Photo: John Slann · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 98% of UK towns: half of Culgaith is over 56.3
Compared with 23% across England’s towns, 0.5% of households live in a flat or apartment here. Census figures put households without a car or van at 3.8% in Culgaith. Few places have so few adults who have never married: 17% here, fewer than in 99% of UK towns. The 2021 Census counted 426 residents in 186 households.
Fewer young people than 99% of UK towns: 6.8% are 15 to 24
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
In Culgaith, just over a third of residents are 65 or over, beside 18% across England’s towns. The usual figure: 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 95 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A lower share of full-time students than 99% of UK towns, at 3%
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%.
The figure for residents who moved in within the year is 10% in Culgaith and 11% across England’s towns. Full-time students make up 7.9% across England’s towns.
Fewer people live alone than in 99% of UK towns: 18% of households
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 with dependent children make up 23%, against 29% across England’s towns. 2.2% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, fewer than in 61% of UK towns. Elsewhere, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. There are 2.3 people in the average household.
Above 99% of UK towns: 71% of households live in a detached house
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
By its share of households in terraced houses (3.7%), Culgaith is below 98% of UK towns. The benchmark for households in detached houses across England’s towns: 21%.
Culgaith ranks below 99% of UK towns on residents born outside the UK: 2.1%
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, against 90% across England’s towns. For residents born outside the UK, the comparison across England’s towns is 18%. By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in Africa (1.4%) and in EU countries (0.2%).
A higher share of residents who describe themselves as White British than 99% of UK towns, at 98%
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 Culgaith · Cumbria’s towns 95% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 64%, above 98% of UK towns. Compared with other places, residents with no religion are scarce here: 31%, fewer than in 92% of UK towns. Measured more widely, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns.
A higher share of married adults and civil partners than 99% of UK towns, at 69%
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
Across England’s towns, the share of unpaid carers is 8.7%; Culgaith has 11%. Elsewhere, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
A degree-level qualification for 47% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 34% across England’s towns, 47% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 13% hold no qualification (18%).
Every nearby town is younger than Culgaith
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Culgaith | 426 | — | 56.3 | 34% | 23% |
| Penrith | 16,705 | 5.7 mi | 46.2 | 23% | 22% |
| Appleby-in-Westmorland | 3,233 | 7.3 mi | 51.1 | 29% | 20% |
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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 Culgaith’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 Culgaith’s residents
What is the population of Culgaith?
The 2021 Census counted 426 people in Culgaith’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Culgaith?
The median age was 56.3 at the 2021 Census. 6.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 34% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Culgaith?
98% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 95% across Cumbria’s towns. 2.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Culgaith?
31% said they had no religion and 64% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 4% didn’t answer.
Is Culgaith good for families?
23% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Culgaith’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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