Photo: Mark Winterbourne from Leeds. West Yorkshire, United Kingdom · CC BY 2.0Haverigg is older than 94% of UK towns: a median age of 53.2
Where 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns, Haverigg has 17%. Lower than in 99% of UK towns: 1.1% of households live in a flat or apartment. At the 2021 Census Haverigg was home to 1,551 people in 573 households. Residents who describe themselves as White British account for 96%.
What the Census says about Haverigg’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Haverigg’s residents are under 53.2 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 30% are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 7.3% in Haverigg, less than in 98% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns, against 30% in Haverigg. Across the comparison, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
41% women, 59% men
About 69 women for every 100 men. Across England, 51% of residents are women. A large institution, such as a prison, barracks, boarding school, university or care home, can tilt a town’s split: the census counts the people living there as residents.
In Haverigg, 2.5% of adults are full-time students, fewer than in 99% of UK towns
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%.
Managerial and professional jobs take in 24% of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 31% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). Full-time students make up 7.9% across England’s towns. Locally, 13% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
Only 1.8% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home in Haverigg
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 typical household size is 2.2 people. Census figures put one-person households at 31% in Haverigg. The usual figure: 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns.
More terraced houses than 90% of UK towns: 35% of households
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
Nearly a quarter of households live in a detached house, against 21% across England’s towns. Households in terraced houses make up 24% across England’s towns. In Haverigg, 16% of households have no car or van.
Below 97% of UK towns: 2.3% of residents were born outside the UK
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
Across England’s towns, nine in ten residents have English as their main language; in Haverigg, 99%. For comparison, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (0.9%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.8%).
Residents with no religion make up 29% in Haverigg, less than in 94% 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: 96% of Haverigg · Cumbria’s towns 95% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The largest groups after White British are Mixed or multiple (1.2%), Other White (1.1%) and Pakistani (0.6%). At 61%, the share of residents who describe themselves as Christian is higher than in 95% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, the share of residents with no religion is 37%.
A smaller share of married adults and civil partners than 65% of UK towns: 46%
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 carers giving 50 hours or more a week: 32. For married adults and civil partners, the comparison across England’s towns is 44%. Few places have so few unpaid carers: 8.8% here, fewer than in 65% of UK towns. In Haverigg, 31% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, beside 39% across England’s towns.
Among adults, 25% hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 25% of Haverigg’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 20% have no qualification (18%).
Every neighbour of Haverigg has a younger population
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haverigg | 1,551 | — | 53.2 | 30% | 17% |
| Millom | 5,690 | 1.3 mi | 46.4 | 22% | 24% |
| Askam in Furness | 3,172 | 3.7 mi | 47.8 | 23% | 22% |
| Dalton-in-Furness | 7,551 | 5.5 mi | 45.4 | 22% | 24% |
| Barrow-in-Furness | 55,260 | 6.2 mi | 43.4 | 21% | 25% |
| Swarthmoor | 1,030 | 7.3 mi | 50.7 | 27% | 22% |
| Ulverston | 11,219 | 8.2 mi | 49.1 | 26% | 21% |
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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 Haverigg’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 Haverigg’s residents
What is the population of Haverigg?
The 2021 Census counted 1,551 people in Haverigg’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Haverigg?
The median age was 53.2 at the 2021 Census. 7.3% of residents were 15 to 24 and 30% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Haverigg?
96% 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 Haverigg?
29% said they had no religion and 61% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1.1% were Muslim and 6.8% didn’t answer.
Is Haverigg good for families?
17% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Haverigg’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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