Number of houses in an area?

[chattykathy]

How do I find out how many properties there are in an area or postcode?
TIA

[Maydup]

I've always believed there to be 24 houses in one postcode, but I don't know if I'm 100% correct.

[dotty.]

probably look at the local authority's financial report

[Postdog]

If you want specific to you, go to any place you can order online. Place a order and go to checkout. Chances are you will be asked you house number and postcode, and from there a "find address" drop down. Simply count how many have the same post code.

[dotty.]

do you mean the first part of the postcode for a town or the full code for a particular street?

[chattykathy]

What a good idea! I was hoping local councils might have records the general public could view. I suppose the electoral role would do? Do they still have these in local libraries - if any of those are left!!

[Maydup]

I should have said up to 24 houses. Where the postcode is in the town it can cover just one or two businesses only.

If your question is about a specific postcode them simply type it into the postcode finder here, making sure you have the find a postcode tab highlighted and not the find an address. It will list all the properties in that patch.

http://postcode.posto..._search&gear=postcode

[starone]

In this road it appears to be one postcode up one side of the street and another very similar one up the other side. I think there are approximately 52 houses altogether so that would make 26 houses to each postcode. (That about does it for me maths wise)

[Maydup]

Just typed my postcode into the finder and there were 16 properties, but for my friends there was 37 so that blows my theory out of the window!

[TonyV]

Maidup - I thought it was 14 houses for a specific postcode - but don't know where that came from

[chattykathy]

Thanks for taking the trouble to do that. I might be delivering leaflets for a local group and I was wondering how many I would need.

[heathfield]

Look up the number of addresses for a given postcode here...

http://www.postcodean...s/address-finder.aspx

[cazzz1975]

that wouldnt be the case in big cities, In some postcodes in birmingham there are hundreds of houses

[ummmm]

35 in my postcode.

[redcrx]

at least 42 in mine

[Maydup]

In some big cities there are hundreds of houses, but there are also hundreds of postcodes.

[bushbaby_de]

Use to VOA website and look at the Council Tax and Business Rates searches - if you just put in the postcode it brings up all eligible property numbers.