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chattykathy | 22:09 Sun 10th Apr 2011 | People & Places
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How do I find out how many properties there are in an area or postcode?
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I've always believed there to be 24 houses in one postcode, but I don't know if I'm 100% correct.
probably look at the local authority's financial report
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.
do you mean the first part of the postcode for a town or the full code for a particular street?
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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!!
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
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)
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!
Maidup - I thought it was 14 houses for a specific postcode - but don't know where that came from
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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.
Look up the number of addresses for a given postcode here...

http://www.postcodean...s/address-finder.aspx
that wouldnt be the case in big cities, In some postcodes in birmingham there are hundreds of houses
35 in my postcode.
at least 42 in mine
In some big cities there are hundreds of houses, but there are also hundreds of postcodes.
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.

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