Photo: Chris Heaton · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 97% of UK towns: half of Allithwaite is over 55.7
Households with dependent children: 22% here and 29% across England’s towns. On households in flats, Allithwaite sits lower than 92% of UK towns: 3.3%. The village is home to 1,171 residents in 521 households, by the 2021 Census. The share of households in detached houses stands at 53%.
What the Census says about Allithwaite’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Allithwaite’s residents are under 55.7 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 32% are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
32% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 94% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
7.6% of residents are aged 15 to 24 (England’s towns: 12%). Measured more widely, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A lower share of residents who moved in within the year than 82% of UK towns, at 7.2%
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%.
The share of full-time students trails 56% of UK towns: 4.7%. For residents who moved in within the year, the comparison across England’s towns is 11%.
Fewer one-person households than 82% of UK towns: 26%
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Cumbria’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
Across England’s towns, households average 2.4 people; in Allithwaite, 2.2. Set beside that, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. For Allithwaite, the census puts shared households of unrelated adults at 2.3%.
6.3% of households have no car or van, below 97% 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, 16% of households live in a terraced house here.
Only 3% of Allithwaite’s residents were born outside the UK
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
Most residents from abroad were born in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.2%) or in Africa (0.8%). More residents whose main language is English than in 99% of UK towns: 100%. Residents born outside the UK: 18% across England’s towns, for comparison.
A higher share of residents who describe themselves as White British than 99% of UK towns, at 98%
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: 98% of Allithwaite · Cumbria’s towns 95% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
61% of residents describe themselves as Christian (England’s towns: 46%). Few places have so few residents with no religion: 32% here, fewer than in 89% of UK towns. By way of comparison, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns.
A lower share of adults who have never married than 95% of UK towns, at 24%
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
23 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. Married adults and civil partners are more common here than in 94% of UK towns. As a yardstick, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Unpaid carers make up 9.5%, close to the figure across England’s towns.
40% of adults have a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 40% of adults in Allithwaite (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 11% (England’s towns: 18%).
3 in 7 nearby towns have a higher median age than Allithwaite
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allithwaite | 1,171 | — | 55.7 | 32% | 22% |
| Grange-over-Sands | 4,047 | 1.1 mi | 63 | 47% | 11% |
| Arnside | 2,231 | 4.5 mi | 62.4 | 45% | 14% |
| Silverdale | 1,056 | 4.8 mi | 61.5 | 43% | 14% |
| Ulverston | 11,219 | 6.1 mi | 49.1 | 26% | 21% |
| Swarthmoor | 1,030 | 7 mi | 50.7 | 27% | 22% |
| Warton (Lancaster) | 1,801 | 7.5 mi | 54.5 | 31% | 19% |
| Milnthorpe | 1,871 | 7.6 mi | 45.9 | 25% | 26% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- “Cumbria’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Cumbria (or England), summed the same way as Allithwaite’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 Allithwaite’s residents
What is the population of Allithwaite?
The 2021 Census counted 1,171 people in Allithwaite’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Allithwaite?
The median age was 55.7 at the 2021 Census. 7.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 32% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Allithwaite?
98% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 95% across Cumbria’s towns. 3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Allithwaite?
32% said they had no religion and 61% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 5.9% didn’t answer.
Is Allithwaite good for families?
22% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Allithwaite’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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