Photo: David Purchase · CC BY-SA 2.0Fewer family households than 92% of UK towns: 21% in Staveley
Half of Staveley’s residents are over 48.4, older than in just over three quarters of UK towns. There were 678 households here at the 2021 Census, home to 1,466 residents. Here, 32% of households live in a terraced house. Households average 2.1 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 8.2% in Staveley, less than in 90% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 50–54, with 7.4% of residents. For comparison, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. Staveley has more residents aged 65 and over than 83% of UK towns, at 28%. In Grange-over-Sands, the oldest of Cumbria’s towns by this measure, it is 47%.
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. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
8% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 66% 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%.
Across England’s towns, a third of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine or semi-routine work; Staveley has 37% and 22%. Here, 4.6% of adults are full-time students. To put it in context, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
One-person homes: 34% of households in Staveley
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.
Shared households of unrelated adults: 3.7%, near enough the figure across England’s towns. For one-person households, the comparison across England’s towns is 30%.
Fewer detached houses than 60% of UK towns: 26% of households
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
9.1% of households live in a flat or apartment (England’s towns: 23%). Lower than in 53% of UK towns: 15% of households have no car or van. Across England’s towns, the share of households in detached houses is 21%.
Staveley: 6.6% of residents 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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (3.4%) or in Africa (1.2%). Across England’s towns, the share of residents born outside the UK is 18%. 98% of residents have English as their main language, a higher share than in 51% of UK towns. Among those born abroad, the share arriving in 2017 or later is 12% (England’s towns: 21%).
Staveley: 51% of residents describe themselves as Christian, above 58% 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: 93% of Staveley · Cumbria’s towns 95% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Of the other groups, the largest are Other White (4.4%), Mixed or multiple (1.8%) and Indian (0.2%). Across England’s towns, residents who describe themselves as Christian come to 46%. 40% of residents said they have no religion, fewer than in 58% of UK towns. Still, the share of residents who describe themselves as White British tops 57% of UK towns: 93%.
Married adults and civil partners make up 47% in Staveley, less than in 56% 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
Unpaid carers make up 8.7%, close to the figure across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, married adults and civil partners come to 44%. 42 residents give 50 hours or more of unpaid care each week. On adults who have never married, Staveley sits higher than 55% of UK towns: 33%.
41% of adults have a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Staveley counts 41% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 13% have no qualification (18%).
Median age: 4 of the 6 towns around Staveley are older
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staveley | 1,466 | — | 48.4 | 28% | 21% |
| Windermere | 4,819 | 3.4 mi | 51 | 26% | 20% |
| Bowness-on-Windermere | 2,290 | 4 mi | 48.8 | 26% | 18% |
| Kendal | 28,939 | 4.7 mi | 46.6 | 24% | 23% |
| Ambleside | 2,624 | 7 mi | 48.5 | 25% | 15% |
| Levens | 1,020 | 7.5 mi | 52.7 | 31% | 22% |
| Milnthorpe | 1,871 | 10.4 mi | 45.9 | 25% | 26% |
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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 Staveley’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 Staveley’s residents
What is the population of Staveley?
The 2021 Census counted 1,466 people in Staveley’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Staveley?
The median age was 48.4 at the 2021 Census. 8.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 28% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Staveley?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 95% across Cumbria’s towns. 6.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Staveley?
40% said they had no religion and 51% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.4% were Muslim and 7.5% didn’t answer.
Is Staveley good for families?
21% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Staveley’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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