Photo: Peter McDermott · CC BY-SA 2.0Great Urswick ranks below 97% of UK towns on households with dependent children: 18%
Across England’s towns, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership; in Great Urswick, 24%. Census figures put households without a car or van at 2.5% in the village. The median age in the village is 52.1, higher than in 92% of UK towns. The village had 270 residents in 121 households at the 2021 Census.
In Great Urswick, 9.1% of residents are aged 15 to 24, fewer than in 71% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Across England’s towns, the share of residents aged 65 and over is 18%; Great Urswick has 23%. As a yardstick, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A smaller share of full-time students than 99% of UK towns: 2.1%
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%.
The figure for residents who moved in within the year is 7.1% in Great Urswick and 11% across England’s towns. The benchmark for full-time students across England’s towns: 7.9%.
Great Urswick sits below 78% of UK towns for one-person households (26%)
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 in Great Urswick hold 2.3 people on average (England’s towns: 2.4). The benchmark for one-person households across England’s towns: 30%. Shared households of unrelated adults account for 2.5%.
Households in flats make up 2.5% in Great Urswick, less than in 95% 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, 19% of households live in a terraced house in Great Urswick. 37% of households live in a detached house. Against that, nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
In Great Urswick, 2.2% of residents were born outside the UK, fewer than in 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
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in Africa (1.1%) and in EU countries (0.4%). At 100%, the share of residents whose main language is English is higher than in 99% of UK towns. Across the comparison, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns.
98% of residents describe themselves as White British, more than in 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 Great Urswick · Cumbria’s towns 95% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
In Great Urswick, 33% of residents said they have no religion, beside 37% across England’s towns. The share of residents who describe themselves as White British across England’s towns is 73%. The census found that three in five residents describe themselves as Christian in the village.
In Great Urswick, 53% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 80% 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
The number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 7. Unpaid carers are rarer here than in 96% of UK towns. Across the comparison, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
39% of adults have qualifications at degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 39% of adults in Great Urswick, 34% across England’s towns; 11% have no qualification, against 18%.
Older than Great Urswick: 1 of the 7 towns nearby
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 Urswick | 270 | — | 52.1 | 23% | 18% |
| Swarthmoor | 1,030 | 1.6 mi | 50.7 | 27% | 22% |
| Dalton-in-Furness | 7,551 | 2.4 mi | 45.4 | 22% | 24% |
| Ulverston | 11,219 | 2.4 mi | 49.1 | 26% | 21% |
| Askam in Furness | 3,172 | 3.8 mi | 47.8 | 23% | 22% |
| Barrow-in-Furness | 55,260 | 5 mi | 43.4 | 21% | 25% |
| Millom | 5,690 | 6.8 mi | 46.4 | 22% | 24% |
| Haverigg | 1,551 | 7.4 mi | 53.2 | 30% | 17% |
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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 Urswick’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 Urswick’s residents
What is the population of Great Urswick?
The 2021 Census counted 270 people in Great Urswick’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Great Urswick?
The median age was 52.1 at the 2021 Census. 9.1% of residents were 15 to 24 and 23% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Great Urswick?
98% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 95% across Cumbria’s towns. 2.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Great Urswick?
33% said they had no religion and 60% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.4% were Muslim and 4.8% didn’t answer.
Is Great Urswick good for families?
18% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Great Urswick’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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