Photo: Michael Garlick · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 96% of UK towns: half of Allonby is over 54.3
Nearly a fifth of households have dependent children (England’s towns: 29%). Allonby is home to 436 residents in 216 households, by the 2021 Census. The census found that 39% of households are one person living alone here. Few places have as many residents who describe themselves as Christian: 60% here, more than in 94% of UK towns.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 98% of UK towns: 7.3%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Across England’s towns, 18% of residents are 65 or over; in Allonby, 31%. Typically, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 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.
Allonby sits below 87% of UK towns for full-time students (3.9%)
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%.
Nothing unusual on residents who moved in within the year: 11%, close to the figure across England’s towns. Full-time students make up 7.9% across England’s towns.
Households here average 2 people, below 98% of UK towns
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, the share of shared households of unrelated adults is 4.3%; Allonby has 1.9%.
A village of terraces: 44% of households live in one
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
Households in flats: 3.6%, below 90% of UK towns. Census figures put households without a car or van at 9.6% in Allonby. The village has fewer households in detached houses than 53% of UK towns, at 28%. Measured more widely, 24% of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns.
Fewer residents born abroad than 99% of UK towns: 1.8%
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
Here 100% of residents have English as their main language, where the figure across England’s towns is 90%. Against that, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in the Middle East and Asia (0.7%) and in Africa (0.7%).
A higher share of residents who describe themselves as White British than 97% of UK towns, at 97%
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: 97% of Allonby · Cumbria’s towns 95% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Across England’s towns, the share of residents with no religion is 37%; Allonby has 32%. Against that, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns.
Adults who have never married make up 26% in Allonby, less than in 87% 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
Some 11 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. On average, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. At 49%, the share of married adults and civil partners is higher than in 57% of UK towns. Unpaid carers make up 9.5%, close to the figure across England’s towns.
A degree-level qualification for 29% of adults
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 Allonby, 29%, and 22% have none, against 18%.
No nearby town is as old as Allonby
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allonby | 436 | — | 54.3 | 31% | 19% |
| Aspatria | 2,169 | 4.2 mi | 45.4 | 24% | 25% |
| Dearham | 2,344 | 4.7 mi | 42.1 | 19% | 30% |
| Maryport | 8,526 | 5 mi | 45.5 | 23% | 25% |
| Flimby | 1,716 | 6.8 mi | 44.7 | 22% | 25% |
| Silloth | 2,542 | 6.8 mi | 53.1 | 31% | 21% |
| Great Broughton and Little Broughton | 1,763 | 7.1 mi | 47 | 23% | 26% |
| Cockermouth | 8,859 | 8 mi | 50.3 | 28% | 22% |
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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 Allonby’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 Allonby’s residents
What is the population of Allonby?
The 2021 Census counted 436 people in Allonby’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Allonby?
The median age was 54.3 at the 2021 Census. 7.3% of residents were 15 to 24 and 31% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Allonby?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 95% across Cumbria’s towns. 1.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Allonby?
32% said they had no religion and 60% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.7% were Muslim and 6.2% didn’t answer.
Is Allonby good for families?
19% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Allonby’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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