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CA6 6DA

Houghton and Irthington · Cumberland · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Carlisle
Ward
Houghton and Irthington
Local authority
Cumberland
Constituency
Carlisle
Postcode district
CA6
Postcode sector
CA6 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CA6 6BZ 573 m
CA6 6DB 811 m
CA6 6BA 969 m
CA6 6DD 970 m
CA6 6AZ 1.1 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CA6 6DA
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CA
Postcode district
CA6
Postcode sector
CA6 6
Latitude
54.986695
Longitude
-2.898713
British National Grid easting
342,589
British National Grid northing
566,158

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Cumberland · E06000063
Electoral ward
Houghton and Irthington · E05014195
Parish or community
E04002465
Westminster constituency
Carlisle · E14001152
Output area
E00097194
Lower layer super output area
Carlisle 001D · E01019229
Middle layer super output area
Carlisle 001 · E02003987

Postcode source versions

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Property

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8 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
West Acres, Kirklinton, Carlisle, CA6 6DA 14 June 2024 £600,000
Fergus Hill Cottage, Kirklinton, Carlisle, CA6 6DA 27 November 2020 £365,000
Fergus Hill, Kirklinton, Carlisle, CA6 6DA 7 February 2019 £885,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
2
Primary
2
Secondary
0

  1. Fir Ends Primary School

    Foundation school

    1.8 km

  2. Blackford CofE Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    4.8 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Criminal damage and arson 1
  • Violence and sexual offences 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
12

6 female, 6 male

Postcode households
5
Residents per household
2.4
CA6 6 residents
1,604

Age bands in CA6 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
11.3%

185 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.4%

154 residents

Age 25 to 44
16.5%

270 residents

Age 45 to 64
37.4%

610 residents

Age 65 and over
25.3%

413 residents

This postcode contained 0.7% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CA6 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+
85.7%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
85.7%
Gigabit-capable
85.7%
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

  • LONGTOWN MEDICAL CENTRE

    MOOR ROAD, LONGTOWN, CARLISLE, CA6 5XA

    ODS code A82646

    5.0 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

  • Road End

    BCT · Canonbie

    5.3 miles

  • Road End

    BCT · Canonbie

    5.3 miles

  • Farm

    BCT · Canonbie

    5.5 miles

  • Farm

    BCT · Canonbie

    5.5 miles

  • Hotel

    BCT · Canonbie

    6.6 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Carlisle 001D, 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

4 of 10

Overall England rank

12,101 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
7 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 £600,000 from 1 recorded sale in CA6 6DA. 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

2 open schools are in scope, including 2 primary and 0 secondary schools. Fir Ends Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.1 miles.

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

Recorded crime

2 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Criminal damage and arson with 1 events.

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