Cumberland: house prices, jobs and local statistics

Detached

£284,679

Semi-detached

£177,511

Terraced

£141,273

Flat or maisonette

£93,707

First-time buyers

£151,504

The claimant count is people claiming unemployment-related benefits as a share of residents aged 16 to 64; the unemployment rate is the survey measure of people out of work and looking. Pay is for full-time employees who live in the area.

• Residents

  268,838 in 1991 → 280,495 in 2024 (+4.3%)

  England over the same years: +22.4%

• Average house price

  £111,984 in 2005 → £170,966 in 2026 (+52.7%)

  England over the same years: +85.9%

• Median weekly pay

  £509 in 2022 → £662 in 2025 (+30.1%)

  England over the same years: +20.8%

• Employment rate

  71.7% in 2004 → 82.3% in 2023 (+14.8%)

  England over the same years: +4.4%

• Claimant count

  3.2% in 2001 → 2.4% in 2025 (−25.0%)

  England over the same years: +60.0%

• Disposable income per head

  £9,212 in 1997 → £22,684 in 2024 (+146.2%)

  England over the same years: +143.8%

35 official indicators are published for Cumberland; 28 of them have a better and a worse direction and are ranked here. A rank of 1st is the best (lowest unemployment, highest pay, and so on).

Where it ranks best

• Housing affordability · Housing4.2× earnings (April 2025) · 5th lowest of 316
• Persistent school absence · Education & skills16.3% (2024/25) · 20th lowest of 132
• Employment rate · Economy & work82.3% (2023) · 55th highest of 348
• Economic inactivity · Economy & work15.5% (2023) · 63rd lowest of 348

Where it ranks worst

• 4G coverage · Connectivity & access93.7% (January 2026) · 355th highest of 361
• Productivity · Economy & work£32.1 per hour (2023) · 312th highest of 361
• Greenhouse gas emissions · Environment7.8 t per person (2024) · 307th lowest of 361
• Preventable heart deaths · Health & wellbeing34.8 per 100,000 (2022 to 2024) · 225th lowest of 292

• Life expectancy (male) (2025)78.8 years · England 80.0 · 97th highest of 151
• Life expectancy (female) (2025)82.2 years · England 83.8 · 114th highest of 151
• Healthy life expectancy (male) (2022 - 24)59.0 years · England 60.9 · 94th highest of 151
• Healthy life expectancy (female) (2022 - 24)60.1 years · England 61.3 · 80th highest of 151
• Under-75 mortality, all causes (2025)366.9 per 100k · England 321.0 · 98th lowest of 151
• Adults overweight or obese (2024/25)67.4% · England 64.6 · 93rd lowest of 153

• School readiness (good development at Reception) (2024/25)64.0% · England 68.3 · 140th highest of 153
• GCSE Attainment 8 score (2024/25)42.8 score · England 46.0 · 132nd highest of 153
• 16–17 year-olds NEET or activity not known (2025/26)4.0% · England 5.8 · 52nd lowest of 150
• Children in absolute low-income families (2024/25)19.1% · England 19.8 · 81st lowest of 153