LS6 postcode district: Leeds and around

LS6 is a postcode district in England, with 885 postcodes in use in 5 sectors. It has postcodes in Leeds. Its council is Leeds.

Postcodes in use: 885
Sectors: 5
Council: Leeds
Places: Leeds

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources

Every postcode in LS6, and which are new since 2020

New since 2020: 25
In use before 2020: 860

Of the 885 postcodes in LS6 that ONS places, 25 are new since 2020 and 860 were in use before 2020.

Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. No boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 53.8201, longitude -1.5708. Open this area on OpenStreetMap

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; when each came into use: the same directory; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them

The 5 newest postcodes

LS6 9FEJune 2026 LS6 4FQApril 2026 LS6 2FSFebruary 2026 LS6 4RLFebruary 2026 LS6 1FXJanuary 2025

What broadband can you get in LS6?

Ofcom reports on 847 of the 885 postcodes in LS6. At 810 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit810 of 847

Postcodes where every home can get superfast837 of 847

Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.

Check one address on Ofcom's checker

Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is LS6 at risk of flooding?

28 of the 885 postcodes in LS6 have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 66 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 28 of 885 postcodes High: 39Medium: 27Low: 174

High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

What do homes sell for in LS6?

Homes in LS6 sold for a typical £270,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 275 sales, down 3.6% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£270,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026

£280,000 12 months to August 2025

▼ down 3.6% on the 12 months before

Detached £457,500 18 sales
Semi-detached £322,000 99 sales
Terraced £260,000 95 sales
Flat or maisonette £175,000 63 sales

Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.

Standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it