Photo: Alexander P Kapp · CC BY-SA 2.0One-person households: 38%, a higher share than 97% of UK towns
29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns, against 21% in Oxenholme. Census figures put residents who describe themselves as White British at 96% here. With a median age of 47.8, Oxenholme is older than 73% of UK towns. The 2021 Census put the village’s population at 843, in 407 households.
Oxenholme sits below 73% of UK towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (9%)
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 45–49: 8.6% of residents, 1.3 times the share across England’s towns. 23% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 62% of UK towns. 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 96 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
In Oxenholme, 5.9% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 98% 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 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns, Oxenholme has 4.3%. Against that, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
2 people per household, fewer than in 97% 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.
Shared households of unrelated adults make up 2.2%, against 4.3% across England’s towns.
Oxenholme ranks above 83% of UK towns on households in terraced houses: 30%
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
Here 13% of households have no car or van, where the figure across England’s towns is 24%. The share of households in detached houses stands at 16%. Fewer households in flats than in 65% of UK towns: 8.2%.
Only 4.2% of residents were born outside the UK in Oxenholme
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
Here 98% of residents have English as their main language, where the figure across England’s towns is 90%. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (2%) and in the rest of Europe (0.7%). To put it in context, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns.
Oxenholme sits above 84% of UK towns for residents who describe themselves as Christian (56%)
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 Oxenholme · Cumbria’s towns 95% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The groups that follow White British are Other White (3.1%), Mixed or multiple (0.6%) and Indian (0.4%). Across England’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as Christian is 46%. Oxenholme has fewer residents with no religion than 75% of UK towns, at 37%.
Married adults and civil partners: 47%, a lower share than 54% 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
22 residents care, unpaid, for at least 50 hours a week. The share of married adults and civil partners across England’s towns is 44%. At 9.6%, unpaid carers sit close to the figure across England’s towns.
31% of adults have qualifications at degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Oxenholme counts 31% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 13% have no qualification (18%).
Around Oxenholme, 3 of 7 towns have a higher median age
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oxenholme | 843 | — | 47.8 | 23% | 21% |
| Kendal | 28,939 | 1.8 mi | 46.6 | 24% | 23% |
| Levens | 1,020 | 3.4 mi | 52.7 | 31% | 22% |
| Milnthorpe | 1,871 | 5.4 mi | 45.9 | 25% | 26% |
| Staveley | 1,466 | 6.5 mi | 48.4 | 28% | 21% |
| Holme | 1,477 | 6.6 mi | 47.4 | 25% | 26% |
| Sedbergh | 1,449 | 7.9 mi | 35.3 | 23% | 20% |
| Burton-in-Kendal | 1,341 | 8.1 mi | 49 | 26% | 28% |
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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 Oxenholme’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 Oxenholme’s residents
What is the population of Oxenholme?
The 2021 Census counted 843 people in Oxenholme’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Oxenholme?
The median age was 47.8 at the 2021 Census. 9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 23% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Oxenholme?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 95% across Cumbria’s towns. 4.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Oxenholme?
37% said they had no religion and 56% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 6.3% didn’t answer.
Is Oxenholme good for families?
21% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Oxenholme’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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