Photo: Humphrey Bolton · CC BY-SA 2.0Beckermet is older than 92% of UK towns: a median age of 52
Set against 24% across England’s towns, 8% of households have no car or van in Beckermet. Census day 2021: 652 residents and 294 households locally. Across Beckermet, 64% of adults are married or in a civil partnership. Residents with no religion are rarer here than in 98% of UK towns.
A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of UK towns: 5.7%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 55–59: 9.9% of residents, 1.5 times the share across England’s towns. Locally, 28% of residents are 65 or over. As a yardstick, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Fewer full-time students than 99% of UK towns: 1.1%
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%.
Against a figure of 11% across England’s towns, the share of residents who moved in within the year in Beckermet comes in at 7.6%. Typically, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
A lower share of shared households of unrelated adults than 99% of UK towns, at 1%
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.
Here just over a fifth of households have dependent children, where the figure across England’s towns is 29%. The share of shared households of unrelated adults across England’s towns is 4.3%. The average household has 2.2 people. One-person households are rarer here than in 70% of UK towns.
Households in flats: 1%, 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
Set against 24% across England’s towns, 14% of households live in a terraced house in Beckermet. Across Beckermet, 62% of households live in a detached house. The comparison figure for households in flats is 23% across England’s towns.
Beckermet ranks above 99% of UK towns on residents whose main language is English: 100%
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 Middle East and Asia (1.7%) or in EU countries (1.4%). At 3.7%, the share of residents born outside the UK is lower than in 82% of UK towns. To put it in context, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
Beckermet ranks above 99% of UK towns on residents who describe themselves as Christian: 68%
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 Beckermet · Cumbria’s towns 95% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Other than White British, most residents describe themselves as Mixed or multiple (1.4%), Other White (1.1%) and Indian (0.3%). Across the comparison, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Higher than in 83% of UK towns: 96% of residents describe themselves as White British.
Fewer adults who have never married than 99% of UK towns: 18%
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
21 residents give 50 hours or more of unpaid care each week. On unpaid carers, Beckermet sits higher than 68% of UK towns: 10%. Adults who have never married: 39% across England’s towns, for comparison.
A degree-level qualification for 43% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 43% of Beckermet’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 11% have no qualification (18%).
Every neighbour of Beckermet has a younger population
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beckermet | 652 | — | 52 | 28% | 22% |
| Egremont | 5,791 | 2.6 mi | 45.6 | 22% | 25% |
| Seascale | 1,708 | 3.7 mi | 50 | 27% | 22% |
| St Bees | 1,187 | 4.2 mi | 51.2 | 25% | 21% |
| Cleator Moor | 6,671 | 5.2 mi | 44.4 | 21% | 24% |
| Frizington | 1,754 | 6.7 mi | 45.3 | 23% | 25% |
| Whitehaven | 22,952 | 6.9 mi | 44.3 | 21% | 24% |
| Moresby Parks | 1,180 | 8 mi | 43.1 | 19% | 34% |
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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 Beckermet’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 Beckermet’s residents
What is the population of Beckermet?
The 2021 Census counted 652 people in Beckermet’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Beckermet?
The median age was 52 at the 2021 Census. 5.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 28% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Beckermet?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 95% across Cumbria’s towns. 3.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Beckermet?
24% said they had no religion and 68% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.4% didn’t answer.
Is Beckermet good for families?
22% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Beckermet’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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