Photo: John H Darch · CC BY-SA 2.0A lower share of shared households of unrelated adults than 99% of UK towns, at 0.9%
Half of households live in a terraced house, against 24% across England’s towns. In 2021, the Census found 5,690 residents in Millom, living in 2,645 households. The share of residents who describe themselves as White British stands at 97%. Households with dependent children are rarer here than in 80% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Millom’s people
Fewer people than in 2011
ONS mid-year estimates put Millom at 6,000 in 2011 and 5,600 in 2024, down 6%, against 10% for England: slower growth than in 98% 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.
Millom changed by −6% from 2011 to 2024, slower than 98% of UK towns
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Millom’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 6,000 people in 2011; 5,600 in 2024.
By age, the 65 and over group changed most (+3%) and the 16 to 29 group least (−16%).
Half of Millom is over 46.4, older than 64% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 55–59: 8.2% of residents. Few places have as many residents aged 65 and over: 22% here, more than in 54% of UK towns. In Grange-over-Sands, the oldest of Cumbria’s towns by this measure, it is 47%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Millom, 46.4. 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.
3.3% of adults are full-time students, fewer than in 97% 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, a third of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine or semi-routine work; Millom has 22% and 35%. Full-time students: 7.9% across England’s towns, for comparison. Here, 6.8% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
A higher share of one-person households than 89% of UK towns, at 36%
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 typical household size is 2.1 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. On average, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns.
Only 15% of households in Millom live in a detached house
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
23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns, against 5.3% in Millom. Locally, 26% of households have no car or van. The benchmark for households in detached houses across England’s towns: 21%.
Only 2.6% of Millom’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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Among those born abroad, the share arriving in 2017 or later is 14% (England’s towns: 21%). Residents whose main language is English: 99% of the total. Across England’s towns, the share of residents born outside the UK is 18%.
Millom sits above 96% of UK towns for residents who describe themselves as Christian (62%)
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 Millom · Cumbria’s towns 95% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
In Millom, 32% of residents said they have no religion, beside 37% across England’s towns. As a reference point, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
Adults who have never married make up 36% in Millom, more than in 72% of UK towns
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
Little separates the share of married adults and civil partners here, 44%, from the figure across England’s towns. 190 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. At 9.7%, the share of unpaid carers is higher than in three fifths of UK towns. Adults who have never married make up 39% across England’s towns.
Adults with a degree-level qualification: 19%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
24% of Millom’s adults have no qualification (18% across England’s towns), and 19% have one at degree level (34%).
624 UK towns of 4,000 to 8,000 people: this is the 290th oldest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Ages run from 18.9 in Bailrigg to 65.3 in Barton on Sea. Nearest to Millom in age: Rownhams and Nursling (46.3), Ottery St Mary (46.3), Kirkburton (46.4) and Wheatley (46.4).
4 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Millom
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Millom | 5,690 | — | 46.4 | 22% | 24% |
| Haverigg | 1,551 | 1.3 mi | 53.2 | 30% | 17% |
| Askam in Furness | 3,172 | 3 mi | 47.8 | 23% | 22% |
| Dalton-in-Furness | 7,551 | 5.2 mi | 45.4 | 22% | 24% |
| Swarthmoor | 1,030 | 6.4 mi | 50.7 | 27% | 22% |
| Barrow-in-Furness | 55,260 | 6.6 mi | 43.4 | 21% | 25% |
| Ulverston | 11,219 | 7.3 mi | 49.1 | 26% | 21% |
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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 Millom’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. Millom’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 5,690 people in 2021, against 5,690 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 Millom’s residents
What is the population of Millom?
The 2021 Census counted 5,690 people in Millom’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 5,600 people in mid-2024, 6% fewer than in 2011.
What is the average age in Millom?
The median age was 46.4 at the 2021 Census, older than 64% of UK towns. 9.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 22% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Millom?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 95% across Cumbria’s towns. 2.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Millom?
32% said they had no religion and 62% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 6.2% didn’t answer.
Is Millom good for families?
24% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Millom’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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