Photo: Stephen Craven · CC BY-SA 2.00.8% of households live in a flat or apartment, below 99% of UK towns
Half of Haslington’s residents are over 49.2, older than in just over four in five UK towns. There were 2,152 households in the town at the 2021 Census, home to 5,042 residents. In Haslington, 45% of households live in a detached house. With one-person households at 25%, Haslington is behind 85% of UK towns on that count.
What the Census says about Haslington’s people
Fewer people than in 2011
ONS mid-year estimates put Haslington at 4,700 in 2011 and 4,600 in 2024, down 2%, against 10% for England: slower growth than in 92% of UK towns. Since 2011 ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area) and ONS mid-year population estimates.
A −2% change since 2011: slower than 92% of UK towns
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Haslington’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 4,700 people in 2011; 4,600 in 2024.
Change by age ran from +45% for the 65 and over to −18% for the 0 to 15.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 80% of UK towns: 8.8%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Across England’s towns, 18% of residents are 65 or over; in Haslington, 25%. The wider picture: 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Haslington, 49.2. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Haslington ranks below 56% of UK towns on full-time students: 4.7%
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%.
9% of residents lived at another address a year before the Census, against 11% across England’s towns. The share of full-time students across England’s towns is 7.9%.
Haslington ranks below 70% of UK towns on households with dependent children: 25%
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.
Households in Haslington hold 2.3 people on average (England’s towns: 2.4). Elsewhere, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns.
In Haslington, 8.3% of households live in a terraced house, fewer than in 93% 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
Compared with 24% across England’s towns, nearly one in ten households have no car or van here.
Residents born outside the UK make up 4.1% in Haslington, less than in 77% of UK towns
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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Across England’s towns, just over a fifth of those born abroad arrived in 2017 or later; here, 13%. 99% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 80% of UK towns. The share of residents born outside the UK across England’s towns is 18%. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (2.1%) and in Africa (0.7%).
Haslington ranks above 83% of UK towns on residents who describe themselves as White British: 96%
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 Haslington · Cheshire’s towns 90% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The groups that follow White British are Other White (2.4%), Mixed or multiple (0.8%) and Indian (0.3%). Elsewhere, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. 55% of residents describe themselves as Christian, more than in 81% of UK towns. At 37%, the share of residents with no religion is in line with the figure across England’s towns.
In Haslington, 53% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 80% 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
Where nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care across England’s towns, Haslington has 10%. At 28%, the share of adults who have never married is lower than in 78% of UK towns. Married adults and civil partners: 44% across England’s towns, for comparison. Some 139 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week.
Adults with a degree-level qualification: 34%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 34% of adults have a degree-level qualification; in Haslington, 34%, and 15% have none, against 18%.
Among 516 UK towns of 4,000 to 7,000 people, the 136th oldest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Bailrigg (18.9), the youngest, and Barton on Sea (65.3), the oldest. Nearest to Haslington in age: Aintree (49.2), Old Tupton (49.2), Bungay (49.2) and Southbourne (49.2).
Every neighbour of Haslington has a younger population
Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.
Health, work and homes have their own pages
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 Haslington’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out. The population trend compares with the whole county and nation.
- Estimates since 2021 are modelled. The ONS builds mid-year estimates from the Census, births, deaths and migration records. Haslington’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 4,639 people in 2021, against 5,042 in the built-up area.
- 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 Haslington’s residents
What is the population of Haslington?
The 2021 Census counted 5,042 people in Haslington’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 4,600 people in mid-2024, 2% fewer than in 2011.
What is the average age in Haslington?
The median age was 49.2 at the 2021 Census, older than 81% of UK towns. 8.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 25% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Haslington?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 90% across Cheshire’s towns. 4.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Haslington?
37% said they had no religion and 55% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 7.1% didn’t answer.
Is Haslington good for families?
25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Haslington’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) · ONS mid-year population estimates for 2021 LSOAs, mid-2011 to mid-2024. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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