Looking east along Main Street, Cockermouth

Cockermouth, #1 on this list · Photo: Graham Robson · CC BY-SA 2.0

Cumbria rankings · Income

Towns with the highest household incomes in Cumbria

Cockermouth has the highest household incomes of Cumbria’s 23 towns of 2,500+: £48,519 a year before tax, on average (ONS, 2022–23). The typical town here averages £41,768.

ONS small-area income estimates, financial year ending 2023: the mean income of a household before tax (ONS models means, not medians, for small areas), averaged over the town’s neighbourhoods. A described list: no letters. The rank across England and Wales sits beside each figure.

Cockermouth

8,859 people

£48,519

Mean household income·£35,892 after tax·#1,381 of 2,178 in England and Wales

Askam in Furness

3,172 people

£47,566

Mean household income·£34,855 after tax·#1,456 of 2,178 in England and Wales

Ulverston

11,219 people

£46,373

Mean household income·£33,903 after tax·#1,548 of 2,178 in England and Wales

All 23 towns, ranked

Mean household income, highest first. Small towns sit inside one ONS area of 5,000 to 15,000 people, so their figure is partly their surroundings’. Towns with the same figure share a rank (T = tied). Each rank across England and Wales links to the national list.

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#TownMean household incomeAfter taxUK rank

1Cockermouth8,859 people£48,519£35,892#1,381 of 2,178 nationally

2Askam in Furness3,172 people£47,566£34,855#1,456 of 2,178 nationally

3Ulverston11,219 people£46,373£33,903#1,548 of 2,178 nationally

4Egremont5,791 people£46,125£34,360#1,567 of 2,178 nationally

5Whitehaven22,952 people£45,016£34,383#1,646 of 2,178 nationally

6Kendal28,939 people£44,736£34,496#1,669 of 2,178 nationally

7Cleator Moor6,671 people£44,537£33,689#1,683 of 2,178 nationally

8Dalton-in-Furness7,551 people£43,602£33,022#1,770 of 2,178 nationally

9Brampton4,187 people£43,335£33,607#1,789 of 2,178 nationally

10Windermere4,819 people£43,291£33,840#1,794 of 2,178 nationally

11Appleby-in-Westmorland3,233 people£42,819£32,914#1,839 of 2,178 nationally

12Penrith16,705 people£41,768£32,157#1,917 of 2,178 nationally

13Grange-over-Sands4,047 people£41,711£34,747#1,921 of 2,178 nationally

14Barrow-in-Furness55,260 people£40,115£30,828#2,021 of 2,178 nationally

15Seaton5,051 people£39,653£31,266#2,037 of 2,178 nationally

16Ambleside2,624 people£39,410£32,050#2,051 of 2,178 nationally

17Carlisle77,729 people£39,267£31,418#2,058 of 2,178 nationally

18Keswick4,465 people£39,027£33,609#2,074 of 2,178 nationally

19Workington21,276 people£38,692£30,723#2,085 of 2,178 nationally

20Millom5,690 people£38,444£29,989#2,097 of 2,178 nationally

21Maryport8,526 people£37,014£28,796#2,140 of 2,178 nationally

T22Silloth2,542 people£36,965£28,869#2,141 of 2,178 nationally

T22Wigton5,396 people£36,965£28,869#2,141 of 2,178 nationally

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Which town in Cumbria has the highest household income?

Cockermouth: its households average £48,519 a year before tax (£35,892 after). Askam in Furness and Ulverston follow.

How are these towns ranked?

By mean household income before tax in ONS’s small-area estimates (April 2022 to March 2023), highest first: each neighbourhood’s figure weighted by its share of the town’s residents.

Why isn’t my town on this list?

The list covers Cumbria’s towns of 2,500+ with the figure. Smaller places show it on their own pages; every town in Cumbria is on the county page.

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Sources: ONS small-area income estimates (financial year ending 2023). All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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