Photo: Chris Heaton · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Lindale is over 53.8, older than 95% of UK towns
At 2.1 people, the average household compares with 2.4 across England’s towns. Few places have so few shared households of unrelated adults: 1.2% here, fewer than in 98% of UK towns. There were 259 households in Lindale at the 2021 Census, home to 547 residents. Across Lindale, 7.3% of households have no car or van.
Only 6.8% of residents are aged 15 to 24 in Lindale
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Across England’s towns, 18% of residents are 65 or over; in Lindale, 30%. To put it in context, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Full-time students: 3.5%, a lower share than 94% 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%.
Where just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns, Lindale has 8.3%. Across England’s towns, full-time students come to 7.9%.
Only 17% of households have dependent children in Lindale
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.
One-person households: 32% here and 30% across England’s towns. Households with dependent children: 29% across England’s towns, for comparison.
Only 4.6% of households live in a flat or apartment in Lindale
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
Across England’s towns, the share of households in terraced houses is 24%; Lindale has 26%. For Lindale, the census puts households in detached houses at 44%. The wider picture: 23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
A larger share of residents whose main language is English than 99% of UK towns: 100%
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 share of residents born outside the UK is 3.5%, against 18% across England’s towns. The wider picture: nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (1.5%), then in Africa (0.9%).
A larger share of residents who describe themselves as White British than 98% of UK towns: 97%
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 Lindale · Cumbria’s towns 95% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 59%, above 91% of UK towns. The share of residents who describe themselves as White British across England’s towns is 73%. For Lindale, the census puts residents with no religion at 35%.
Lindale sits above 97% of UK towns for married adults and civil partners (59%)
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 share of unpaid carers tops nearly four fifths of UK towns: 11%. By way of comparison, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Adults who have never married account for 24%.
Degree-level qualifications reach 38% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 34% across England’s towns, 38% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 12% hold no qualification (18%).
Nearby, 4 of 7 towns have older populations than Lindale
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lindale | 547 | — | 53.8 | 30% | 17% |
| Grange-over-Sands | 4,047 | 2.2 mi | 63 | 47% | 11% |
| Arnside | 2,231 | 3 mi | 62.4 | 45% | 14% |
| Allithwaite | 1,171 | 3 mi | 55.7 | 32% | 22% |
| Silverdale | 1,056 | 4.6 mi | 61.5 | 43% | 14% |
| Milnthorpe | 1,871 | 5.2 mi | 45.9 | 25% | 26% |
| Levens | 1,020 | 5.8 mi | 52.7 | 31% | 22% |
| Holme | 1,477 | 6.9 mi | 47.4 | 25% | 26% |
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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 Lindale’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 Lindale’s residents
What is the population of Lindale?
The 2021 Census counted 547 people in Lindale’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Lindale?
The median age was 53.8 at the 2021 Census. 6.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 30% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Lindale?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 95% across Cumbria’s towns. 3.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Lindale?
35% said they had no religion and 59% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.6% didn’t answer.
Is Lindale good for families?
17% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Lindale’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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