Photo: Alexander P Kapp · CC BY-SA 2.0Stainburn ranks below 99% of UK towns on shared households of unrelated adults: 0.9%
Here nearly a quarter of residents said they have no religion, where the figure across England’s towns is 37%. Few places have as many households in detached houses: 56% here, more than in 94% of UK towns. 2,120 residents in 901 households: that is Stainburn at the 2021 Census. Married adults and civil partners: 58% of the total.
Older than 76% of UK towns: half of Stainburn is over 48.4
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Here nearly one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24, where the figure across England’s towns is 12%. Compared with other places, residents aged 65 and over are common here: 26%, more than in just over three quarters of UK towns. The biggest five-year age group is 50–54, with 8.3% of residents.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Only 5.7% of residents lived at another address a year earlier in Stainburn
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%.
Across England’s towns, a third of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine or semi-routine work; Stainburn has 36% and 21%. On full-time students, Stainburn sits lower than nearly two thirds of UK towns: 4.5%. The usual figure: 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
One-person households: 24%, a lower share than 91% 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.
At 2.3 people, the average household compares with 2.4 across England’s towns. The census found that 26% of households have dependent children in Stainburn. Measured more widely, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns.
In Stainburn, 3.1% of households live in a flat or apartment, fewer than in 92% 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
9.5% of households live in a terraced house, against 24% across England’s towns. Lower than in 88% of UK towns: 8.8% of households have no car or van. Households in flats make up 23% across England’s towns.
Below 99% of UK towns: 1.7% of residents were born outside the UK
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 (0.8%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.4%). Across the comparison, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. 100% of residents have English as their main language; across England’s towns the figure is 90%.
A higher White British share than 99% of UK towns: 98% of residents
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 Stainburn · Cumbria’s towns 95% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Here 70% of residents describe themselves as Christian, where the figure across England’s towns is 46%. By way of comparison, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns.
Below 88% of UK towns: 26% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership
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
There is little gap on unpaid carers: 8.6%, about the same as across England’s towns. 50 residents give 50 hours or more of unpaid care each week. On average, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Adults with a degree-level qualification: 31%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Stainburn counts 31% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 14% have no qualification (18%).
Nearby, 1 of 7 towns have older populations than Stainburn
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stainburn | 2,120 | — | 48.4 | 26% | 26% |
| Seaton | 5,051 | 1.2 mi | 47 | 24% | 26% |
| Workington | 21,276 | 1.5 mi | 41.7 | 20% | 25% |
| High Harrington | 1,574 | 2.2 mi | 49.8 | 29% | 24% |
| Flimby | 1,716 | 3.2 mi | 44.7 | 22% | 25% |
| Distington | 1,375 | 3.4 mi | 48.1 | 27% | 21% |
| Great Broughton and Little Broughton | 1,763 | 3.9 mi | 47 | 23% | 26% |
| Maryport | 8,526 | 4.8 mi | 45.5 | 23% | 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 Stainburn’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 Stainburn’s residents
What is the population of Stainburn?
The 2021 Census counted 2,120 people in Stainburn’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Stainburn?
The median age was 48.4 at the 2021 Census. 8.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 26% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Stainburn?
98% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 95% across Cumbria’s towns. 1.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Stainburn?
23% said they had no religion and 70% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.2% didn’t answer.
Is Stainburn good for families?
26% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Stainburn’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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