Photo: Jo and Steve Turner · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 51.8: Brampton is older than 91% of UK towns
One-person households make up 39%, against 30% across England’s towns. The census found that 1.4% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home in Brampton. 16% of households live in a flat or apartment, a higher share than in 75% of UK towns. In 2021, the Census found 4,187 residents locally, living in 2,030 households.
What the Census says about Brampton’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Brampton’s residents are under 51.8 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 29% 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) and ONS mid-year population estimates.
+1% since 2011, a pace below 81% of UK towns
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Brampton’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 4,600 people in 2011; 4,700 in 2024.
The 65 and over group saw the biggest change (+30%), the 0 to 15 group the smallest (−15%). The steepest year was mid-2021 to mid-2022, up 80 people.
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 89% of UK towns: 29%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 55–59 than any other five-year age: 8.3% of residents, 1.3 times the share across England’s towns. The share of residents aged 15 to 24 stands at 9.7%. Set beside that, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Brampton, 51.8. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 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 smaller share of full-time students than 60% of UK towns: 4.6%
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%.
By its share of residents who moved in within the year (10%), Brampton is above 73% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, full-time students come to 7.9%.
Fewer families than 92% of UK towns: 21% of households have children
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.
The typical household size is 2.1 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. Typically, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns.
A larger share of households without a car or van than 78% of UK towns: 22%
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 in detached houses trails 55% of UK towns: 27%. At the same time, every 5th household or so has no car or van.
99% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 94% of UK towns
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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
In Brampton, 3.7% of residents were born outside the UK, beside 18% across England’s towns. Set beside that, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (1.8%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.6%).
Above 91% of UK towns: 96% of residents describe themselves as White British
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 Brampton · Cumbria’s towns 95% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
After White British, the most common groups are Other White (1.7%), Mixed or multiple (1.1%) and Pakistani (0.1%). Across the comparison, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. On residents who describe themselves as Christian, Brampton sits higher than 85% of UK towns: 56%. Nothing unusual on residents with no religion: 37%, close to the figure across England’s towns.
Adults who have never married make up 29% in Brampton, less than in 76% 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
Unpaid carers make up 7.9%, close to the figure across England’s towns. Few places have so few married adults and civil partners: 46% here, fewer than in 60% of UK towns. For comparison, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Qualified to degree level: 31% 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 Brampton, 31%, and 19% have none, against 18%.
103rd oldest of 695 UK towns of 3,000 to 6,000 people
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Bailrigg is the youngest (18.9); Sutton on Sea and Trusthorpe the oldest (64.7). Nearest to Brampton in age: Saltford (51.6), Lostwithiel (51.6), Barnard Castle (51.8) and Easingwold (51.8).
3 in 7 nearby towns have a higher median age than Brampton
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brampton | 4,187 | — | 51.8 | 29% | 21% |
| Warwick Bridge | 1,232 | 4.2 mi | 52 | 30% | 21% |
| Wetheral | 1,129 | 5.9 mi | 58.5 | 37% | 17% |
| Scotby | 1,830 | 6.6 mi | 53.3 | 32% | 23% |
| Houghton | 1,486 | 7.6 mi | 47 | 26% | 28% |
| Carlisle | 77,729 | 9 mi | 41.1 | 19% | 25% |
| Longtown | 2,176 | 10.3 mi | 45.6 | 24% | 22% |
| Haltwhistle | 3,646 | 10.8 mi | 50.2 | 28% | 21% |
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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 Brampton’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out. The population trend compares with the whole county and nation.
- Estimates since 2021 are modelled. The ONS builds mid-year estimates from the Census, births, deaths and migration records. Brampton’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 4,546 people in 2021, against 4,187 in the built-up area.
- 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 Brampton’s residents
What is the population of Brampton?
The 2021 Census counted 4,187 people in Brampton’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 4,700 people in mid-2024, about as many as in 2011.
What is the average age in Brampton?
The median age was 51.8 at the 2021 Census, older than 91% of UK towns. 9.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 29% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Brampton?
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 Brampton?
37% said they had no religion and 56% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.4% were Muslim and 5% didn’t answer.
Is Brampton good for families?
21% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Brampton’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) · ONS mid-year population estimates for 2021 LSOAs, mid-2011 to mid-2024. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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