Lamb Working Mens Club · Photo: Trappedinburnley · CC BY-SA 4.0Barrowford: 44% of households live in a terraced house, above 96% of UK towns
Compared with 37% across England’s towns, 31% of residents said they have no religion here. The share of shared households of unrelated adults stands at 1.6%. At 25%, the share of residents aged 65 and over is higher than in 75% of UK towns. There were 2,717 households in Barrowford at the 2021 Census, home to 5,887 residents.
Half of Barrowford is over 47.4, older than 71% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
9.1% of residents are aged 15 to 24; across England’s towns the figure is 12%. More residents are 55–59 than any other five-year age: 7.6% of residents.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Barrowford, 47.4. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
4.4% of adults are full-time students, below 69% 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%.
38% of Barrowford’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 21% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, the share of full-time students is 7.9%. Census figures put residents who moved in within the year at 9.3% here.
34% of households are one person living alone, more than in 80% 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.
A household here has 2.2 people on average; across England’s towns, 2.4. The census found that 25% of households have dependent children in Barrowford. One-person households make up 30% across England’s towns.
Few flats: only 7.9% of households in Barrowford live in one
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
23% of households live in a detached house, against 21% across England’s towns. Across Barrowford, 15% of households have no car or van.
Barrowford sits below 71% of UK towns for residents born outside the UK (4.5%)
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
19% of those born abroad arrived in 2017 or later, against 21% across England’s towns. Measured more widely, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in the Middle East and Asia (1.9%) and in EU countries (1.8%).
57% describe themselves as Christian, more than in 88% 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: 90% of Barrowford · Lancashire’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Here 90% of residents describe themselves as White British, where the figure across England’s towns is 73%. Leading the other groups after White British: Pakistani (5.7%), Other White (1.8%) and Mixed or multiple (1.4%). Set beside that, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
30% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, fewer than in 69% 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
50% of adults are married or in a civil partnership (England’s towns: 44%). The usual figure: 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Here, nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care.
Degree level: the highest qualification of 36% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 36% of adults in Barrowford, 34% across England’s towns; 15% have no qualification, against 18%.
Among 624 UK towns of 4,000 to 8,000 people, the 239th oldest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
The youngest is Bailrigg (18.9) and the oldest Barton on Sea (65.3). Nearest to Barrowford in age: Helsby (47.3), Old Windsor and Wraysbury (47.3), Dodworth (47.4) and Groby (47.4).
Median age: 3 of the 7 towns around Barrowford are older
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 Barrowford’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 Barrowford’s residents
What is the population of Barrowford?
The 2021 Census counted 5,887 people in Barrowford’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Barrowford?
The median age was 47.4 at the 2021 Census, older than 71% of UK towns. 9.1% of residents were 15 to 24 and 25% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Barrowford?
90% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Lancashire’s towns. 4.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Barrowford?
31% said they had no religion and 57% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 5.9% were Muslim and 5.1% didn’t answer.
Is Barrowford good for families?
25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Barrowford’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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