Photo: Ian S · CC BY-SA 2.0Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 60%, a higher share than 94% of UK towns
The share of adults who have never married tops nearly two thirds of UK towns: 35%. Bamber Bridge’s 17,752 households held 40,359 residents at the 2021 Census. Locally, 20% of residents are 65 or over. At 31%, the share of one-person households is higher than in 63% of UK towns.
From 2011 to 2024, 61% of UK towns grew faster than Bamber Bridge: +5%
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Bamber Bridge’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 41,000 people in 2011; 43,100 in 2024.
The steepest year was mid-2023 to mid-2024, up 760 people. Of the age groups, 65 and over changed most (+33%) and 16 to 29 least (−8%).
Younger than 58% of UK towns: half of Bamber Bridge is under 43.5
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Set against 12% across England’s towns, 10% of residents are aged 15 to 24 in Bamber Bridge. 50–54 is the most common age band: 7.8% of residents.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Bamber Bridge, 43.5. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
8.1% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, below 62% 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%.
In Bamber Bridge, 33% of adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 26% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. As a reference point, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns. On the census count, 4.9% of adults are full-time students.
2.2 people per household, fewer than in 63% of UK towns
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.
Compared with 4.3% across England’s towns, 2.2% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home here. The census found that 27% of households have dependent children in Bamber Bridge.
Households in flats: 10%, a lower share than 54% 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
Across England’s towns, the share of households in terraced houses is 24%; Bamber Bridge has 19%. Elsewhere, 23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns. The census found that 16% of households have no car or van in the town.
Bamber Bridge sits below 66% of UK towns for residents whose main language is English (97%)
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
14% of the town’s residents born abroad came in 2017 or later, set against 21% across England’s towns. Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (3.5%), then in the Middle East and Asia (1.3%). By way of comparison, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
A lower share of residents with no religion than 89% 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: 91% of Bamber Bridge · Lancashire’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Islam is the religion of 1.2% of residents. Across the comparison, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. Set against 73% across England’s towns, 91% of residents describe themselves as White British in Bamber Bridge.
In Bamber Bridge, 46% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, fewer than in 65% 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
The figure for unpaid carers is 9.7% in Bamber Bridge and 8.7% across England’s towns. Unpaid carers giving 50 hours or more a week: 1,100. Measured more widely, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Degree-level qualifications reach 30% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
30% of Bamber Bridge’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 17% have none (18%).
From a median age of 39 in Bamber Bridge East to 51 in Lower Penwortham South
The town’s 10 neighbourhoods (ONS middle-layer areas with 500+ residents inside it, named by the House of Commons Library), youngest first. Census 2021.
Lower Penwortham South is the oldest area, with 30% aged 65 or over; Bamber Bridge East the youngest (median age 39). Families with children are most common in Lower Penwortham North (33% of households).
Ranked by age, 48th oldest of 182 UK towns this size
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Ages run from 30.3 in Hatfield to 56.2 in Rustington. Nearest to Bamber Bridge in age: Jarrow (43.5), Fulwood (43.5), Wigston (43.6) and Fleet (43.6).
Bamber Bridge and its 7 nearest towns: 4 of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bamber Bridge | 40,359 | — | 43.5 | 20% | 27% |
| Higher Walton | 1,607 | 1.4 mi | 39.8 | 16% | 29% |
| Gregson Lane | 2,073 | 1.8 mi | 52.6 | 29% | 24% |
| Farington Moss | 2,692 | 2.1 mi | 42.2 | 17% | 32% |
| Coup Green | 1,208 | 2.2 mi | 57.6 | 37% | 17% |
| Leyland | 39,281 | 2.7 mi | 42.7 | 20% | 27% |
| Penwortham | 20,489 | 2.8 mi | 46.5 | 24% | 27% |
| Whittle-le-Woods | 4,388 | 3 mi | 45.1 | 17% | 31% |
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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 Bamber Bridge’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out. The population trend compares with the whole county and nation.
- Estimates since 2021 are modelled. The ONS builds mid-year estimates from the Census, births, deaths and migration records. Bamber Bridge’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 41,704 people in 2021, against 40,359 in the built-up area.
- 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 Bamber Bridge’s residents
What is the population of Bamber Bridge?
The 2021 Census counted 40,359 people in Bamber Bridge’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 43,100 people in mid-2024, 5% more than in 2011.
What is the average age in Bamber Bridge?
The median age was 43.5 at the 2021 Census, younger than 58% of UK towns. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 20% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Bamber Bridge?
91% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Lancashire’s towns. 6.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Bamber Bridge?
32% said they had no religion and 60% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1.2% were Muslim and 5% didn’t answer.
Is Bamber Bridge good for families?
27% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Families are most common in Lower Penwortham North (33% of households). Schools are on Bamber Bridge’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) · ONS mid-year population estimates for 2021 LSOAs, mid-2011 to mid-2024 · House of Commons Library MSOA names. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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