CASTLERIGG CLOSE, CA28 9RJ House Prices & Local Information

CA28 9RJ is an accessible, working-class neighbourhood on Castlerigg Close, 0.4km from Mirehouse East in Whitehaven. Administratively it sits within Egremont North and St Bees ward and the Copeland constituency.

An affordable area with active regeneration, CA28 9RJ is a family-oriented neighbourhood with a mix of housing types. The daytime character shifts — white, female workforce with low qualifications, working locally. An average age of 34 points to a young professional and early-career population — ambitious, mobile, and predominantly renting. 39% of homes are socially rented, reflecting the area's public housing provision and council presence.

Safety: Crime is moderate at 59 incidents per 1,000 residents — broadly typical for this type of urban area. Property: With prices averaging £86k, this is one of the more affordable postcodes in the area, down 13.0% year-on-year. The Index of Multiple Deprivation places this area in the most deprived 20% nationally — this often means more affordable prices and active local authority investment, but also fewer amenities and higher benefit dependency.

Census 2021 statistics for CA28 9RJ are sourced from Output Area E00097517 (shared with 8 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.