Photo: Peter Wood · CC BY-SA 2.0Maryport sits above 95% of UK towns for households in terraced houses (42%)
By its share of households in detached houses (14%), Maryport is below 87% of UK towns. This Cumbria town has fewer residents with no religion than 89% of UK towns, at 32%. The 2021 Census put the town’s population at 8,526, in 3,900 households. Census figures put shared households of unrelated adults at 1.7% here.
What the Census says about Maryport’s people
Fewer people than in 2011
ONS mid-year estimates put Maryport at 8,700 in 2011 and 8,300 in 2024, down 5%, against 10% for England: slower growth than in 97% of UK towns. Since 2011 ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area) and ONS mid-year population estimates.
Maryport changed by −5% from 2011 to 2024, behind 97% of UK towns
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Maryport’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 8,700 people in 2011; 8,300 in 2024.
The 65 and over group saw the biggest change (+13%), the 16 to 29 group the smallest (−16%).
More residents aged 15 to 24 than 86% of UK towns: 11%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
50–54 is the most common age band: 7.7% of residents. Typically, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. With a median age of 45.5, Maryport is older than 58% of UK towns. Here 23% of residents are 65 or over, where the figure across England’s towns is 18%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Maryport, 45.5. The typical town is 44.4.
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.
6.6% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 91% 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%.
Across England’s towns, 7.9% of adults are full-time students; in Maryport, 4.1%. Set beside that, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
In Maryport, 36% of households are one person living alone, more than in 90% 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.
At 2.2 people, the average household compares with 2.4 across England’s towns. The comparison figure for one-person households is 30% across England’s towns. The census found that 25% of households have dependent children in Maryport.
Households without a car or van: 29%, a higher share than 93% 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
On the census count, just over one in ten households live in a flat or apartment. One household in every 3 has no car or van, the 3rd highest share in Cumbria.
3.4% of residents were born outside the UK, fewer than in 85% 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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Among those born abroad, the share arriving in 2017 or later is 13% (England’s towns: 21%). Set beside that, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Locally, 98% of residents have English as their main language.
More residents who describe themselves as Christian than 96% of UK towns: 61%
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 Maryport · Cumbria’s towns 95% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Other than White British, most residents describe themselves as Other White (2.4%), Mixed or multiple (0.7%) and Chinese (0.1%). Measured more widely, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. On residents who describe themselves as White British, Maryport sits higher than 90% of UK towns: 96%.
Maryport ranks below 85% of UK towns on married adults and civil partners: 42%
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: 306. The benchmark for married adults and civil partners across England’s towns: 44%. On adults who have never married, Maryport sits higher than 80% of UK towns: 38%. 10% of residents give unpaid care; across England’s towns the figure is 8.7%.
Degree-level qualifications: 19% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 34% of adults have a degree-level qualification; in Maryport, 19%, and 27% have none, against 18%.
Among 482 UK towns of 6,000 to 12,000 people, the 203rd oldest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Tidworth (28.4), the youngest, and Barton on Sea (65.3), the oldest. Nearest to Maryport in age: Esher (45.4), Chepstow (45.4), Catshill (45.5) and Chipping Norton (45.5).
Of the 7 towns nearest Maryport, 4 are 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maryport | 8,526 | — | 45.5 | 23% | 25% |
| Dearham | 2,344 | 1.6 mi | 42.1 | 19% | 30% |
| Flimby | 1,716 | 1.8 mi | 44.7 | 22% | 25% |
| Great Broughton and Little Broughton | 1,763 | 3.5 mi | 47 | 23% | 26% |
| Seaton | 5,051 | 3.7 mi | 47 | 24% | 26% |
| Stainburn | 2,120 | 4.8 mi | 48.4 | 26% | 26% |
| Workington | 21,276 | 5.9 mi | 41.7 | 20% | 25% |
| Cockermouth | 8,859 | 6 mi | 50.3 | 28% | 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 Maryport’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out. The population trend compares with the whole county and nation.
- Estimates since 2021 are modelled. The ONS builds mid-year estimates from the Census, births, deaths and migration records. Maryport’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 8,334 people in 2021, against 8,526 in the built-up area.
- 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 Maryport’s residents
What is the population of Maryport?
The 2021 Census counted 8,526 people in Maryport’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 8,300 people in mid-2024, 5% fewer than in 2011.
What is the average age in Maryport?
The median age was 45.5 at the 2021 Census, older than 58% of UK towns. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 23% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Maryport?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 95% across Cumbria’s towns. 3.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Maryport?
32% said they had no religion and 61% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 5.7% didn’t answer.
Is Maryport good for families?
25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Maryport’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) · ONS mid-year population estimates for 2021 LSOAs, mid-2011 to mid-2024. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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