Photo: David Dixon · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 52.5: Flookburgh is older than 93% of UK towns
31% of residents said they have no religion (England’s towns: 37%). There were 430 households in Flookburgh at the 2021 Census, home to 891 residents. Households with dependent children account for 21%. On households in flats, Flookburgh sits lower than 86% of UK towns: 4.4%.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 8.2%, a lower share than 91% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 55–59 than any other five-year age: 9.2% of residents, 1.4 times the share across England’s towns. At 29%, the share of residents aged 65 and over is higher than in 87% of UK towns. Typically, 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 94 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Fewer full-time students than 88% of UK towns: 3.8%
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%.
Compared with 11% across England’s towns, one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier here. The comparison figure for full-time students is 7.9% across England’s towns.
Flookburgh households average 2.1 people, smaller than in 93% 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.
1.9% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home; across England’s towns the figure is 4.3%. Lower than in 56% of UK towns: 29% of households are one person living alone.
In Flookburgh, 36% of households live in a terraced house, more than in 91% of UK towns
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
Here 24% of households live in a detached house, where the figure across England’s towns is 21%. On households without a car or van, Flookburgh sits lower than 79% of UK towns: 10%.
Fewer residents born abroad than 92% of UK towns: 2.9%
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
99% of residents have English as their main language (England’s towns: 90%). By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (2%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (0.5%). For residents born outside the UK, the comparison across England’s towns is 18%.
Residents who describe themselves as White British: 98%, a higher share than 99% 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 Flookburgh · Cumbria’s towns 95% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 65%, above 98% of UK towns. Across the comparison, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns.
In Flookburgh, 11% of residents give unpaid care, more than in 91% 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
Across England’s towns, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership; in Flookburgh, 32%. At 50 hours or more a week, 24 people give unpaid care. On married adults and civil partners, Flookburgh sits higher than two thirds of UK towns: 51%.
Degree-level qualifications: 31% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 34% across England’s towns, 31% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 13% hold no qualification (18%).
Median age: 4 of the 7 towns around Flookburgh 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flookburgh | 891 | — | 52.5 | 29% | 21% |
| Allithwaite | 1,171 | 1.3 mi | 55.7 | 32% | 22% |
| Grange-over-Sands | 4,047 | 2.4 mi | 63 | 47% | 11% |
| Ulverston | 11,219 | 4.9 mi | 49.1 | 26% | 21% |
| Swarthmoor | 1,030 | 5.8 mi | 50.7 | 27% | 22% |
| Arnside | 2,231 | 5.8 mi | 62.4 | 45% | 14% |
| Silverdale | 1,056 | 6 mi | 61.5 | 43% | 14% |
| Dalton-in-Furness | 7,551 | 8.5 mi | 45.4 | 22% | 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 Flookburgh’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 Flookburgh’s residents
What is the population of Flookburgh?
The 2021 Census counted 891 people in Flookburgh’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Flookburgh?
The median age was 52.5 at the 2021 Census. 8.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 29% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Flookburgh?
98% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 95% across Cumbria’s towns. 2.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Flookburgh?
31% said they had no religion and 65% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 4.4% didn’t answer.
Is Flookburgh good for families?
21% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Flookburgh’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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