Photo: Marathon · CC BY-SA 2.0Fewer family households than 97% of UK towns: 19% in Temple Sowerby
With a median age of 51.9, Temple Sowerby is older than 92% of UK towns. The village had 418 residents in 183 households at the 2021 Census. Across Temple Sowerby, 7.7% of households have no car or van. The figure for households in terraced houses is 29% in Temple Sowerby and 24% across England’s towns.
Temple Sowerby ranks below 99% of UK towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 6.9%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
By its share of residents aged 65 and over (31%), Temple Sowerby is above 92% of UK towns. The wider picture: 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Only 3.4% of adults are full-time students in Temple Sowerby
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%.
Residents who moved in within the year: 10% here and 11% across England’s towns. By way of comparison, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Temple Sowerby sits below 79% of UK towns for one-person households (26%)
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.
4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns, against 2.2% in Temple Sowerby. Across England’s towns, 30% of households are one person living alone. A household here holds 2.3 people on average.
Temple Sowerby sits below 99% of UK towns for households in flats (1.1%)
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: 40%, above three quarters of UK towns. For comparison, nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
Below 99% of UK towns: 1.2% 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
Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (0.7%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (0.5%). Across England’s towns, residents born outside the UK come to 18%. Residents whose main language is English are more common here than in 94% of UK towns.
97% of residents describe themselves as White British, more than in 94% 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 Temple Sowerby · Cumbria’s towns 95% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
After White British, the most common groups are Mixed or multiple (1.9%), Other White (1%) and Caribbean (0.5%). Typically, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. More residents who describe themselves as Christian than in 81% of UK towns: 55%. Residents with no religion: 41% here and 37% across England’s towns.
Temple Sowerby ranks above 86% of UK towns on married adults and civil partners: 54%
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
Across England’s towns, the share of adults who have never married is 39%; Temple Sowerby has 28%. The comparison figure for married adults and civil partners is 44% across England’s towns. 7 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. Few places have as many unpaid carers: 9.5% here, more than in 54% of UK towns.
38% of adults hold a degree-level qualification
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 Temple Sowerby, 13%, while 38% hold one at degree level (34%).
Every neighbour of Temple Sowerby has a younger population
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temple Sowerby | 418 | — | 51.9 | 31% | 19% |
| Appleby-in-Westmorland | 3,233 | 6.1 mi | 51.1 | 29% | 20% |
| Penrith | 16,705 | 6.2 mi | 46.2 | 23% | 22% |
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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 Temple Sowerby’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 Temple Sowerby’s residents
What is the population of Temple Sowerby?
The 2021 Census counted 418 people in Temple Sowerby’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Temple Sowerby?
The median age was 51.9 at the 2021 Census. 6.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 31% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Temple Sowerby?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 95% across Cumbria’s towns. 1.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Temple Sowerby?
41% said they had no religion and 55% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 3.3% didn’t answer.
Is Temple Sowerby good for families?
19% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Temple Sowerby’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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