Photo: Eirian Evans · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 98% of UK towns: half of Burton is over 57.1
Residents who describe themselves as Christian make up 66%, against 46% across England’s towns. In Burton, 2.1% of households live in a terraced house. Households in detached houses are more common here than in 99% of UK towns. The village is home to 545 residents in 242 households, by the 2021 Census.
Burton ranks above 97% of UK towns on residents aged 65 and over: 36%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 55–59, with 11% of residents, 1.6 times the share across England’s towns. The usual figure: 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. Census figures put residents aged 15 to 24 at 7.8% in Burton.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 84 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Above 94% of UK towns: 13% of residents lived at another address a year earlier
What adults did at the 2021 Census (the ONS’s NS-SEC classes), and where residents lived a year earlier.
Adults by occupation class · residents 16 and over
Address a year before the Census
Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.
Across England’s towns, a third of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine or semi-routine work; Burton has 59% and 8%. Typically, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns. Full-time students: 4.8% of the total.
Burton ranks below 96% of UK towns on households with dependent children: 19%
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Cheshire’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
At 2.3 people, the average household compares with 2.4 across England’s towns. For comparison, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns. One-person households: just over a fifth of the total.
Households in flats: 0.4%, a lower share than 99% of UK towns
Accommodation type and cars or vans per household, Census 2021. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.
Type of home
Cars or vans · share of households
By its share of households without a car or van (2.5%), Burton is below 99% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, the share of households in flats is 23%.
Above 99% of UK towns: 100% of residents have English as their main language
Country of birth, year of arrival and main language, Census 2021.
Born outside the UK, by region · share of all residents; the bar runs to 25%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
3.1% of residents were born outside the UK, against 18% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 90% of residents have English as their main language. The largest groups were born in EU countries (1.7%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.7%).
A smaller share of residents with no religion than 93% of UK towns: 31%
How residents described themselves at the 2021 Census. Lines join the lowest and highest of the three figures.
Ethnic groups other than White British · all residents
White British, not charted: 96% of Burton · Cheshire’s towns 90% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
After White British, the largest groups are Mixed or multiple (1.8%), Other White (1.7%) and Indian (0.2%). Few places have as many residents who describe themselves as White British: 96% here, more than in 83% of UK towns. The benchmark for residents with no religion across England’s towns: 37%.
69% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 99% of UK towns
Legal partnership status (residents 16 and over) and unpaid care (residents 5 and over), Census 2021.
Partnership status · residents 16 and over
Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over
Across England’s towns, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership; in Burton, 18%. Typically, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Unpaid carers account for 11%.
Degree-level qualifications: held by 55% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 18% of adults have no qualification; in Burton, 7.5%, while 55% hold one at degree level (34%).
Every nearby town is younger than Burton
Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Homes with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burton | 545 | — | 57.1 | 36% | 19% |
| Neston | 14,963 | 2.2 mi | 50.9 | 29% | 22% |
| Willaston (Cheshire West and Chester) | 2,472 | 2.5 mi | 54.9 | 33% | 21% |
| Garden City | 2,427 | 3.5 mi | 34.9 | 11% | 33% |
| Connah's Quay | 16,768 | 3.7 mi | 40.4 | 18% | 31% |
| Shotton | 6,500 | 3.8 mi | 40.9 | 18% | 27% |
| Saughall | 2,655 | 4.2 mi | 50.8 | 30% | 24% |
| Flint | 12,776 | 4.5 mi | 39.8 | 18% | 29% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- “Cheshire’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Cheshire (or England), summed the same way as Burton’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out.
- Small counts are blurred. The ONS adds small random changes to Census counts to protect privacy, so the same total differs a little between tables, and the shares of a small town can move by a point or two.
Questions about Burton’s residents
What is the population of Burton?
The 2021 Census counted 545 people in Burton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Burton?
The median age was 57.1 at the 2021 Census. 7.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 36% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Burton?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 90% across Cheshire’s towns. 3.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Burton?
31% said they had no religion and 66% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 2.6% didn’t answer.
Is Burton good for families?
19% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Burton’s schools page.
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area (TS002, TS003, TS004, TS007A, TS008, TS015, TS017, TS019, TS021, TS029, TS030, TS039, TS044, TS045, TS062, TS067). All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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