Braithwaite has a population of 342, making it the 84th largest place in Cumbria.
#84
of 92 in Cumbria
The other populations of Braithwaite
Depending on where you draw the boundary, Braithwaite has between 130 and 342 residents. Both are correct.
| What you mean | Population | Source |
|---|---|---|
| The place itself The populated settlement, roughly the built-up core. |
342 | GeoNames |
| The built-up area Continuous development, where buildings sit less than 200m apart. Drawn from where the buildings are, not where the council boundary is. |
130 | ONS Census 2021 (2021) |
Why these differ: which population figure is right? · compare with another place
Year-by-year official estimates for the wider area: Cumberland population trends, 2001–2025.
Braithwaite in context
2 km
east to Portinscale, the nearest larger town
6,395
people live within 10 km
#5,818
largest of 6,358 UK places
Distances are straight-line from the settlement's recorded coordinates. The 10 km figure sums the recorded places within that radius, so it describes how built-up the surroundings are rather than people per square kilometre.
The centre of Braithwaite sits in postcode district CA12.
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Population since 2001
Cumberland, year by year from ONS estimates
Postcode district CA12
Wards, constituencies and the deprivation profile
Nearby in Cumbria
| # | Place | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kirklinton | 384 |
| 2 | Morland | 374 |
| 3 | Cumwhinton | 364 |
| 4 | Newton Arlosh | 318 |
| 5 | Caldbeck | 311 |
| 6 | Great Urswick | 281 |