CA6 4PD

Houghton and Irthington · Cumberland · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Carlisle
Local authority
Cumberland
Constituency
Carlisle
Postcode district
CA6
Postcode sector
CA6 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CA6 4PA 58 m
CA6 4PG 165 m
CA6 4PF 275 m
CA6 4NU 509 m
CA6 4NX 521 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CA6 4PD
Status
Current
Introduced
1 December 1999
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CA
Postcode district
CA6
Postcode sector
CA6 4
Latitude
54.955083
Longitude
-2.788341
British National Grid easting
349,612
British National Grid northing
562,555

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Cumberland · E06000063
Parish or community
E04002461
Westminster constituency
Carlisle · E14001152
Output area
E00097244
Lower layer super output area
Carlisle 007C · E01019239
Middle layer super output area
Carlisle 007 · E02003993

Postcode source versions

Explore CA6

8 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
1, Oak Drive, Newtown, Carlisle, CA6 4PD 30 June 2016 £395,000
2, Oak Drive, Newtown, Carlisle, CA6 4PD 18 March 2005 £295,000
3, Oak Drive, Newtown, Carlisle, CA6 4PD 26 October 2000 £145,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
5
Primary
3
Secondary
1
  1. Irthington Village School

    Community school

    1.0 km
  2. Kirby Moor School

    Other independent special school

    3.0 km
  3. William Howard School

    Academy converter

    3.2 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
12

7 female, 5 male

Postcode households
4
Residents per household
3.0
CA6 4 residents
4,271

Age bands in CA6 4

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.5%

753 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.2%

420 residents

Age 25 to 44
21.2%

967 residents

Age 45 to 64
30.7%

1,402 residents

Age 65 and over
22.4%

1,022 residents

This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CA6 4 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
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

  • BRAMPTON MEDICAL PRACTICE

    4 MARKET PLACE, CARLISLE, BRAMPTON, CA8 1NL

    ODS code A82012

    3.7 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Brampton (Cumbria) Rail Station

    RLY · Brampton

    3.7 miles
  • Wetheral Rail Station

    RLY · Wetheral

    5.2 miles
  • Carlisle Rail Station

    RLY · Carlisle

    7.3 miles
  • Armathwaite Rail Station

    RLY · Armathwaite

    10.1 miles
  • Linns View

    BCT · Harelaw

    10.7 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Carlisle 007C, 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

6 of 10

Overall England rank

17,691 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
10 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
0
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

Schools

5 open schools are in scope, including 3 primary and 1 secondary schools. Irthington Village School is the nearest published school at 0.6 miles.

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.