Photo: John Holmes · CC BY-SA 2.0Fewer shared households of unrelated adults than 99% of UK towns: 0.7%
The share of households in flats is 1.8%, against 23% across England’s towns. Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than in 94% of UK towns: 7.8%. At the 2021 Census, 608 people lived in Great Clifton, in 284 households. Here, 98% of residents describe themselves as White British.
Half of Great Clifton is over 46.3, older than 64% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 10–14, with 8.1% of residents, 1.3 times the share across England’s towns. Residents aged 65 and over account for 22%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Below 85% of UK towns: 4% 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%.
The share of residents who moved in within the year tops 70% of UK towns: 9.8%. Full-time students make up 7.9% across England’s towns.
2.1 people per household, fewer than in 95% 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.
36% of households are one person living alone; across England’s towns the figure is 30%. Across Great Clifton, 26% of households have dependent children.
Great Clifton ranks above 88% of UK towns on households in terraced houses: 33%
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 21% across England’s towns, the share of households in detached houses in Great Clifton comes in at 23%. The share of households without a car or van stands at 17%. Across the comparison, 24% of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns.
2.3% of residents were born outside the UK, below 98% 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
Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (1.3%), then in Africa (0.5%). The comparison figure for residents born outside the UK is 18% across England’s towns. 100% of residents have English as their main language, a higher share than in 99% of UK towns.
57% of residents describe themselves as Christian, more than in 89% 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 Great Clifton · Cumbria’s towns 95% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents with no religion: 36% here and 37% across England’s towns. The wider picture: 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
A higher share of adults who have never married than 59% of UK towns, at 34%
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 care takes 50 hours a week or more for 22 people. Across the comparison, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Few places have so few married adults and civil partners: 44% here, fewer than in 77% of UK towns. Little separates the share of unpaid carers here, 9.4%, from the figure across England’s towns.
21% of adults are qualified to degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Great Clifton’s adults: 21% with a degree-level qualification and 24% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
4 in 7 nearby towns have a higher median age than Great Clifton
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great Clifton | 608 | — | 46.3 | 22% | 26% |
| Stainburn | 2,120 | 1.4 mi | 48.4 | 26% | 26% |
| Seaton | 5,051 | 1.6 mi | 47 | 24% | 26% |
| Great Broughton and Little Broughton | 1,763 | 2.5 mi | 47 | 23% | 26% |
| Workington | 21,276 | 2.9 mi | 41.7 | 20% | 25% |
| Flimby | 1,716 | 2.9 mi | 44.7 | 22% | 25% |
| High Harrington | 1,574 | 3.4 mi | 49.8 | 29% | 24% |
| Maryport | 8,526 | 4.1 mi | 45.5 | 23% | 25% |
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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 Great Clifton’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 Great Clifton’s residents
What is the population of Great Clifton?
The 2021 Census counted 608 people in Great Clifton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Great Clifton?
The median age was 46.3 at the 2021 Census. 7.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 22% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Great Clifton?
98% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 95% across Cumbria’s towns. 2.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Great Clifton?
36% said they had no religion and 57% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.1% didn’t answer.
Is Great Clifton good for families?
26% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Great Clifton’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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