Higher Highfield · Photo: Plucas58 · CC BY-SA 4.0A smaller share of residents with no religion than 99% of UK towns: 21%
Half of Aspull’s residents are over 48.2, older than in three quarters of UK towns. The town is home to 4,937 residents in 2,235 households, by the 2021 Census. Census figures put shared households of unrelated adults at 1.7% here. The share of households with dependent children trails 67% of UK towns: 26%.
What the Census says about Aspull’s people
Many carers
566 residents gave unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age in 2021, 12% of those 5 and over: more than in 97% of UK towns. Relationships & caring ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Aspull ranks above 74% of UK towns on residents aged 65 and over: 25%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 9.6%, against 12% across England’s towns. Across the comparison, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Aspull, 48.2. The typical town is 44.4.
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.
Below 99% of UK towns: 4.6% of residents lived at another address a year earlier
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%.
The figure for full-time students is 4.7% in Aspull and 7.9% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier.
Aspull households average 2.2 people, smaller than in 72% of UK towns
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Greater Manchester’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
In Aspull, nearly a third of households are one person living alone, beside 30% across England’s towns.
Aspull sits below 67% of UK towns for households in terraced houses (16%)
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
Against a figure of 23% across England’s towns, the share of households in flats in Aspull comes in at 8.7%. The share of households in terraced houses across England’s towns is 24%. Households without a car or van: 18% of the total.
Only 3.7% of Aspull’s 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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Across England’s towns, the share of residents whose main language is English is 90%; Aspull has 98%. The wider picture: 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (1.6%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1%).
Aspull sits above 99% of UK towns for residents who describe themselves as Christian (73%)
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: 95% of Aspull · Greater Manchester’s towns 71% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Of the other groups, the largest are Other White (1.7%), Mixed or multiple (1.1%) and African (0.4%). Few places have as many residents who describe themselves as White British: 95% here, more than in 78% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian.
12% of residents give unpaid care, a share 97% 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
The share of adults who have never married is 31%, against 39% across England’s towns. As a reference point, nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care across England’s towns. Here, 49% of adults are married or in a civil partnership.
A degree-level qualification for 28% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Aspull counts 28% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 20% have no qualification (18%).
Ranked by age, 297th oldest of 810 UK towns this size
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Bailrigg is the youngest (18.9); Barton on Sea the oldest (65.3). Nearest to Aspull in age: Sedgefield (48.2), Appley Bridge (48.2), Whiston (48.2) and Newbold Verdon (48.2).
Aspull 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aspull | 4,937 | — | 48.2 | 25% | 26% |
| Blackrod | 5,340 | 1.5 mi | 46.8 | 25% | 26% |
| Ince-in-Makerfield | 12,186 | 2.4 mi | 37.3 | 14% | 33% |
| Wingates | 1,936 | 2.4 mi | 41.5 | 16% | 30% |
| Horwich | 20,703 | 2.5 mi | 42.5 | 19% | 27% |
| Hindley | 24,485 | 2.9 mi | 44 | 21% | 27% |
| Westhoughton | 21,969 | 3.1 mi | 44.2 | 20% | 29% |
| Adlington | 8,777 | 3.3 mi | 46.6 | 23% | 26% |
Health, work and homes have their own pages
What this data can and can’t tell you
- “Greater Manchester’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Greater Manchester (or England), summed the same way as Aspull’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 Aspull’s residents
What is the population of Aspull?
The 2021 Census counted 4,937 people in Aspull’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Aspull?
The median age was 48.2 at the 2021 Census, older than 75% of UK towns. 9.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 25% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Aspull?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 71% across Greater Manchester’s towns. 3.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Aspull?
21% said they had no religion and 73% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.7% were Muslim and 4.1% didn’t answer.
Is Aspull good for families?
26% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Aspull’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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