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43.6Median age

Who lives here · ONS Census 2021

In Barton, 67% of households live in a detached house, more than in 99% of UK towns

The figure for households in terraced houses is 3.7% in Barton and 24% across England’s towns. The 2021 Census counted 1,492 residents in 592 households. One-person households: just over a fifth of the total. At 33%, the share of households with dependent children is higher than in 90% of UK towns.

20%aged 65 or over 6%born abroad 592households

Ages

In Barton, 8.3% of residents are aged 15 to 24, fewer than in 89% of UK towns

Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.

BartonEngland’s towns

0–410–1420–2430–3440–4450–5460–6470–7480–84

By its share of residents aged 65 and over (20%), Barton is below 63% of UK towns. Across the comparison, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. Half of the village’s residents are under 43.6, younger than in 57% of UK towns.

Broad ages · share of residents

Under 1519%

15 to 248.3%

25 to 4424%

45 to 6428%

65 and over20%

BartonLancashire’s townsEngland’s towns

Women and men · all residents

50% women, 50% men

Barton

England

WomenMen

About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.

Students & newcomers

Above 66% of UK towns: 5.2% of adults are full-time students

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

Full-time students5.2%

Higher managerial and professional22%

Lower managerial and professional29%

Intermediate12%

Small employers and self-employed11%

Supervisory and technical4.9%

Semi-routine6.4%

Routine5.6%

Never worked or long-term unemployed3.4%

BartonLancashire’s townsEngland’s towns

Address a year before the Census

Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.

Barton

11%

England’s towns

11%

Moved within the UKTerm-time addressMoved from abroad

Moved in within a year

159

residents, 11%; England’s towns 11%

Of them from abroad

0.4× England’s share

Managerial and professional jobs take in 51% of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 12% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). On the census count, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. Full-time students make up 7.9% across England’s towns.

The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.

Households

Larger households than 91% of UK towns: 2.5 people on average

Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.

Living alone, 66+ 12%Living alone, under 66 9.1%Families with dependent children 33%Couples and families, no young children 44%Shared houses and other 1.9%

Against Lancashire’s towns and England’s towns

Barton

Lancashire’s towns

England’s towns

People per household

1 person21%

2 people37%

3 people20%

4 people16%

5 or more6.4%

England’s towns.

The share of shared households of unrelated adults is 1.9%, against 4.3% across England’s towns.

Homes & cars

Barton ranks below 98% of UK towns on households without a car or van: 5.4%

Accommodation type and cars or vans per household, Census 2021. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.

Type of home

Barton

Lancashire’s towns

England’s towns

DetachedSemi-detachedTerracedFlat or maisonetteCaravan or other

Cars or vans · share of households

No car or van5.4%

One29%

Two49%

Three or more17%

BartonLancashire’s townsEngland’s towns

Households in flats: 2% here and 23% across England’s towns. On average, nearly a quarter of households have no car or van across England’s towns.

Where people were born

6% of residents were born outside the UK, below 54% 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%

Barton

Lancashire’s towns

10%

England’s towns

18%

EU countriesRest of EuropeMiddle East and AsiaAfricaAmericas, Oceania, other

Main language · residents aged 3 and over

English is main language98%

Another main language, speaks English very well or well2%

Another main language, little or no English0.2%

BartonLancashire’s townsEngland’s towns

Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (2.3%) and in the Middle East and Asia (2.3%). Set beside that, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Few places have as many residents whose main language is English: 98% here, more than in 52% of UK towns.

Ethnicity & religion

A lower share of residents with no religion than 98% of UK towns, at 25%

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

BartonLancashire’s townsEngland’s towns

Other White3.2%

Asian6.4%

Mixed1.7%

Black0.2%

Other0.3%

0%7%14%

White British, not charted: 88% of Barton · Lancashire’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.

Religion · all residents

BartonLancashire’s townsEngland’s towns

No religion25%

Christian66%

Muslim2.7%

Hindu, Sikh, Jewish, Buddhist2.6%

Other religion0.1%

Didn’t answer4%

0%40%80%

Islam is the religion of 2.7% of residents. Across the comparison, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. 66% of residents describe themselves as Christian, more than in 99% of UK towns. Where 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns, Barton has 88%.

Relationships & caring

Above 99% of UK towns: 62% of adults are married or in a civil partnership

Legal partnership status (residents 16 and over) and unpaid care (residents 5 and over), Census 2021.

Partnership status · residents 16 and over

Never married or in a civil partnership24%

Married or civil partnership62%

Separated1.4%

Divorced6.7%

Widowed6.3%

BartonLancashire’s townsEngland’s towns

137residents give unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age: 9.8%, against 8.7% in England’s towns

Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over

Up to 19 hours a week6.9%

20 to 49 hours1.2%

50 hours or more1.6%

9.8% of residents give unpaid care; across England’s towns the figure is 8.7%. Measured more widely, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. The census found that nearly a quarter of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership in Barton.

Qualifications

Adults qualified to degree level or above: 48%

Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.

Highest qualification · residents 16 and over

No qualifications7.3%

Apprenticeship4.9%

A levels or similar18%

Degree level48%

BartonLancashire’s townsEngland’s towns

Degree-level qualifications are held by 48% of Barton’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 7.3% have no qualification (18%).

Neighbours

Barton and its 7 nearest towns: 2 of them are older

Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.

BroughtonGoosnarghCottamFulwoodCatterallPrestonBondsBarton

under 3838–4444–5050–5656+

Town	People	Away	Median age	65+	Homes with children
Barton	1,492	—	43.6	20%	33%
Broughton	2,468	1.5 mi	42.8	22%	36%
Goosnargh	1,892	2.6 mi	44.5	23%	30%
Cottam	5,507	3.2 mi	35.3	9.3%	37%
Fulwood	34,693	3.3 mi	43.5	22%	28%
Catterall	2,800	3.5 mi	41	18%	31%
Preston	94,502	4.6 mi	33.1	11%	31%
Bonds	1,237	4.7 mi	52.7	28%	24%

More about Barton’s residents

Health, work and homes have their own pages

Health B⁺Life expectancy, early deaths and Census health, adjusted for age Work & commute A⁺Income, the claimant count, jobs and how people get to work Cost of living DOwners and renters, prices, rents and council tax Schools A⁺Every primary and secondary, with results and inspections

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

The Census was taken in a lockdown, in term time. 21 March 2021 fell in term time, and students were asked to give their term-time address, so most were counted where they study. Some may have been living with family that day.
“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 Barton’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 Barton’s residents

What is the population of Barton?

The 2021 Census counted 1,492 people in Barton’s built-up area.

What is the average age in Barton?

The median age was 43.6 at the 2021 Census. 8.3% of residents were 15 to 24 and 20% were 65 or over.

How diverse is Barton?

88% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Lancashire’s towns. 6% were born outside the UK.

What religion are people in Barton?

25% said they had no religion and 66% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 2.7% were Muslim and 4% didn’t answer.

Is Barton good for families?

33% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Barton’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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