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69.1Median age

Who lives here · ONS Census 2021

A median age of 69.1: Skinburness is older than 99% of UK towns

The share of households in terraced houses is 3%, against 24% across England’s towns. Fewer residents with no religion than in 97% of UK towns: 26%. Skinburness had 270 residents in 133 households at the 2021 Census. For Skinburness, the census puts households with dependent children at 9.8%.

59%aged 65 or over 3.7%born abroad 133households

Ages

A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 99% of UK towns, at 59%

Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.

SkinburnessEngland’s towns

0–410–1420–2430–3440–4450–5460–6470–7480–84

Against a figure of 12% across England’s towns, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in Skinburness comes in at 2.3%. Elsewhere, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.

Broad ages · share of residents

Under 157.6%

15 to 242.3%

25 to 447.9%

45 to 6423%

65 and over59%

SkinburnessCumbria’s townsEngland’s towns

Women and men · all residents

54% women, 46% men

Skinburness

England

WomenMen

About 84 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.

Students & newcomers

1.2% of adults are full-time students, fewer than in 99% 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

Full-time students1.2%

Higher managerial and professional11%

Lower managerial and professional20%

Intermediate14%

Small employers and self-employed15%

Supervisory and technical5.2%

Semi-routine9.9%

Routine12%

Never worked or long-term unemployed11%

SkinburnessCumbria’s townsEngland’s towns

Address a year before the Census

Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.

Skinburness

13%

England’s towns

11%

Moved within the UKTerm-time addressMoved from abroad

Moved in within a year

residents, 13%; England’s towns 11%

Of them from abroad

0.4× England’s share

Managerial and professional jobs account for 31% of Skinburness’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 22%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Set beside that, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. In Skinburness, 13% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.

Households

Households here average 1.9 people, below 99% of UK towns

Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.

Living alone, 66+ 24%Living alone, under 66 6%Families with dependent children 9.8%Couples and families, no young children 59%Shared houses and other 1.5%

Against Cumbria’s towns and England’s towns

Skinburness

Cumbria’s towns

England’s towns

People per household

1 person30%

2 people61%

3 people3%

4 people4.6%

5 or more1.5%

England’s towns.

The share of shared households of unrelated adults is 1.5%, against 4.3% across England’s towns. In Skinburness, 30% of households are one person living alone.

Homes & cars

75% of households live in a detached house, more than in 99% of UK towns

Accommodation type and cars or vans per household, Census 2021. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.

Type of home

Skinburness

Cumbria’s towns

England’s towns

DetachedSemi-detachedTerracedFlat or maisonetteCaravan or other

Cars or vans · share of households

No car or van7.6%

One58%

Two28%

Three or more6.8%

SkinburnessCumbria’s townsEngland’s towns

Households without a car or van: 7.6% here and 24% across England’s towns. Against that, 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns. For Skinburness, the census puts households in flats at 6%.

Where people were born

Residents whose main language is English make up 100% in Skinburness, more 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%

Skinburness

3.7%

Cumbria’s towns

5.1%

England’s towns

18%

EU countriesRest of EuropeMiddle East and AsiaAfricaAmericas, Oceania, other

Main language · residents aged 3 and over

English is main language100%

Another main language, speaks English very well or well0%

Another main language, little or no English0%

SkinburnessCumbria’s townsEngland’s towns

Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (3%), then in the Middle East and Asia (0.4%). Few places have so few residents born outside the UK: 3.7% here, fewer than in just over four fifths of UK towns. The benchmark for residents whose main language is English across England’s towns: 90%.

Ethnicity & religion

More residents who describe themselves as White British than 99% of UK towns: 98%

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

SkinburnessCumbria’s townsEngland’s towns

Other White1.9%

Asian0%

Mixed0.4%

Black0%

Other0%

0%6%12%

White British, not charted: 98% of Skinburness · Cumbria’s towns 95% · England’s towns 73%.

Religion · all residents

SkinburnessCumbria’s townsEngland’s towns

No religion26%

Christian65%

Muslim0%

Hindu, Sikh, Jewish, Buddhist0%

Other religion0.7%

Didn’t answer8.9%

0%40%80%

Nearly two thirds of residents describe themselves as Christian (England’s towns: 46%). The comparison figure for residents who describe themselves as White British is 73% across England’s towns.

Relationships & caring

A lower share of adults who have never married than 99% of UK towns, at 18%

Legal partnership status (residents 16 and over) and unpaid care (residents 5 and over), Census 2021.

Partnership status · residents 16 and over

Never married or in a civil partnership18%

Married or civil partnership61%

Separated0.8%

Divorced7.6%

Widowed12%

SkinburnessCumbria’s townsEngland’s towns

27residents give unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age: 10%, against 8.7% in England’s towns

Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over

Up to 19 hours a week4.9%

20 to 49 hours2.3%

50 hours or more3%

Against a figure of 8.7% across England’s towns, the share of unpaid carers in Skinburness comes in at 10%. In Skinburness, just over three in five adults are married or in a civil partnership. Typically, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.

Qualifications

The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 34%

Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.

Highest qualification · residents 16 and over

No qualifications21%

Apprenticeship8.5%

A levels or similar14%

Degree level34%

SkinburnessCumbria’s townsEngland’s towns

Across England’s towns, 18% of adults have no qualification; in Skinburness, 21%, while 34% hold one at degree level (34%).

Neighbours

Every neighbour of Skinburness has a younger population

Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.

SillothAnnanAspatriaWigtonSkinburness

under 3838–4444–5050–5656+

Town	People	Away	Median age	65+	Homes with children
Skinburness	270	—	69.1	59%	9.8%
Silloth	2,542	1.7 mi	53.1	31%	21%
Annan	8,697	8.1 mi	46.4	24%	24%
Aspatria	2,169	8.8 mi	45.4	24%	25%
Wigton	5,396	9.3 mi	48.4	26%	22%

More about Skinburness’s residents

Health, work and homes have their own pages

HealthLife expectancy, early deaths and Census health, adjusted for age Work & commuteIncome, the claimant count, jobs and how people get to work Cost of livingOwners and renters, prices, rents and council tax SchoolsEvery primary and secondary, with results and inspections

How to read these numbers

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 Skinburness’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 Skinburness’s residents

What is the population of Skinburness?

The 2021 Census counted 270 people in Skinburness’s built-up area.

What is the average age in Skinburness?

The median age was 69.1 at the 2021 Census. 2.3% of residents were 15 to 24 and 59% were 65 or over.

How diverse is Skinburness?

98% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 95% across Cumbria’s towns. 3.7% were born outside the UK.

What religion are people in Skinburness?

26% said they had no religion and 65% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 8.9% didn’t answer.

Is Skinburness good for families?

9.8% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Skinburness’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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