Living in Carlisle, Cumbria
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Sold prices, price trends, local rents and house prices against earnings for Carlisle - compiled from official sources into one report. Enter your email and we will send you your copy.
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Homes in Cumberland cost 4.15 times median annual earnings for people working there (2025).
- Across England: 7.63 times (2025)
- Cumberland a year earlier: 4.55 times (2024)
What this measures: the median price paid for homes in Cumberland over the 12 months to September 2025, divided by the median gross annual pay of full-time employees who work in Cumberland, wherever they live. That is what "workplace-based" means - it is about jobs in the area, not the earnings of people who live there. Earnings come from the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (April 2025). A higher ratio means homes are less affordable for people working locally. The latest year uses provisional earnings, which ONS revises the following year. This is a council-area figure, not a valuation of any home.
Source: Office for National Statistics, House price to workplace-based earnings ratio, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Last reviewed 20 October 2026.
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Local administration around Carlisle
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Recent sold prices near Carlisle (postcode sector CA3 8)
| Address | Price | Type | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18, HODGSONS COURT | £38,000 | Flat | Aug 2026 |
| 20, HODGSONS COURT | £67,500 | Flat | Jun 2026 |
| 4, WARWICK STREET | £155,000 | Terraced | May 2026 |
| 2, HODGSONS COURT | £80,000 | Flat | Apr 2026 |
| 16, SPINNERS YARD | £82,000 | Flat | Apr 2026 |
| 6, SPINNERS YARD | £105,000 | Flat | Mar 2026 |
| 15, CORPORATION ROAD | £115,000 | Terraced | Jul 2025 |
| 11, FINKLE STREET | £101,500 | Flat | Jul 2025 |
| FLAT 7, CASTLE COURT, CASTLE STREET | £60,000 | Flat | Jun 2025 |
| FLAT 1, CASTLE COURT, CASTLE STREET | £87,000 | Flat | Mar 2025 |
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