Photo: Bob Jenkins · CC BY-SA 2.0A lower share of households in flats than 97% of UK towns, at 1.8%
Against a figure of 24% across England’s towns, the share of households in terraced houses in Flimby comes in at 46%. 98% of residents describe themselves as White British, a higher share than in 99% of UK towns. There were 782 households here at the 2021 Census, home to 1,716 residents. One-person households account for 33%.
Below 61% of UK towns: 9.4% of residents are aged 15 to 24
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 50–54: 7.8% of residents. The usual figure: 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. Half of Flimby’s residents are over 44.7, older than in 51% of UK towns. In Grange-over-Sands, the oldest of Cumbria’s towns by this measure, it is 47%.
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.
Fewer full-time students than 98% of UK towns: 3.1%
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 Flimby comes in at 7.6%. Across England’s towns, full-time students come to 7.9%.
Flimby households average 2.2 people, smaller than in 79% of UK towns
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 share of shared households of unrelated adults is 1.8%, against 4.3% across England’s towns. Census figures put households with dependent children at 25% in Flimby.
Only 16% of households live in a detached house in Flimby
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
Against a figure of 24% across England’s towns, the share of households without a car or van in Flimby comes in at 20%. Meanwhile, 1.8% of households live in a flat, less than in 97% of UK towns; 16% in a detached house, against 21% across England’s towns.
In Flimby, 1.8% of residents were born outside the UK, fewer than in 99% 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%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
100% of residents have English as their main language, against 90% across England’s towns. Against that, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (1.3%) or in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (0.3%).
In Flimby, 59% of residents describe themselves as Christian, more than in 92% 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 Flimby · Cumbria’s towns 95% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The share of residents with no religion trails 78% of UK towns: 36%. Across England’s towns, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian.
Unpaid carers: 11%, a higher share than 81% 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
44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, about the same as across England’s towns. Elsewhere, nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care across England’s towns. Adults who have never married: 37% of the total.
Among adults, 17% hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
27% of Flimby’s adults have no qualification (18% across England’s towns), and 17% have one at degree level (34%).
Of the 7 towns nearest Flimby, 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flimby | 1,716 | — | 44.7 | 22% | 25% |
| Maryport | 8,526 | 1.8 mi | 45.5 | 23% | 25% |
| Seaton | 5,051 | 2.1 mi | 47 | 24% | 26% |
| Dearham | 2,344 | 2.9 mi | 42.1 | 19% | 30% |
| Stainburn | 2,120 | 3.2 mi | 48.4 | 26% | 26% |
| Great Broughton and Little Broughton | 1,763 | 3.6 mi | 47 | 23% | 26% |
| Workington | 21,276 | 4.2 mi | 41.7 | 20% | 25% |
| High Harrington | 1,574 | 5.3 mi | 49.8 | 29% | 24% |
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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 Flimby’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 Flimby’s residents
What is the population of Flimby?
The 2021 Census counted 1,716 people in Flimby’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Flimby?
The median age was 44.7 at the 2021 Census. 9.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 22% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Flimby?
98% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 95% across Cumbria’s towns. 1.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Flimby?
36% said they had no religion and 59% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 4.7% didn’t answer.
Is Flimby good for families?
25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Flimby’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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