Photo: David Trochos · CC BY 3.0Only 0.9% of households live in a flat or apartment in Lowca
Terraced houses are home to 43% of households, against 24% across England’s towns. Census day 2021: 817 residents and 340 households in Lowca. On the census count, 98% of residents describe themselves as White British. Households with dependent children are more common here than in nearly four fifths of UK towns.
Lowca is younger than 74% of UK towns: a median age of 41.2
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 55–59: 8.7% of residents, 1.3 times the share across England’s towns. Residents aged 15 to 24 account for 11%. 18% of residents are 65 or over, a lower share than in 77% of UK towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Below 64% of UK towns: 8.1% of residents lived at another address a year earlier
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 account for nearly a quarter of Lowca’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 33%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Full-time students account for 4.9%. Elsewhere, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
Larger households than 72% of UK towns: 2.4 people on average
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 share of shared households of unrelated adults trails nearly two thirds of UK towns: 2.1%. The census found that 28% of households are one person living alone in Lowca.
Households in detached houses: 18%, a lower share than 79% 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
For Lowca, the census puts households without a car or van at 16%. 0.9% of households live in a flat, less than in 99% of UK towns; 18% in a detached house, against 21% across England’s towns.
Only 2.1% of Lowca’s 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
Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (0.7%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.7%). The usual figure: 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. 98% of residents have English as their main language, a higher share than in 70% of UK towns.
Residents who describe themselves as Christian make up 66% in Lowca, 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 Lowca · Cumbria’s towns 95% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Where 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns, Lowca has 28%. Across England’s towns, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian.
A higher share of adults who have never married than 66% of UK towns, at 35%
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
For 31 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week. The benchmark for adults who have never married across England’s towns: 39%. Few places have as many unpaid carers: 10% here, more than in nearly four fifths of UK towns. On top of that, with married adults and civil partners at 48%, Lowca is ahead of 51% of UK towns on that count.
Degree-level qualifications: held by 20% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Lowca, 20% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 21% have no qualification at all (18%).
The towns around Lowca are all older
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lowca | 817 | — | 41.2 | 18% | 31% |
| Distington | 1,375 | 1.5 mi | 48.1 | 27% | 21% |
| Moresby Parks | 1,180 | 1.7 mi | 43.1 | 19% | 34% |
| High Harrington | 1,574 | 2.6 mi | 49.8 | 29% | 24% |
| Whitehaven | 22,952 | 2.9 mi | 44.3 | 21% | 24% |
| Workington | 21,276 | 3.6 mi | 41.7 | 20% | 25% |
| Frizington | 1,754 | 4.2 mi | 45.3 | 23% | 25% |
| Cleator Moor | 6,671 | 4.7 mi | 44.4 | 21% | 24% |
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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 Lowca’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 Lowca’s residents
What is the population of Lowca?
The 2021 Census counted 817 people in Lowca’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Lowca?
The median age was 41.2 at the 2021 Census. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 18% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Lowca?
98% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 95% across Cumbria’s towns. 2.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Lowca?
28% said they had no religion and 66% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.4% were Muslim and 4.8% didn’t answer.
Is Lowca good for families?
31% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Lowca’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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