CA6 4PF

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 4NU 234 m
CA6 4NX 264 m
CA6 4PD 275 m
CA6 4PA 331 m
CA6 4PG 419 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CA6 4PF
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CA
Postcode district
CA6
Postcode sector
CA6 4
Latitude
54.956088
Longitude
-2.784426
British National Grid easting
349,864
British National Grid northing
562,664

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

45 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Glendue, Newtown, Carlisle, CA6 4PF 19 December 2025 £285,000
Holly House, Newtown, Carlisle, CA6 4PF 31 March 2025 £615,000
Apple Cottage, Newtown, Carlisle, CA6 4PF 14 October 2022 £341,175

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
4
Primary
2
Secondary
1
  1. Irthington Village School

    Community school

    1.1 km
  2. Kirby Moor School

    Other independent special school

    2.8 km
  3. William Howard School

    Academy converter

    3.0 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
78

35 female, 43 male

Postcode households
31
Residents per household
2.5
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 1.8% 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+
85.3%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
85.3%
Gigabit-capable
85.3%
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

    3.5 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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Brampton (Cumbria) Rail Station

    RLY · Brampton

    3.6 miles
  • Wetheral Rail Station

    RLY · Wetheral

    5.3 miles
  • Carlisle Rail Station

    RLY · Carlisle

    7.5 miles
  • Armathwaite Rail Station

    RLY · Armathwaite

    10.2 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

Property market

The five-year median is £285,000 from 5 recorded sales in CA6 4PF. 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 2 primary and 1 secondary schools. Irthington Village School is the nearest published school at 0.7 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.