Photo: David Trochos at English Wikipedia · Public domainA lower share of shared households of unrelated adults than 99% of UK towns, at 0.7%
By its share of households without a car or van (29%), Parton is above 94% of UK towns. The village had 904 residents in 408 households at the 2021 Census. In Parton, 61% of residents describe themselves as Christian. On households in flats, Parton sits lower than 92% of UK towns: 3.2%.
Younger than 67% of UK towns: half of Parton is under 42.3
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Set against 18% across England’s towns, 20% of residents are 65 or over in Parton. At 9.7%, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is lower than in 51% of UK towns. 55–59 is the most common age band: nearly one in ten residents.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Below 91% of UK towns: 3.7% of adults are full-time students
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%.
By class, 18% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 38% in routine and semi-routine work (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). The wider picture: 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. Census figures put residents who moved in within the year at 7.3% in Parton.
2.2 people per household, fewer than in 76% 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.
Compared with 29% across England’s towns, 27% of households have dependent children here. Here, 32% of households are one person living alone.
Parton: 42% of households live in a terraced house, above 95% 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
The share of households in detached houses is 12%, against 21% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, the share of households in terraced houses is 24%.
Residents born outside the UK make up 1.8% in Parton, less than in 99% 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%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (0.9%), then in the Middle East and Asia (0.6%). Higher than in 93% of UK towns: 99% of residents have English as their main language. As a yardstick, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns.
98% of residents describe themselves as White British, a share 99% of UK towns don’t reach
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 Parton · Cumbria’s towns 95% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The figure for residents with no religion is 32% in Parton and 37% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, residents who describe themselves as White British come to 73%.
A lower share of married adults and civil partners than 87% of UK towns, at 41%
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 make up 11% of residents, against 8.7% across England’s towns. Adults who have never married account for 40%. Typically, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
17% of adults have qualifications at degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
17% of Parton’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 26% have none (18%).
Parton is younger than 6 of its 7 nearest neighbours
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parton | 904 | — | 42.3 | 20% | 27% |
| Moresby Parks | 1,180 | 1.2 mi | 43.1 | 19% | 34% |
| Whitehaven | 22,952 | 2.1 mi | 44.3 | 21% | 24% |
| Distington | 1,375 | 2.3 mi | 48.1 | 27% | 21% |
| High Harrington | 1,574 | 3.4 mi | 49.8 | 29% | 24% |
| Frizington | 1,754 | 3.9 mi | 45.3 | 23% | 25% |
| Cleator Moor | 6,671 | 4.1 mi | 44.4 | 21% | 24% |
| Workington | 21,276 | 4.4 mi | 41.7 | 20% | 25% |
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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 Parton’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 Parton’s residents
What is the population of Parton?
The 2021 Census counted 904 people in Parton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Parton?
The median age was 42.3 at the 2021 Census. 9.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 20% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Parton?
98% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 95% across Cumbria’s towns. 1.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Parton?
32% said they had no religion and 61% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 6.1% didn’t answer.
Is Parton good for families?
27% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Parton’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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