CA5 6JH

Thursby · Cumberland · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Carlisle
Ward
Thursby
Local authority
Cumberland
Constituency
Penrith and Solway
Postcode district
CA5
Postcode sector
CA5 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CA5 6JQ 647 m
CA5 6JG 772 m
CA5 6JF 946 m
CA5 6JN 1.2 km
CA7 0JW 1.2 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CA5 6JH
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CA
Postcode district
CA5
Postcode sector
CA5 6
Latitude
54.891879
Longitude
-3.102590
British National Grid easting
329,377
British National Grid northing
555,794

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Cumberland · E06000063
Electoral ward
Thursby · E05014212
Parish or community
E04002417
Westminster constituency
Penrith and Solway · E14001424
Output area
E00096569
Lower layer super output area
Allerdale 002B · E01019107
Middle layer super output area
Allerdale 002 · E02003966

Postcode source versions

Explore CA5

14 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Little Ferney, Oughterby, Carlisle, CA5 6JH 6 May 2026 £210,000
Sycamore House, Oughterby, Carlisle, CA5 6JH 7 May 2025 £400,000
Oughterby Farm, Oughterby, Carlisle, CA5 6JH 8 June 2022 £390,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

View all nearby schools
Open schools
4
Primary
4
Secondary
0
  1. Kirkbampton CofE School

    Voluntary controlled school

    1.7 km
  2. Wiggonby CofE School

    Voluntary aided school

    2.8 km
  3. Great Orton Primary School

    Community school

    4.0 km

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
55

26 female, 29 male

Postcode households
25
Residents per household
2.2
CA5 6 residents
3,989

Age bands in CA5 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.2%

666 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.6%

377 residents

Age 25 to 44
19.1%

840 residents

Age 45 to 64
31%

1,361 residents

Age 65 and over
26.2%

1,151 residents

This postcode contained 1.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CA5 6 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
28%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Nearby transport

  • Wigton Rail Station

    RLY · Wigton

    5.0 miles
  • Mount Pleasant

    BCT · Rigg

    6.6 miles
  • Mount Pleasant

    BCT · Rigg

    6.6 miles
  • The Old Manse

    BCT · Rigg

    6.9 miles
  • Village

    BCT · Rigg

    6.9 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Allerdale 002B, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

5 of 10

Overall England rank

14,188 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
1 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
1
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Property market

The five-year median is £390,000 from 3 recorded sales in CA5 6JH. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Cumberland is £172,036 in June 2026, up 6.9% year on year.

Schools

4 open schools are in scope, including 4 primary and 0 secondary schools. Kirkbampton CofE School is the nearest published school at 1.1 miles.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.