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Upperby ward, Cumberland

Upperby is one of 46 electoral wards of Cumberland Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 6,279 residents in 2,787 households — 4,497 people per km², the 16th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Carlisle constituency.

Residents, 20216,279council ward average 5,940
Households2,7872.25 residents per household
Density4,497/ km²about 1.40 km² · Cumberland 91
Aged 65+18.9%Cumberland: 23.1% · under 16: 21.5%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.4% · 403
5–97.1% · 446
10–157.9% · 499
16–194.3% · 269
20–245.4% · 341
25–3412.4% · 776
35–4918.1% · 1,138
50–6419.5% · 1,222
65–7410.0% · 631
75–846.5% · 406
85+2.4% · 149

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van29.6% · 825
1 car or van45.0% · 1,255
2 cars or vans20.1% · 561
3 or more5.3% · 149
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Cumberland overall: 68.5% owned, 16.7% social rented, 14.1% private rented.

Owned outright32.1% · 896
With mortgage27.4% · 764
Shared ownership1.0% · 29
Social rented28.2% · 787
Private rented11.1% · 311
Lives rent free0.2% · 5

Type of home

Detached house6.6% · 184
Semi-detached house62.9% · 1,755
Terraced house22.5% · 628
Purpose-built flat7.5% · 210
Converted house0.1% · 4
Other conversion0.1% · 4
Above shop / office0.1% · 4
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0Census figures for this ward as published on 2022 ward boundaries, which still apply.