Photo: Anthony Parkes · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 57.1: Summerlands is older than 98% of UK towns
The figure for households with dependent children is 18% in Summerlands and 29% across England’s towns. In Summerlands, 20% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership. 0.7% of households live in a flat or apartment, fewer than in 99% of UK towns. The village is home to 314 residents in 134 households, by the 2021 Census.
Summerlands ranks above 97% of UK towns on residents aged 65 and over: 36%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 6.6%, against 12% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 18% of residents are 65 or over.
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.
Full-time students: 2.9%, a lower share than 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
Address a year before the Census
Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.
Managerial and professional jobs take in just over a third of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 23% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). Residents who moved in within the year are more common here than in 87% of UK towns. Full-time students make up 7.9% across England’s towns.
One-person households make up 24% in Summerlands, less than in 90% 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.
In Summerlands, 3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, beside 4.3% across England’s towns. Households average 2.3 people. Typically, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns.
A lower share of households in terraced houses than 99% of UK towns, at 1.5%
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
Detached houses are home to 82% of households, against 21% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, households in terraced houses come to 24%. In Summerlands, 5.1% of households have no car or van.
100% of residents have English as their main language, a share 99% of UK towns don’t reach
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
Across England’s towns, 18% of residents were born outside the UK; in Summerlands, 5.4%. 100% of residents have English as their main language.
In Summerlands, 97% of residents describe themselves as White British, more than in 97% 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: 97% of Summerlands · Cumbria’s towns 95% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The share of residents who describe themselves as Christian is 62%, against 46% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as White British is 73%. Residents with no religion account for 32%.
65% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, a share 99% of UK towns don’t reach
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
Some 11 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. Compared with other places, unpaid carers are common here: 9.9%, more than in nearly two thirds of UK towns. The comparison figure for married adults and civil partners is 44% across England’s towns.
A degree-level qualification for 40% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 18% of adults have no qualification; in Summerlands, 14%, while 40% hold one at degree level (34%).
1 in 7 nearby towns have a higher median age than Summerlands
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summerlands | 314 | — | 57.1 | 36% | 18% |
| Levens | 1,020 | 3.2 mi | 52.7 | 31% | 22% |
| Milnthorpe | 1,871 | 3.8 mi | 45.9 | 25% | 26% |
| Kendal | 28,939 | 4.1 mi | 46.6 | 24% | 23% |
| Holme | 1,477 | 4.5 mi | 47.4 | 25% | 26% |
| Burton-in-Kendal | 1,341 | 6 mi | 49 | 26% | 28% |
| Kirkby Lonsdale | 1,965 | 6.4 mi | 54.8 | 35% | 19% |
| Arnside | 2,231 | 7.1 mi | 62.4 | 45% | 14% |
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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 Summerlands’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 Summerlands’s residents
What is the population of Summerlands?
The 2021 Census counted 314 people in Summerlands’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Summerlands?
The median age was 57.1 at the 2021 Census. 6.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 36% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Summerlands?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 95% across Cumbria’s towns. 5.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Summerlands?
32% said they had no religion and 62% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5.7% didn’t answer.
Is Summerlands good for families?
18% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Summerlands’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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