Free headline figures · October 2026

Cumberland care market

Cumberland's population aged 85+ grows 43% by 2035, slower than England. It has fewer care home beds per person aged 85+ as England overall, and the council pays £990 a week for residential care.

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Care homes782,347 beds

Home care and community services73registered with CQC

People aged 85+8,84612,653 by 2035, +43% (England +45%)

Beds per 1,000 aged 85+265England 304

Rated Good or better79%of rated care homes

Council residential fee£990a week, 69th highest of 152 (England £956)

Council nursing fee£1,066a week, 78th highest of 152 (England £1,089)

Council home care rate£25.95an hour, 36th highest of 152 (England £25.05)

Beds the council funds47%England 43%

Dementia diagnosis rate62%England 66%

In the full reportDistrict by district supply and demand, every care home of 20 beds or more, operators and ownership, who lends to them, how the council pays, what the council says it wants, and our view of the opportunities.

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AreaOne council. £79 a month or £790 a year.

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Sources: CQC active locations, 1 October 2026 (dual registrations counted once); ONS subnational population projections, 2022 based; DHSC Market Sustainability and Improvement Fund fee reporting 2025 to 2026 (provisional, self reported); DHSC Adult social care finance report 2024 to 2025; NHS England Primary Care Dementia Data, June 2026. Population figures for Cumberland and Westmorland and Furness are built from the former district councils that formed them in April 2023. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.