CA5 7BZ

Dalston and Burgh · Cumberland · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Carlisle
Local authority
Cumberland
Constituency
Penrith and Solway
Postcode district
CA5
Postcode sector
CA5 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CA5 7BY 20 m
CA5 7DB 424 m
CA5 7DA 475 m
CA5 7DD 1.1 km
CA5 7EL 1.1 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CA5 7BZ
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 April 2020
Postcode area
CA
Postcode district
CA5
Postcode sector
CA5 7
Latitude
54.806322
Longitude
-2.980337
British National Grid easting
337,085
British National Grid northing
546,157

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Cumberland · E06000063
Parish or community
E04002457
Westminster constituency
Penrith and Solway · E14001424
Output area
E00097107
Lower layer super output area
Carlisle 013A · E01019212
Middle layer super output area
Carlisle 013 · E02003999

Postcode source versions

Explore CA5

1 recorded sale at this postcode
Address Date Price
Rose Castle, Dalston, Carlisle, CA5 7BZ 31 August 2016 £1,770,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
5
Primary
3
Secondary
1
  1. Raughton Head CofE School & Nursery

    Voluntary controlled school

    987 m
  2. Lime House School

    Other independent school

    1.2 km
  3. St Michael's CofE Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    4.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
4
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 3
  • Other crime 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
CA5 7 residents
3,240

Age bands in CA5 7

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15%

422 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.6%

242 residents

Age 25 to 44
17.5%

492 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.3%

795 residents

Age 65 and over
30.6%

859 residents

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

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.

GP practices

1

within 5 km straight-line

  • DALSTON MEDICAL GROUP

    THE SURGERY, TOWNHEAD ROAD, DALSTON, CARLISLE, CA5 7PZ

    ODS code A82022

    3.9 km

Nearby transport

  • Dalston (Cumbria) Rail Station

    RLY · Dalston

    2.8 miles
  • Carlisle Rail Station

    RLY · Carlisle

    6.1 miles
  • Wigton Rail Station

    RLY · Wigton

    7.5 miles
  • Wetheral Rail Station

    RLY · Wetheral

    8.0 miles
  • Park

    BCT · Gretna

    13.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Carlisle 013A, 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

8 of 10

Overall England rank

23,981 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
3 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

5 open schools are in scope, including 3 primary and 1 secondary schools. Raughton Head CofE School & Nursery is the nearest published school at 987 m.

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

Recorded crime

4 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 3 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.