Photo: Malc McDonald · CC BY-SA 2.0In Brigham, 0.4% of households live in a flat or apartment, fewer than in 99% of UK towns
Across England’s towns, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British; in Brigham, 98%. The village counted 665 residents and 284 households at the 2021 Census. Here, 5.3% of households have no car or van. On one-person households, Brigham sits lower than 96% of UK towns: 21%.
Below 94% of UK towns: 7.8% of residents are aged 15 to 24
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Half of Brigham’s residents are over 49.5, older than in 83% of UK towns. The wider picture: 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. On the census count, 23% of residents are 65 or over. More residents are 55–59 than any other five-year age: 10% of residents, 1.5 times the share 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.
Brigham ranks below 99% of UK towns on full-time students: 2.7%
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%.
Two fifths of Brigham’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 18% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. On average, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. Residents who moved in within the year account for 8.2%.
A smaller share of shared households of unrelated adults than 82% of UK towns: 1.8%
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.
Households average 2.3 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. At the same time, at 26%, the share of households with dependent children is lower than in nearly three fifths of UK towns. As a yardstick, 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns.
A village of detached houses: 41% 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
Where 24% of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns, Brigham has 16%. Still, 0.4% of households live in a flat, less than in 99% of UK towns; 41% in a detached house, against 21% across England’s towns.
Brigham sits below 91% of UK towns for residents born outside the UK (3%)
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
In Brigham, 99% of residents have English as their main language, beside 90% across England’s towns. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (1.5%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.8%). For residents born outside the UK, the comparison across England’s towns is 18%.
Residents who describe themselves as Christian make up 59% in Brigham, 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: 98% of Brigham · Cumbria’s towns 95% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
35% of residents said they have no religion (England’s towns: 37%). The usual figure: 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
Above 97% of UK towns: 59% 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
Unpaid carers giving 50 hours or more a week: 19. Just over a quarter of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, fewer than in 87% of UK towns. Married adults and civil partners make up 44% across England’s towns. The share of unpaid carers tops 60% of UK towns: 9.7%.
Degree level: the highest qualification of 40% 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 Brigham, 40%, and 15% have none, against 18%.
Of the 7 towns nearest Brigham, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brigham | 665 | — | 49.5 | 23% | 26% |
| Great Broughton and Little Broughton | 1,763 | 0.9 mi | 47 | 23% | 26% |
| Cockermouth | 8,859 | 2.4 mi | 50.3 | 28% | 22% |
| Dearham | 2,344 | 3.4 mi | 42.1 | 19% | 30% |
| Stainburn | 2,120 | 4 mi | 48.4 | 26% | 26% |
| Seaton | 5,051 | 4.1 mi | 47 | 24% | 26% |
| Flimby | 1,716 | 4.3 mi | 44.7 | 22% | 25% |
| Maryport | 8,526 | 4.4 mi | 45.5 | 23% | 25% |
Health, work and homes have their own pages
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 Brigham’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 Brigham’s residents
What is the population of Brigham?
The 2021 Census counted 665 people in Brigham’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Brigham?
The median age was 49.5 at the 2021 Census. 7.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 23% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Brigham?
98% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 95% across Cumbria’s towns. 3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Brigham?
35% said they had no religion and 59% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5.4% didn’t answer.
Is Brigham good for families?
26% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Brigham’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.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.