Photo: Kevin Waterhouse · CC BY-SA 2.01.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, fewer than in 96% of UK towns
Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 97%, against 73% across England’s towns. Census day 2021: 2,169 residents and 971 households in Aspatria. Across Aspatria, 8% of residents are aged 15 to 24. Few places have as many households in terraced houses: 38% here, more than in 93% of UK towns.
In Aspatria, 24% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 63% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
With a median age of 45.4, Aspatria is older than 57% of UK towns. The usual figure: 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. In Grange-over-Sands, the oldest of Cumbria’s towns by this measure, it is 47%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 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.
A lower share of full-time students than 99% of UK towns, at 2.9%
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%.
Managerial and professional jobs take in 18% of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 40% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). Across the comparison, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. For Aspatria, the census puts residents who moved in within the year at 5.2%.
More one-person households than 76% of UK towns: 33%
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.
A quarter of households have dependent children (England’s towns: 29%). Across England’s towns, the share of one-person households is 30%. There are 2.2 people in the average household.
Aspatria sits below 95% of UK towns for households in flats (2.7%)
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
The share of households without a car or van is 21%, against 24% across England’s towns. Measured more widely, 23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns. In Aspatria, 18% of households live in a detached house.
Below 99% of UK towns: 1.5% of 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
Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (0.8%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.5%). Residents born outside the UK make up 18% across England’s towns. Set against 90% across England’s towns, 99% of residents have English as their main language in Aspatria.
59% describe themselves as Christian, more than in 93% of UK towns
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 Aspatria · Cumbria’s towns 95% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns, against 33% in Aspatria. To put it in context, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
In Aspatria, 11% of residents give unpaid care, more than in 82% 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
80 people care, unpaid, for 50 hours or more a week. By way of comparison, 8.7% of residents give unpaid care across England’s towns. Fewer married adults and civil partners than in nearly two thirds of UK towns: 46%. Where nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns, Aspatria has 33%.
Qualified to degree level: 18% 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 Aspatria, 26%, while 18% hold one at degree level (34%).
Median age: 5 of the 7 towns around Aspatria are older
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aspatria | 2,169 | — | 45.4 | 24% | 25% |
| Dearham | 2,344 | 6.4 mi | 42.1 | 19% | 30% |
| Cockermouth | 8,859 | 7.2 mi | 50.3 | 28% | 22% |
| Silloth | 2,542 | 7.6 mi | 53.1 | 31% | 21% |
| Maryport | 8,526 | 7.6 mi | 45.5 | 23% | 25% |
| Wigton | 5,396 | 7.7 mi | 48.4 | 26% | 22% |
| Great Broughton and Little Broughton | 1,763 | 7.9 mi | 47 | 23% | 26% |
| Flimby | 1,716 | 9.3 mi | 44.7 | 22% | 25% |
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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 Aspatria’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 Aspatria’s residents
What is the population of Aspatria?
The 2021 Census counted 2,169 people in Aspatria’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Aspatria?
The median age was 45.4 at the 2021 Census. 8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 24% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Aspatria?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 95% across Cumbria’s towns. 1.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Aspatria?
33% said they had no religion and 59% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 6.9% didn’t answer.
Is Aspatria good for families?
25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Aspatria’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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