CA6 5EJ

Annandale East and Eskdale · Dumfries and Galloway · Scotland

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward: Annandale East and Eskdale
Local authority: Dumfries and Galloway
Constituency: Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale
Postcode district: CA6
Postcode sector: CA6 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode	Distance
DG16 5EJ	28 m
DG16 5EH	64 m
DG16 5EW	116 m
DG16 5FD	158 m
DG16 5EL	192 m

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: CA6 5EJ
Status: Terminated
Introduced: 1 January 1980
Terminated: 1 May 1994
Postcode area: CA
Postcode district: CA6
Postcode sector: CA6 5
Latitude: 55.003885
Longitude: -3.054488
British National Grid easting: 332,650
British National Grid northing: 568,210

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country: Scotland · S92000003
Region: S99999999
Local authority district: Dumfries and Galloway · S12000006
Electoral ward: Annandale East and Eskdale · S13002891
Parish or community: S99999999
Westminster constituency: Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale · S14000074
Output area: S00146769
Lower layer super output area: Gretna - 06 · S01015358
Middle layer super output area: Gretna · S02002846

Postcode source versions

Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence

Explore CA6

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events: 14
Months covered: 12
Latest month: June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

Violence and sexual offences 10
Drugs 3
Vehicle crime 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents: Not supplied
Postcode households: Not supplied
Residents per household: Not available
CA6 5 residents: 3,311

Age bands in CA6 5

Wider postcode sector

Age 0 to 14: 15.1%
Age 15 to 24: 9.8%
Age 25 to 44: 20.8%
Age 45 to 64: 29.2%
Age 65 and over: 25.2%

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.

Nearby transport

Queens Head Pub

BCT · Springfield
0.0 miles
Queens Head Pub

BCT · Springfield
0.1 miles
School

BCT · Springfield
0.1 miles
School

BCT · Springfield
0.1 miles
Westgill Road

BCT · Gretna Green
0.2 miles

Evidence in context

Recorded crime

14 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 10 events.

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