CA6 6GB

Houghton and Irthington · Cumberland · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode	Distance
CA6 6EF	212 m
CA6 6HU	663 m
CA6 6HP	824 m
CA6 6HW	841 m
CA6 6HT	965 m

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: CA6 6GB
Status: Terminated
Introduced: 1 December 1996
Terminated: 1 June 1998
Postcode area: CA
Postcode district: CA6
Postcode sector: CA6 6
Latitude: 55.014523
Longitude: -2.830980
British National Grid easting: 346,960
British National Grid northing: 569,201

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: E04002460
Westminster constituency: Carlisle · E14001152
Output area: E00097193
Lower layer super output area: Carlisle 001D · E01019229
Middle layer super output area: Carlisle 001 · E02003987

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

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

View all nearby schools

Open schools: 2
Primary: 2
Secondary: 0

Shankhill CofE Primary School

Voluntary controlled school
2.7 km
Fir Ends Primary School

Foundation school
4.6 km

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents: Not supplied
Postcode households: Not supplied
Residents per household: Not available
CA6 6 residents: 1,604

Age bands in CA6 6

Wider postcode sector

Age 0 to 14: 11.3%
Age 15 to 24: 9.4%
Age 25 to 44: 16.5%
Age 45 to 64: 37.4%
Age 65 and over: 25.3%

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

Farm

BCT · Canonbie
5.7 miles
Farm

BCT · Canonbie
5.7 miles
Linns View

BCT · Harelaw
6.2 miles
Linns View

BCT · Harelaw
6.2 miles
Village

BCT · Rowanburn
6.3 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

2 open schools are in scope, including 2 primary and 0 secondary schools. Shankhill CofE Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.6 miles.

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