City Profile • Local Authority
Preston
Preston is a local authority district comprising 5 postcode areas. The current median house price across the city is £196k, reflecting a upward trend of 1.5% over the past year. Crime levels run above average (136 per 1,000 residents), often driven by commercial zones and transport hubs.
Use our interactive district explorer below to dive deeper into street-level metrics, schools, and hyper-local census demographics.
Use our interactive district explorer below to dive deeper into street-level metrics, schools, and hyper-local census demographics.
Population Trajectory
Annual residents (1991 – 2022)
151,582
Residents (2022)
Constituent Districts
5 AreasPopulation Composition
Detailed breakdown of the residents within the Preston authority according to the Census 2021.
Top Ethnicities
White: English66.1%
Indian12.9%
White: Other White5.6%
Pakistani5.1%
African1.6%
White and Black Caribbean1.2%
Age Profile
20-24 years8.5%
25-29 years7.4%
30-34 years7.3%
35-39 years6.7%
15-19 years6.6%
50-54 years6.4%
Top Occupations
Professional19.1%
Elementary occupations12.9%
Associate professional11.5%
Caring and leisure10.7%
Administrative and secretarial10.0%
Managers and directors9.2%
Housing Tenure
Owned: Outright30.6%
Owned: Mortgage27.7%
Private rented: Landlord20.0%
Social rented: Other15.3%
Social rented: Council3.2%
Private rented: Other2.4%
Area DNA
family4/10
health8/10
safety1/10
homeown3/10
transit7/10
affluence3/10
diversity9/10
employment3/10
investment9/10