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Photo: Christine Johnstone · CC BY-SA 2.0Sockbridge is older than 99% of UK towns: a median age of 60.9
Here 0.5% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, where the figure across England’s towns is 4.3%. On households in terraced houses, Sockbridge sits lower than 94% of UK towns: 7.8%. The 2021 Census put the village’s population at 392, in 194 households. In Sockbridge, 14% of households have dependent children.
Above 99% of UK towns: 42% of residents are 65 or over
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
6.1% of residents are aged 15 to 24, against 12% across England’s towns. Typically, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A higher share of full-time students than 61% of UK towns, at 5.1%
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, 46% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 16% in routine and semi-routine work (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). Full-time students: 7.9% across England’s towns, for comparison. Residents who moved in within the year account for 9.5%.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Sockbridge households average 2 people, smaller 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.
Set against 30% across England’s towns, just over a third of households are one person living alone in Sockbridge.
3.6% of households have no car or van, fewer 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
Cars or vans · share of households
Households in detached houses: 73% here and 21% across England’s towns. The comparison figure for households without a car or van is 24% across England’s towns. For Sockbridge, the census puts households in flats at 1.6%.
Sockbridge ranks below 98% of UK towns on residents born outside the UK: 2.3%
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
100% of residents have English as their main language; across England’s towns the figure is 90%. Across England’s towns, 18% of residents were born outside the UK. Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (0.8%) or in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (0.8%).
A larger share of residents who describe themselves as White British than 99% of UK towns: 99%
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: 99% of Sockbridge · Cumbria’s towns 95% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The share of residents who describe themselves as Christian is 63%, against 46% across England’s towns. Few places have so few residents with no religion: 31% here, fewer than in 91% of UK towns. The usual figure: 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns.
Adults who have never married make up 22% in Sockbridge, less than in 99% 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
Set against 44% across England’s towns, nearly three in five adults are married or in a civil partnership in Sockbridge. What’s more, at 11%, the share of unpaid carers is higher than in 89% of UK towns. On average, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. The number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 14.
46% of adults have qualifications at degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Sockbridge’s adults: 46% with a degree-level qualification and 12% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
Sockbridge is older than every town around it
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sockbridge | 392 | — | 60.9 | 42% | 14% |
| Penrith | 16,705 | 2.4 mi | 46.2 | 23% | 22% |
| Appleby-in-Westmorland | 3,233 | 12 mi | 51.1 | 29% | 20% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- The Census was taken in a lockdown, in term time. 21 March 2021 fell in term time, and students were asked to give their term-time address, so most were counted where they study. Some may have been living with family that day.
- “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 Sockbridge’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 Sockbridge’s residents
What is the population of Sockbridge?
The 2021 Census counted 392 people in Sockbridge’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Sockbridge?
The median age was 60.9 at the 2021 Census. 6.1% of residents were 15 to 24 and 42% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Sockbridge?
99% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 95% across Cumbria’s towns. 2.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Sockbridge?
31% said they had no religion and 63% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5.9% didn’t answer.
Is Sockbridge good for families?
14% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Sockbridge’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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