Photo: Peter Eckersley · CC BY-SA 2.0Fewer households with dependent children than 89% of UK towns: 22%
The median age in Seascale is 50, higher than in 84% of UK towns. Across Seascale, 3.1% of households live in a flat or apartment. The village is home to 1,708 residents in 802 households, by the 2021 Census. Where 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns, Seascale has 27%.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 27% in Seascale, more than in 82% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Here 8.6% of residents are aged 15 to 24, where the figure across England’s towns is 12%. Across the comparison, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. No age band is larger than 55–59: 7.7% of residents.
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.
4% of adults are full-time students, below 84% 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%.
8.3% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, against 11% across England’s towns. The share of full-time students across England’s towns is 7.9%.
35% of households are one person living alone, a share 87% of UK towns don’t reach
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 average household has 2.1 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. The census found that 2.2% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home in Seascale. Across England’s towns, the share of one-person households is 30%.
Households in terraced houses make up 9.5% in Seascale, less than in 90% 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
Just over a third of households live in a detached house, against 21% across England’s towns. The usual figure: nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns. The share of households without a car or van stands at 12%.
3.2% of residents were born outside the UK, fewer than in 88% 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
The largest groups were born in EU countries (1%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.8%). More residents whose main language is English than in 86% of UK towns: 99%. As a reference point, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns.
Seascale: 59% of residents describe themselves as Christian, above 92% 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: 96% of Seascale · Cumbria’s towns 95% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Other than White British, most residents describe themselves as Other White (1.2%), Mixed or multiple (1.1%) and African (0.5%). Residents with no religion are rarer here than in 85% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, residents who describe themselves as Christian come to 46%. With residents who describe themselves as White British at 96%, Seascale is ahead of 88% of UK towns on that count.
More unpaid carers than 85% of UK towns: 11%
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
43 residents care, unpaid, for at least 50 hours a week. More married adults and civil partners than in 75% of UK towns: 52%. The benchmark for unpaid carers across England’s towns: 8.7%.
Degree-level qualifications reach 35% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 35% of adults in Seascale, 34% across England’s towns; 13% have no qualification, against 18%.
1 of the 6 nearest towns are older than Seascale
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seascale | 1,708 | — | 50 | 27% | 22% |
| Egremont | 5,791 | 6.2 mi | 45.6 | 22% | 25% |
| St Bees | 1,187 | 7.7 mi | 51.2 | 25% | 21% |
| Cleator Moor | 6,671 | 8.7 mi | 44.4 | 21% | 24% |
| Frizington | 1,754 | 9.9 mi | 45.3 | 23% | 25% |
| Whitehaven | 22,952 | 10.6 mi | 44.3 | 21% | 24% |
| Moresby Parks | 1,180 | 11.6 mi | 43.1 | 19% | 34% |
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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 Seascale’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 Seascale’s residents
What is the population of Seascale?
The 2021 Census counted 1,708 people in Seascale’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Seascale?
The median age was 50 at the 2021 Census. 8.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 27% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Seascale?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 95% across Cumbria’s towns. 3.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Seascale?
34% said they had no religion and 59% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 5.9% didn’t answer.
Is Seascale good for families?
22% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Seascale’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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