Photo: Stephen McKay · CC BY-SA 2.0Fewer flats than 99% of UK towns: 0.5% of households
Half of Kirkbride’s residents are over 50.3, older than in 86% of UK towns. Shared households of unrelated adults: 1% of the total. At the 2021 Census Kirkbride was home to 476 people in 205 households. Set against 21% across England’s towns, nearly half of households live in a detached house in the village.
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 76% of UK towns: 26%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
10% of residents are aged 15 to 24, against 12% across England’s towns. Elsewhere, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Kirkbride ranks below 99% of UK towns on residents who moved in within the year: 4.5%
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%.
6.1% of adults are full-time students; across England’s towns the figure is 7.9%. Residents who moved in within the year make up 11% across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
A lower share of households with dependent children than 77% of UK towns, at 24%
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.
By its share of one-person households (33%), Kirkbride is above 73% of UK towns. A household here holds 2.3 people on average. Households with dependent children: 29% across England’s towns, for comparison.
Only 8.8% of households have no car or van in Kirkbride
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
With households in terraced houses at 14%, Kirkbride is behind 77% of UK towns on that count. To put it in context, nearly a quarter of households have no car or van across England’s towns.
1.3% of residents were born outside the UK, fewer than in 99% 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
The largest groups were born in EU countries (0.9%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.2%). The wider picture: 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Here 100% of residents have English as their main language, where the figure across England’s towns is 90%.
Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 99% in Kirkbride, 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: 99% of Kirkbride · Cumbria’s towns 95% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Christians make up 59% of residents, against 46% across England’s towns. The wider picture: 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. Here, a third of residents said they have no religion.
Above 92% of UK towns: 57% of adults are married or in a civil partnership
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
4 residents care, unpaid, for at least 50 hours a week. Kirkbride has fewer adults who have never married than 84% of UK towns, at 27%. Set beside that, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. At 9.1%, the share of unpaid carers is in line with the figure across England’s towns.
32% of adults are qualified to degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 34% across England’s towns, 32% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 16% hold no qualification (18%).
3 in 7 nearby towns have a higher median age than Kirkbride
Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- The Census was taken in a lockdown, in term time. 21 March 2021 fell in term time, and students were asked to give their term-time address, so most were counted where they study. Some may have been living with family that day.
- “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 Kirkbride’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 Kirkbride’s residents
What is the population of Kirkbride?
The 2021 Census counted 476 people in Kirkbride’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Kirkbride?
The median age was 50.3 at the 2021 Census. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 26% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Kirkbride?
99% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 95% across Cumbria’s towns. 1.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Kirkbride?
33% said they had no religion and 59% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.8% didn’t answer.
Is Kirkbride good for families?
24% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Kirkbride’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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