Photo: John Lord · CC BY-SA 2.0Households in terraced houses: 50%, a higher share than 98% of UK towns
13% of households live in a detached house, against 21% across England’s towns. Here, 38% of households are one person living alone. Frizington has fewer residents with no religion than 94% of UK towns, at 30%. The 2021 Census counted 1,754 residents in 836 households.
A higher share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 88% of UK towns, at 11%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Half of Frizington’s residents are over 45.3, older than in 56% of UK towns. Typically, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. No age band is larger than 50–54: nearly one in ten residents. 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
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Below 80% of UK towns: 4.1% of adults are full-time students
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 class, 18% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 38% in routine and semi-routine work (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). Here, 7.9% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
2.1 people per household, fewer 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.
Compared with 29% across England’s towns, 25% of households have dependent children here. Locally, 1.7% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
Households in flats: 2.1%, a lower share than 97% 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
Set against 24% across England’s towns, 29% of households have no car or van in Frizington. Across England’s towns, households in flats come to 23%.
Residents born outside the UK: 3%, a lower share than 91% 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
99% of residents have English as their main language, against 90% across England’s towns. The usual figure: 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. The largest groups were born in EU countries (1.3%) and in Africa (0.7%).
Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 97% in Frizington, more than in 97% 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: 97% of Frizington · Cumbria’s towns 95% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 65%, above 98% of UK towns. On average, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns.
Married adults and civil partners: 38%, a lower share than 94% 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
10% of residents give unpaid care (England’s towns: 8.7%). Across England’s towns, married adults and civil partners come to 44%. Here, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership.
Among adults, 17% hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
17% of Frizington’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 29% have none (18%).
4 in 7 nearby towns have a higher median age than Frizington
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frizington | 1,754 | — | 45.3 | 23% | 25% |
| Cleator Moor | 6,671 | 1.7 mi | 44.4 | 21% | 24% |
| Moresby Parks | 1,180 | 2.7 mi | 43.1 | 19% | 34% |
| Whitehaven | 22,952 | 3.4 mi | 44.3 | 21% | 24% |
| Distington | 1,375 | 4.2 mi | 48.1 | 27% | 21% |
| Egremont | 5,791 | 4.5 mi | 45.6 | 22% | 25% |
| St Bees | 1,187 | 5.4 mi | 51.2 | 25% | 21% |
| High Harrington | 1,574 | 5.5 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 Frizington’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 Frizington’s residents
What is the population of Frizington?
The 2021 Census counted 1,754 people in Frizington’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Frizington?
The median age was 45.3 at the 2021 Census. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 23% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Frizington?
97% 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 Frizington?
30% said they had no religion and 65% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 4.6% didn’t answer.
Is Frizington good for families?
25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Frizington’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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