Property market | for a semi-detached property | |
Airport access | Closest airport is Liverpool (73.2 miles) | |
Broadband | 45.3mbps average broadband speeds (average broadband for UK) | |
Ethnic diversity | White: 98.0% residents (vs 81.7% England & Wales) Other: 2.1% residents (vs 18.3% England & Wales) | |
Socio-economic status | Ranked 347 out of 573 in England & Wales for % of residents in higher managerial positions and 195 out of 573 for residents who are long-term unemployed (Copeland level) | |
Community | Median age is 47.1 | Happiness is Below Average for Cumbria, Average for UK | |
Crime | 2.0 burglaries per 1k people (Copeland) | |
Commute (approx) | - Glasgow Central (193 mins) - Edinburgh Waverley (196 mins) - Manchester Piccadilly (230 mins) | |
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for a semi-detached property | |
Closest airport is Liverpool (73.2 miles) | |
45.3mbps average broadband speeds (average broadband for UK) | |
Median age is 47.1 | Happiness is Below Average for Cumbria, Average for UK | |
Ranked 347 out of 573 in England & Wales for % of residents in higher managerial positions and 195 out of 573 for residents who are long-term unemployed (Copeland level) | |
2.0 burglaries per 1k people (Copeland) | |
- Glasgow Central (193 mins) - Edinburgh Waverley (196 mins) - Manchester Piccadilly (230 mins) | |
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The property market in Birkby has had a steady increase over the last few years but a recent decline. Regarding the health of the Cumbria property market as a whole, here is how it compares to other counties in England:
County | Avg Detached Price | Annual Change | Avg Semi-Detached Price | Annual Change |
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Rutland | £557,774 | +11.3% | £341,529 | +11.7% |
Northumberland | £333,743 | +7.3% | £183,403 | +6.1% |
Lancashire | £326,887 | +4.3% | £195,848 | +3.4% |
Leicestershire | £432,076 | +3.9% | £262,308 | +3.0% |
Derbyshire | £340,545 | +3.7% | £209,276 | +2.9% |
Oxfordshire | £706,629 | +3.5% | £450,305 | +3.5% |
Merseyside | £340,051 | +3.4% | £214,398 | +2.4% |
Gloucestershire | £536,963 | +3.4% | £330,457 | +3.4% |
Nottinghamshire | £334,429 | +2.8% | £206,257 | +2.8% |
Wiltshire | £521,688 | +2.7% | £328,877 | +3.0% |
Greater Manchester | £396,806 | +2.7% | £254,125 | +2.3% |
West Yorkshire | £351,673 | +2.5% | £210,889 | +2.0% |
West Midlands | £407,684 | +2.2% | £245,250 | +2.4% |
East Riding of Yorkshire | £326,098 | +2.2% | £203,163 | +2.1% |
Staffordshire | £364,884 | +2.1% | £221,783 | +2.1% |
Herefordshire | £434,518 | +2.1% | £276,148 | +2.2% |
South Yorkshire | £284,409 | +2.0% | £182,869 | +1.9% |
West Sussex | £686,980 | +1.9% | £441,716 | +2.3% |
Kent | £619,795 | +1.8% | £386,201 | +1.4% |
Shropshire | £404,408 | +1.8% | £252,891 | +1.8% |
Warwickshire | £515,326 | +1.8% | £299,238 | +1.3% |
Devon | £503,963 | +1.6% | £337,624 | +2.3% |
North Yorkshire | £422,027 | +1.5% | £265,231 | +1.2% |
Norfolk | £406,137 | +1.4% | £267,820 | +1.2% |
North Northamptonshire | £426,370 | +1.3% | £254,947 | +1.2% |
Buckinghamshire | £853,940 | +1.2% | £460,891 | +1.2% |
West Northamptonshire | £478,844 | +0.9% | £279,006 | +0.7% |
Hampshire | £628,455 | +0.6% | £386,140 | +1.0% |
Lincolnshire | £307,354 | +0.6% | £205,466 | +1.4% |
Worcestershire | £455,558 | +0.6% | £276,201 | +0.9% |
Essex | £586,972 | +0.4% | £379,804 | 0.0% |
Somerset | £465,131 | +0.3% | £296,160 | +0.7% |
Suffolk | £454,636 | +0.2% | £283,920 | +0.6% |
East Sussex | £595,763 | +0.1% | £385,074 | +0.4% |
Cambridgeshire | £486,349 | 0.0% | £330,028 | +0.2% |
Surrey | £957,680 | -0.2% | £546,201 | +0.7% |
Isle of Wight | £435,441 | -0.4% | £298,787 | 0.0% |
Hertfordshire | £939,983 | -0.7% | £542,021 | -0.2% |
Cornwall | £453,159 | -1.1% | £300,170 | -0.6% |
Dorset | £528,863 | -1.3% | £348,080 | -0.8% |
Birkby has one school nearby: Waberthwaite CofE School (Maintained school) which is a primary school based in Waberthwaite, Millom. Example schools in the area are listed below, with some information on their rating and access criteria.
School | Type | Latest Rating | Parent View Reviews (if available) | Ofsted Report (if available) | Address |
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Waberthwaite CofE School Save school | Primary Voluntary aided school - Mixed | 2: Good (7/3/2019) | Ofsted Report Link | Millom |
School | Type |
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Waberthwaite CofE School Ofsted report Save school | Primary Latest rating - 2: Good (7/3/2019) |
Station | Distance from Birkby | Commute options |
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Drigg A very quiet station station. Station footfall changed -8% from the previous year. | 5 miles |
- Glasgow Central (1 change(s) - 193 mins - Avanti West Coast) View details - Edinburgh Waverley (1 change(s) - 196 mins - Avanti West Coast) View details - Manchester Piccadilly (1 change(s) - 230 mins - TransPennine Express) View details - Leeds (1 change(s) - 288 mins - Northern Trains) View details - Birmingham New Street (1 change(s) - 289 mins - Avanti West Coast) View details - York (1 change(s) - 295 mins - London North Eastern Railway) View details - Euston (1 change(s) - 350 mins - Avanti West Coast) View details - Kings Cross (1 change(s) - 412 mins - London North Eastern Railway) View details |
Foxfield A very quiet station station. Station footfall changed +16% from the previous year. | 11 miles |
- Glasgow Central (1 change(s) - 225 mins - Avanti West Coast) View details - Edinburgh Waverley (1 change(s) - 228 mins - Avanti West Coast) View details - Manchester Piccadilly (1 change(s) - 262 mins - TransPennine Express) View details - Leeds (1 change(s) - 320 mins - Northern Trains) View details - Birmingham New Street (1 change(s) - 321 mins - Avanti West Coast) View details - York (1 change(s) - 327 mins - London North Eastern Railway) View details - Euston (1 change(s) - 382 mins - Avanti West Coast) View details - Kings Cross (1 change(s) - 444 mins - London North Eastern Railway) View details |
Green Road A very quiet station station. Station footfall changed +12% from the previous year. | 11 miles |
- Glasgow Central (1 change(s) - 221 mins - Avanti West Coast) View details - Edinburgh Waverley (1 change(s) - 224 mins - Avanti West Coast) View details - Manchester Piccadilly (1 change(s) - 258 mins - TransPennine Express) View details - Leeds (1 change(s) - 316 mins - Northern Trains) View details - Birmingham New Street (1 change(s) - 317 mins - Avanti West Coast) View details - York (1 change(s) - 323 mins - London North Eastern Railway) View details - Euston (1 change(s) - 378 mins - Avanti West Coast) View details - Kings Cross (1 change(s) - 440 mins - London North Eastern Railway) View details |
Kirkby-in-Furness | 14 miles |
- Glasgow Central (1 change(s) - 229 mins - Avanti West Coast) View details - Edinburgh Waverley (1 change(s) - 232 mins - Avanti West Coast) View details - Manchester Piccadilly (1 change(s) - 266 mins - TransPennine Express) View details - Leeds (1 change(s) - 324 mins - Northern Trains) View details - Birmingham New Street (1 change(s) - 325 mins - Avanti West Coast) View details - York (1 change(s) - 331 mins - London North Eastern Railway) View details - Euston (1 change(s) - 386 mins - Avanti West Coast) View details - Kings Cross (1 change(s) - 448 mins - London North Eastern Railway) View details |
Millom A relatively quiet station. Station footfall changed +10% from the previous year. | 14 miles |
- Glasgow Central (1 change(s) - 215 mins - Avanti West Coast) View details - Edinburgh Waverley (1 change(s) - 218 mins - Avanti West Coast) View details - Manchester Piccadilly (1 change(s) - 252 mins - TransPennine Express) View details - Leeds (1 change(s) - 310 mins - Northern Trains) View details - Birmingham New Street (1 change(s) - 311 mins - Avanti West Coast) View details - York (1 change(s) - 317 mins - London North Eastern Railway) View details - Euston (1 change(s) - 372 mins - Avanti West Coast) View details - Kings Cross (1 change(s) - 434 mins - London North Eastern Railway) View details |
The table below lists ethnicities living in the local authority (Copeland) as per the data published in December 2022. Source: ethnicity-facts-figures.service.gov.uk
Ethnicity | % of Copeland residents | Benchmark:% of England & Wales residents |
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White | 98.0% | 81.7% |
Asian | 0.8% | 9.3% |
Mixed | 0.7% | 2.9% |
Black | 0.3% | 4.0% |
Other | 0.3% | 2.1% |
The table below lists the types of occupations that residents have, at the Copeland consituency level. Source: commonslibrary.parliament.uk
Type of occupation | % of residents (over 16 years old) | Rank within England & Wales |
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Intermediate occupations | 10.0% | |
Small employers and own account workers | 9.6% | |
Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations | 11.0% | 347 out of 573 |
Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations | 18.8% | |
Lower supervisory and technical occupations | 9.2% | |
Semi-routine occupations | 14.0% | |
Routine occupations | 14.4% | |
Never worked / long-term unemployed | 9.1% | 195 out of 573 |
Full-time students | 3.8% |
Relative to the UK average, the average broadband download speed in Cumbria is average (57mbps). Birkby is slower than this, with average download speeds of 45.3mbps. You can also view really detailed broadband information at the Copeland level, via data.parliament.uk, here.
Average speed | 45.3 mbps |
% households with superfast broadband access | 93.7% |
% households unable to access decent broadband | 1.3% |
Crime stats were found at the Copeland level:
Type | Copeland | UK |
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Total Crimes (per thousand people) | 70 | 93 |
Burglaries (per thousand people) | 2 | 5 |
Public Order Offences (per thousand people) | 10 | 10 |
Bicycle Thefts (per thousand people) | 0 | 1 |
Violence Against People (per thousand people) | 32 | 36 |
We use an API provided by Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) to identify any live flood warnings to be aware of and we also provide insight into whether flooding could occur from rivers, sea and groundwater within 1km of Birkby.
There are no live flood warnings in the area, according to our interpretation of the DEFRA API.
The areas in the table below have been identified by the DEFRA API as areas where it is possible for flooding to occur from rivers, sea and in some locations, groundwater. Some of these areas will have measures in place to minimise the risk of flooding and they may be monitored by the Flood Warning Service.
Area | Cause | Description |
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Cumbria and Lancashire | River Ehen, Rive Calder, River Irt, River Esk | Rivers Ehen, Calder, Irt and Esk and other watercourses, from Harrington to Annaside including low lying areas around Whitehaven, Cleator Moor, Egremont, Gosforth, Eskdale and Bootle |
Cumbria and Lancashire | River Duddon, River Crake, Mill Beck | Rivers Duddon, Crake and Mill Beck and other watercourses, from Coniston to Barrow-in-Furness including low lying areas around Ulpha, Duddon Bridge, Broughton in Furness, Kirkby-in-Furness, Dalton in Furness and Ulverston |
Cumbria and Lancashire | Irish Sea | St Bees Head to Haverigg including Seascale, Ravenglass, Saltcoats and beach front properties at Coulderton, Nethertown and Braystones |
Cumbria and Lancashire | Irish Sea | Low Lying areas along the coast from St Bees Head to Haverigg including Ravenglass and Annaside |
Cumbria and Lancashire | Irish Sea | St Bees Head to Haverigg including Seascale, Ravenglass, Saltcoats, Hall Carleton and Annaside |
Name | Property market | Crimes per 1,000 | Schools nearby | Socio Economic |
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Birkby, Cumbria Affordability: Very affordable Slowing property market Near the coast | Semi-detached: Detached: | 70 | Primary: Secondary: | 11.0% residents in higher managerial positions 9.1% residents long-term unemployed |
Arnside, Cumbria Affordability: Average Low Crime Happiness High for UK Very fast broadband Slowing property market Near the coast | Semi-detached: Detached: | 54 | Primary: 2Secondary: 1 | 14.0% residents in higher managerial positions 5.0% residents long-term unemployed |
Hawkshead, Cumbria Affordability: Average Low Crime Happiness High for UK Very fast broadband Slowing property market Near the coast | Semi-detached: Detached: | 54 | Primary: 1Secondary: | 14.0% residents in higher managerial positions 5.0% residents long-term unemployed |
Grasmere, Cumbria Affordability: Average Low Crime Happiness High for UK Very fast broadband Slowing property market Near the coast | Semi-detached: Detached: | 54 | Primary: 2Secondary: | 14.0% residents in higher managerial positions 5.0% residents long-term unemployed |
Cartmel, Cumbria Affordability: Average Low Crime Happiness High for UK Very fast broadband Slowing property market Near the coast | Semi-detached: Detached: | 54 | Primary: 2Secondary: 1 | 14.0% residents in higher managerial positions 5.0% residents long-term unemployed |
Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria Affordability: Average Low Crime Outstanding schools Happiness High for UK Very fast broadband Slowing property market | Semi-detached: Detached: | 54 | Primary: 2Secondary: 3 | 14.0% residents in higher managerial positions 5.0% residents long-term unemployed |
Name | Property | Crimes per 1,000 | Schools nearby |
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Birkby, Cumbria Affordability: Very affordable Slowing property market Near the coast | Semi-detached: Detached: | 70 | Primary: Secondary: |
Arnside, Cumbria Affordability: Average Low Crime Happiness High for UK Very fast broadband Slowing property market Near the coast | Semi-detached: Detached: | 54 | Primary: 2Secondary: 1 |
Hawkshead, Cumbria Affordability: Average Low Crime Happiness High for UK Very fast broadband Slowing property market Near the coast | Semi-detached: Detached: | 54 | Primary: 1Secondary: |
Grasmere, Cumbria Affordability: Average Low Crime Happiness High for UK Very fast broadband Slowing property market Near the coast | Semi-detached: Detached: | 54 | Primary: 2Secondary: |
Cartmel, Cumbria Affordability: Average Low Crime Happiness High for UK Very fast broadband Slowing property market Near the coast | Semi-detached: Detached: | 54 | Primary: 2Secondary: 1 |
Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria Affordability: Average Low Crime Outstanding schools Happiness High for UK Very fast broadband Slowing property market | Semi-detached: Detached: | 54 | Primary: 2Secondary: 3 |
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