Photo: Graham Robson · CC BY-SA 2.073% of households live in a terraced house, more than in 99% of UK towns
Against a figure of 21% across England’s towns, the share of households in detached houses in Braithwaite comes in at 1.8%. Just over one in ten residents give unpaid care, a higher share than in 96% of UK towns. The village had 128 residents in 54 households at the 2021 Census. One-person households account for 26%.
Braithwaite ranks above 96% of UK towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 14%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Across England’s towns, 18% of residents are 65 or over; in Braithwaite, 19%. Meanwhile, half of the village’s residents are over 44.6, older than in just over half of UK towns. By way of comparison, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 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.
Residents who moved in within the year: 7%, a lower share than 85% of UK towns
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%.
Across England’s towns, 33% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine work; in Braithwaite, 30% and 24%. Full-time students are more common here than in 77% of UK towns. Against that, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
More family households than 82% of UK towns: 31% in Braithwaite
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.
Shared households of unrelated adults are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, 29% of households have dependent children. On average, 2.3 people share a household.
Braithwaite ranks below 97% of UK towns on households in flats: 1.8%
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 without a car or van: 16% here and 24% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, the share of households in flats is 23%.
Only 0.8% of residents were born outside the UK in Braithwaite
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
100% of residents have English as their main language (England’s towns: 90%). Typically, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns.
A higher White British share than 99% of UK towns: 99% of residents
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: 99% of Braithwaite · Cumbria’s towns 95% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents with no religion make up 44%, against 37% across England’s towns. Typically, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. In Braithwaite, 53% of residents describe themselves as Christian.
Above 77% of UK towns: 52% of adults are married or in a civil partnership
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
For 6 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week. Just over a third of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, more than in 63% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, the share of married adults and civil partners is 44%.
Qualified to degree level: 18% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
23% of Braithwaite’s adults have no qualification (18% across England’s towns), and 18% have one at degree level (34%).
No nearby town is as young as Braithwaite
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Braithwaite | 128 | — | 44.6 | 19% | 31% |
| Keswick | 4,465 | 2.3 mi | 52.8 | 30% | 17% |
| Cockermouth | 8,859 | 8.2 mi | 50.3 | 28% | 22% |
| Great Broughton and Little Broughton | 1,763 | 11 mi | 47 | 23% | 26% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- The Census was taken in a lockdown, in term time. 21 March 2021 fell in term time, and students were asked to give their term-time address, so most were counted where they study. Some may have been living with family that day.
- “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 Braithwaite’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 Braithwaite’s residents
What is the population of Braithwaite?
The 2021 Census counted 128 people in Braithwaite’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Braithwaite?
The median age was 44.6 at the 2021 Census. 14% of residents were 15 to 24 and 19% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Braithwaite?
99% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 95% across Cumbria’s towns. 0.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Braithwaite?
44% said they had no religion and 53% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 1.6% didn’t answer.
Is Braithwaite good for families?
31% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Braithwaite’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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