Hawkshead & Cartmel Fell

Westmorland and Furness · North West · population 5,246 · 3 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

52Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,268 of 6,856 in England
  • #360 of 932 in North West
  • #20 of 31 in Westmorland and Furness
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents5,267
Median age (est.)55
Density23per km²
No qualifications12%
Degree or above43%
No car or van7%

Age

0–14 11%15–24 7%25–44 17%45–64 34%65+ 31%

Tenure

Own outright: 49%Mortgage/shared: 22%Social rent: 7%Private rent: 22%
Own outright 49%Mortgage/shared 22%Social rent 7%Private rent 22%

Households

One person: 29%Couple, no children: 25%Couple with children: 20%Lone parent: 5%Other: 22%
One person 29%Couple, no children 25%Couple with children 20%Lone parent 5%Other 22%

Work (top occupations)

Managers & directors 21% · Skilled trades 18% · Professional 17%

All occupation groups
Managers & directors21%
Skilled trades18%
Professional17%
Associate professional10%
Elementary9%
Caring & leisure8%
Administrative8%
Sales & customer service6%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 99%Asian: 0%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 99%Asian 0%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 56% · No religion 37% · Buddhist 1%

Born outside the UK: 5%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Hawkshead & Cartmel Fell sits close to the national midpoint for deprivation, #3,268 of 6,856 in England, and #20 of 31 in Westmorland and Furness. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Health (93) but weak on Living environment (1). Typical homes here sold for about £347,500 over the past year, up 16% across five years (from 68 sales), 48% above the wider Westmorland and Furness median of £235,000. Typical household take-home income is around £37,641 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 39 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 93 · #464
Employment 89 · #725
Education 87 · #917
Health 93 · #457
Crime 86 · #985
Housing & access 2 · #6,750
Living environment 1 · #6,812

House prices ?

£347,500median (12m) · -15.2% yr · n=68
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£347,50068-15.2%+15.8%
Detached£515,00021-16.4%+6.2%
Semi-detached£315,00019-20.5%-6.0%
Terraced£275,00017+16.0%+3.8%
Flat£325,00011+47.7%+42.9%
This area£347,500
Westmorland and Furness£235,000
North West£225,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£37,641±£5,364 · #4,164 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£36,327
Price-to-income ?9.2×typical home ÷ net income — more stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

56Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

39 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 203 offences
Westmorland and Furness68
North West82
England83

Rank #1,139 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences104
Theft24
Burglary7
Vehicle crime5
Criminal damage & arson20
Public order & weapons33
Drugs7
Robbery1
Other2

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 5 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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