West Cumbria Opportunities & Challenges 2025 6 7 West Cumbria in Profile FORMER ALLERDALE IN PROFILE FORMER COPELAND IN PROFILE 1 How life has changed in Allerdale: Census 2021, Office for National Statistics, https://www.ons.gov.uk/visualisations/censusareachanges/E07000026/ 2 IOD and IMD, 2019: Cumbria Intelligence Observatory, https://cumbria.gov.uk/elibrary/Content/Internet/536/671/4674/17217/17223/422771749.PDF 3 How life has changed in Copeland: Census 2021, Office for National Statistics, https://www.ons.gov.uk/visualisations/censuspopulationchange/E07000029/ 4 IOD and IMD, 2019: Cumbria Intelligence Observatory, https://cumbria.gov.uk/elibrary/Content/Internet/536/671/4674/17217/17223/422771749.PDF 5 Westmorland and Furness Council has replaced the areas associated with Barrow Borough Council. Eden District Council and South Lakeland District. Local Government Reorganisation On 1st April 2023, Cumbria County Council and six unitary authorities were replaced by two new unitary councils: Cumberland Council; and Westmorland and Furness Council. Cumberland Council covers the former areas associated with Allerdale Borough Council, Carlisle City Council and Copeland Borough Council.5 For the purposes of this report West Cumbria covers the former areas of Allerdale and Copeland. Impact on datasets Any process of local government reorganisation is complex, affecting many public policy arenas, including local strategies and data collection methods. For example, data sets that were once available for Allerdale and Copeland are no longer produced, with data aggregated instead to a Cumberland, or indeed Cumbria level. Similarly, many prevailing strategies that were in existence on the 1st April 2023 are in the process of being updated and agreed. This report uses the most up-to-date data available. Where current data is not accessible, earlier sources are used to illustrate underlying trends. For the latest datasets, please refer to the accompanying interactive dashboard: https://tinyurl.com/west-cumbria-dashboard Size: 479 square miles Population: around 96,200 (24.7% aged 65 and over; 16.3% aged 15 and under)1 Population density: 77.4 per square kilometre Average House Price: £229,361 Unemployment rate: 2.6% (April 2025) Life Expectancy 2020-22: for men 77.13 years, for women 82.08 years Multiple deprivation: 7 Lower Super Output areas of Allerdale are in the most 10% deprived nationally. These are: Moss Bay: North, Ewanrigg: North, St Michael’s: Central, Moss Bay: South, Moorclose: East, St. Michael’s: North and East, Ellenborough: South.2 Size: 282.5 square miles Population: around 67,100 ( 23.1% aged 65 and over; 16.5% aged 15 and under)3 Population density: 91.7 per square kilometre Average House Price: £176,852 Unemployment rate: 2.4% (April 2025) Life Expectancy 2020-22: for men 77.16 years, for women 80.38 years Multiple deprivation: 3 Lower Super Output areas of Copeland are in the most 10% deprived nationally: These are: Sandwith: North East, Harbour: North, and Mirehouse: Central.4 Allerdale Copeland CUMBERLAND WESTMORLAND & FURNESS
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