Photo: Rob500 · CC BY 3.0A larger share of residents who describe themselves as Christian than 97% of UK towns: 62%
Where 23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns, Adlington has 5.3%. The share of residents aged 15 to 24 stands at 8.9%. 28% of households live in a terraced house, more than in 77% of UK towns. The 2021 Census counted 8,777 residents in 3,888 households.
Adlington is older than 66% of UK towns: a median age of 46.6
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Residents aged 65 and over: 23%, above 62% of UK towns. The biggest five-year age group is 55–59, with 7.8% of residents.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Adlington, 46.6. The typical town is 44.4.
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.
6.6% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 91% 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%.
4.6% of adults are full-time students, against 7.9% across England’s towns. By way of comparison, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
Only 1.8% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home in Adlington
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Lancashire’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
The share of households with dependent children is 26%, against 29% across England’s towns. The wider picture: 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns. Households average 2.2 people.
In Adlington, 14% of households have no car or van, fewer than in 57% 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
30% of households live in a detached house (England’s towns: 21%). Set beside that, 24% of households have no car or van across England’s towns.
3% born outside the UK, fewer than in 91% of UK towns
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 (1.5%) or in the Middle East and Asia (0.6%). 99% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 88% of UK towns. Elsewhere, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Since 2017: just over a tenth of those born abroad, against 21% across England’s towns.
A lower share of residents with no religion than 90% of UK towns, at 32%
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: 96% of Adlington · Lancashire’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Besides White British, the main groups are Other White (1.5%), Mixed or multiple (1.2%) and Chinese (0.2%). Against that, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. 96% of residents describe themselves as White British, more than in 90% of UK towns.
More married adults and civil partners than 63% of UK towns: 50%
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
209 residents give 50 hours or more of unpaid care each week. Across England’s towns, the share of married adults and civil partners is 44%. In Adlington, 31% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, beside 39% across England’s towns.
33% of adults are qualified to degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 33% of Adlington’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 16% have no qualification (18%).
Ranked by age, 164th oldest of 482 UK towns this size
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Tidworth (28.4), the youngest, and Barton on Sea (65.3), the oldest. Nearest to Adlington in age: Perton (46.5), Yarm (46.6), Stocksbridge (46.7) and Coleshill (46.7).
3 of the 7 nearest towns are older than Adlington
Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- “Lancashire’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Lancashire (or England), summed the same way as Adlington’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 Adlington’s residents
What is the population of Adlington?
The 2021 Census counted 8,777 people in Adlington’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Adlington?
The median age was 46.6 at the 2021 Census, older than 66% of UK towns. 8.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 23% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Adlington?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Lancashire’s towns. 3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Adlington?
32% said they had no religion and 62% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 4.7% didn’t answer.
Is Adlington good for families?
26% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Adlington’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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