,166 | £365,000 | No figure |
| WA14Altrincham, Broadheath | 31,323 | £413,000 | No figure |
| WA15Altrincham, Timperley | 43,260 | £494,950 | No figure |
| WA16Knutsford, Shaw Heath | 24,684 | £530,000 | 44.3 per 1,000 |
| WA55Bank Quay, Kingswood | No figure | No figure | No figure |
| WA88Ditton | 273 | No figure | 114.0 per 1,000 |
WA in brief
The WA postcode area, named after Warrington, has 18 postcode districts.
The median price paid for a home in WA was £250,000 in 2025.
WA had 643,595 usual residents at the census.
About 36% of people in WA live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In WA, 94.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.