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Eamont and Shap · Westmorland and Furness

Eamont and Shap: your neighbourhood

Eamont and Shap electoral ward · May 2026 boundaries. Every figure carries its own date.

What stands out here?

Households facing two or more measured disadvantages: 12.7% here, compared with 14.8% across Westmorland and Furness (2.2 percentage points lower).

These households met at least two census conditions covering education, employment, health and housing. This is not an income or poverty measure.

21 March 2021 · ward and council use the same source, measure and date.

Why this comparison is valid

The difference is in percentage points. The wider figure is the published council total, not the average of its wards. Differences describe groups, not every resident.

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People aged 65 or over: 27.7% here, compared with 25.7% across Westmorland and Furness (1.9 percentage points higher).

Age helps locate demand for accessible homes, transport and support. Being older does not itself mean someone needs care.

21 March 2021 · ward and council use the same source, measure and date.

Why this comparison is valid

The difference is in percentage points. The wider figure is the published council total, not the average of its wards. Differences describe groups, not every resident.

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Homes rented privately: 19% here, compared with 17% across Westmorland and Furness (1.7 percentage points higher).

A larger private-rented sector changes the mix of housing advice, enforcement and tenant support needed. It does not tell us whether individual homes are affordable or safe.

21 March 2021 · ward and council use the same source, measure and date.

Why this comparison is valid

The difference is in percentage points. The wider figure is the published council total, not the average of its wards. Differences describe groups, not every resident.

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The ward in numbers

People aged 65 or over

27.7%

21 March 2021 · Eamont and Shap

Show the workings

Published Census 2021 count; percentage uses the matching population denominator

All usual residents

1,165 out of 4,213.

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People reporting bad or very bad health

4.4%

21 March 2021 · Eamont and Shap

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Published Census 2021 count; percentage uses the matching population denominator

All usual residents; self-reported, not age-standardised

184 out of 4,214.

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People counted in the census

4,214

21 March 2021 · Eamont and Shap

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Published Census 2021 count; percentage uses the matching population denominator

All usual residents

4,214 out of 4,214.

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People aged 16+ with a degree or equivalent

33.6%

21 March 2021 · Eamont and Shap

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Published Census 2021 count; percentage uses the matching population denominator

Residents aged 16 and over

1,222 out of 3,637.

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Households facing at least one measured disadvantage

45.8%

21 March 2021 · Eamont and Shap

The census checks education, employment, health and housing. This is not a measure of income or poverty.

Show the workings

Published Census 2021 count; percentage uses the matching population denominator

All households

898 out of 1,959.

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Households facing two or more measured disadvantages

12.7%

21 March 2021 · Eamont and Shap

The census checks education, employment, health and housing. This is not a measure of income or poverty.

Show the workings

Published Census 2021 count; percentage uses the matching population denominator

All households

248 out of 1,959.

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Residents aged 16+ outside the labour market

39.8%

21 March 2021 · Eamont and Shap

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21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly.

All usual residents aged 16 and over

1,449 out of 3,637.

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Residents aged 16+ in work

58.6%

21 March 2021 · Eamont and Shap

Show the workings

21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly.

All usual residents aged 16 and over

2,132 out of 3,637.

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Residents aged 16+ not working because of long-term illness or disability

2.5%

21 March 2021 · Eamont and Shap

Show the workings

21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly.

All usual residents aged 16 and over

91 out of 3,637.

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People aged 16+ with no qualifications

16.7%

21 March 2021 · Eamont and Shap

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Published Census 2021 count; percentage uses the matching population denominator

Residents aged 16 and over

606 out of 3,637.

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Homes rented privately

19%

21 March 2021 · Eamont and Shap

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Published Census 2021 count; percentage uses the matching population denominator

All households

368 out of 1,958.

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Residents aged 16+ retired

30.7%

21 March 2021 · Eamont and Shap

Show the workings

21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly.

All usual residents aged 16 and over

1,116 out of 3,637.

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Homes rented from a council or housing association

10%

21 March 2021 · Eamont and Shap

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Published Census 2021 count; percentage uses the matching population denominator

All households

199 out of 1,958.

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Residents aged 16+ unemployed

1.5%

21 March 2021 · Eamont and Shap

Show the workings

21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly. Unemployed residents as a share of all residents aged 16+; this is not the unemployment rate among economically active people.

All usual residents aged 16 and over

56 out of 3,637.

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Crime and safety

Police-recorded locations for Eamont and Shap ward. Locations are approximate; these are not all crimes or a measure of personal risk.

Mapped crime over time

September 2024 to August 2026

Eamont and Shap ward · mapped crimes

Reviewed figures: September 2024 to August 2026. This reviewed record covers fewer than 30 years, so the chart opens on all of it.

Shown on this chart: 9 mapped crimes in September 2024; 38 mapped crimes in August 2026. These are recorded counts; check the coverage notes before comparing periods.

The line joins consecutive published observations.

Monthly crime and anti-social behaviour
Recorded locations by month · Eamont and Shap
MonthMapped crimeAnti-social behaviour
September 202490
October 2024160
November 2024190
December 2024130
January 2025130
February 202541
March 2025160
April 2025160
May 2025222
June 2025100
July 2025280
August 2025920
September 2025150
October 2025141
November 2025210
December 202580
January 2026120
February 2026190
March 2026170
April 2026140
May 2026120
June 2026150
July 2026272
August 2026382
Crime categories in the latest complete year

A complete, consecutive 12-month period without an unresolved reporting break is needed before these totals can be shown.

What these numbers include

Approximate published locations, not every crime or personal risk.

Anti-social behaviour is separate. Transport police and unusable locations excluded.

An empty ward count means no mapped rows in the complete required force files; it does not prove that no crime occurred.

These are retrieved mapped records, not a guarantee of complete crime reporting. Approximate locations and unmapped incidents limit comparisons.

Publication history: Cumbria Constabulary: Crime data not provided for March 2025. The force will provide a data refresh as soon as possible. Later update: Cumbria Constabulary: Crime data refresh from March 2025 to May 2025.

Publication history: Cumbria Constabulary: Crime data not provided for April 2025. The force will provide a data refresh as soon as possible. Later update: Cumbria Constabulary: Crime data refresh from March 2025 to May 2025.

Publication history: Cumbria Constabulary: Crime data not provided for May 2025. The force will provide a data refresh as soon as possible. Later update: Cumbria Constabulary: Crime data refresh from March 2025 to May 2025.

Publication history: Cumbria Constabulary: Crime data not provided for August 2025. The force will provide a data refresh as soon as possible. No explicit later refresh identified in the checked changelog.

Publication history: Cumbria Constabulary: Crime data not provided for September 2025. The force will provide a data refresh as soon as possible. Later update: Cumbria Constabulary: Crime data refresh for September 2025.

Previous crime-publication gaps are not explicitly resolved in the checked changelog for 2025-08. Published rows are retained, but completeness and year-on-year changes are not established.

Missing ward-months invalidate totals and changes. Busy centres attract visitors, so residential population is not a measure of the number of people exposed.

Police data and method →

What could improve local safety →

Projects and proposed responses

A nearby project is not proof of a benefit to the whole ward. Only source-supported ward links are attached here.

No project boundary has been verified against this ward. See projects and their stated locations →

Proposed responses across Westmorland and Furness →