Photo: John Illingworth · CC BY-SA 2.020% of households have dependent children, below 95% of UK towns
Across England’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as Christian is 46%; Long Marton has 67%. At the 2021 Census, 519 people lived here, in 233 households. The share of households without a car or van stands at 6.7%. Half of the village’s residents are over 51.5, older than in just over nine in ten UK towns.
24% of residents are 65 or over, a share 65% of UK towns don’t reach
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
50–54 is the most common age band: 11% of residents, 1.6 times the share across England’s towns. Set beside that, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. The share of residents aged 15 to 24 stands at 10%.
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. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more 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, Long Marton has 9.7%. For full-time students, the comparison across England’s towns is 7.9%.
2.2 people per household, fewer than in 75% 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.
Against a figure of 4.3% across England’s towns, the share of shared households of unrelated adults in Long Marton comes in at 2.6%. Here, 30% of households are one person living alone.
Long Marton sits below 76% of UK towns for households in flats (6.4%)
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
The figure for households in detached houses is 37% in Long Marton and 21% across England’s towns. Households in terraced houses account for 20%. Elsewhere, 23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
A higher share of residents whose main language is English than 88% of UK towns, at 99%
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
4% of residents were born outside the UK (England’s towns: 18%). The wider picture: 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in Africa (1.9%) and in EU countries (1.5%).
No religion: 26% of residents, a lower share than 97% 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 Long Marton · Cumbria’s towns 95% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
96% of residents describe themselves as White British, against 95% across Cumbria’s towns and 73% across England’s towns. Set beside that, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. The largest groups after White British are Other White (3.3%), Indian (0.2%) and Chinese (0.2%).
51% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, a share 71% of UK towns don’t reach
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: 8.6%, near enough the figure across England’s towns. Married adults and civil partners: 44% across England’s towns, for comparison. Heavy unpaid care, 50 hours a week or more, falls to 11 residents.
Among adults, 34% 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 34% of Long Marton’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 13% have no qualification (18%).
No nearby town is as old as Long Marton
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Long Marton | 519 | — | 51.5 | 24% | 20% |
| Appleby-in-Westmorland | 3,233 | 2.9 mi | 51.1 | 29% | 20% |
| Penrith | 16,705 | 9.8 mi | 46.2 | 23% | 22% |
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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 Long Marton’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 Long Marton’s residents
What is the population of Long Marton?
The 2021 Census counted 519 people in Long Marton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Long Marton?
The median age was 51.5 at the 2021 Census. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 24% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Long Marton?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 95% across Cumbria’s towns. 4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Long Marton?
26% said they had no religion and 67% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6% didn’t answer.
Is Long Marton good for families?
20% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Long Marton’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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