Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 17 h 21 min4:32 am – 9:54 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 12 min8:34 am – 3:45 pm
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People8,023 residentsin the Central Carlisle census areaMedian age 40.74,159 households49% of homes owner-occupied28% owned outright12% social rented, 37% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting6.3% unemployment rate62% of adults are economically active, 4,064 in work, 19% retiredMain industries: retail and wholesale 18%, health and social work 16%, manufacturing 10%Getting to work: 18% work from home, 47% go by car, 6% take public transport, 27% walk or cycle82% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages31% of adults hold a degree or higher17% have no qualifications, 6% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 92%2% cannot speak English wellSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 20°C, lows 12°CColdest month December: highs 7°C, lows 2°C901 mm of rain a year, 22 days with 10 mm or morewettest month October41 days of air frost, 5 summer days above 25°C in a typical yearSource: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991-2020 averages, 2 km grid (highs and lows from the 12 km grid)
Nearby landmarksSt Ann's Hillhill · under a mileWall Knowehill · under a mileCoop Streamriver · 1.4 miLittle Caldewwater · under a mileCarhead Streamriver · 1.9 miKnowefield Woodwoodland · under a mileSource: Ordnance Survey Open Names
Parks and green spacesBitts Parkpark · under a mile · 21 haTown Dyke Orchardpark · under a mileSheepmountsports ground · under a mile · 29 haStonyholme Municipal Golf Clubgolf course · under a mile · 38 haChance's Parkpark · 1.5 mi · 15 haEdenside Carlisle Cricket Clubplaying field · under a mile · 2 haSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes64 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 197012 of magnitude 3+, 2 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 4.0 on 26 Dec 19798 mi away, Longtown, CumbriaMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 13 Sep 202643 mi away, Sedbergh, CumbriaSource: British Geological Survey earthquake database
Flood riskRivers and sea: areas at High risk within 500 m of the centrea 1 in 30 chance of flooding in any year, or greaterAlso medium, low risk areas nearbySource: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea
Air qualityNO2 4.8 · PM2.5 4.7 · PM10 7.3 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within the WHO guidelines for all threeSource: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband90% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband100% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)Every premises can get at least 10 Mbit/s (the universal service obligation)4,366 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation21 m69 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 8 to 37 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalCumberland Infirmary1.0 miGP surgeryCarlisle Healthcare - North Carlisle Medical Practice12 surgeries within 2 milesunder a milePharmacyWell14 pharmacies within 2 milesunder a mileDentistDental Practiceunder a mileSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi20 schools15 primary, 2 secondary, 1 independent, 2 specialPrimaryStanwix Schoolages 4-11, 367 pupilsunder a mileIndependentAustin Friarsages 3-18, 278 pupilsunder a mileSecondaryTrinity Schoolages 11-18, 1,711 pupilsunder a mileUniversityUniversity of Cumbriaunder a mileSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportNewcastle International Airport NCL50 miRailway stationCarlisle1.1 miBus stationStagecoach depotWillow Holmeunder a mileFerryPooley Bridge Ullswater Ferry Landing21 miBus stops101 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the CA3 postcode district.
