Photo: Peter Hodge · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Bescar is over 55.8, older than 97% of UK towns
Compared with 46% across England’s towns, 73% of residents describe themselves as Christian here. The 2021 Census counted 551 residents in 264 households. Shared households of unrelated adults: 0.4% of the total. Fewer households in terraced houses than in 86% of UK towns: 11%.
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 97% of UK towns: 35%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Set against 12% across England’s towns, 9% of residents are aged 15 to 24 in Bescar. Typically, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
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.
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%.
Managerial and professional jobs account for nearly a third of Bescar’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 22%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Locally, 5.1% of adults are full-time students. For comparison, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
19% of households have dependent children, below 97% 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.
The typical household size is 2.1 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. The census found that nearly a third of households are one person living alone in Bescar. The share of households with dependent children across England’s towns is 29%.
4.2% of households live in a flat or apartment, fewer than in 87% 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
Against a figure of 21% across England’s towns, the share of households in detached houses in Bescar comes in at 32%. Across the comparison, 23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns. Census figures put households without a car or van at 9.9% locally.
A smaller share of residents born outside the UK than 90% of UK towns: 3.1%
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%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
99% of residents have English as their main language; across England’s towns the figure is 90%. By way of comparison, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (1.8%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.6%).
A lower share of residents with no religion than 99% of UK towns, at 21%
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 Bescar · Lancashire’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
By its share of residents who describe themselves as White British (96%), Bescar is above 83% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, 37% of residents said they have no religion. After White British, the largest groups are Other White (1.6%), Mixed or multiple (1.5%) and Indian (0.7%).
Adults who have never married make up 24% in Bescar, less than in 96% 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
There is little gap on unpaid carers: 8.5%, about the same as across England’s towns. By way of comparison, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Locally, 52% of adults are married or in a civil partnership.
A degree-level qualification for 30% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Bescar’s adults: 30% with a degree-level qualification and 20% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
Every neighbour of Bescar has a younger population
Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.
Health, work and homes have their own pages
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 Bescar’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 Bescar’s residents
What is the population of Bescar?
The 2021 Census counted 551 people in Bescar’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Bescar?
The median age was 55.8 at the 2021 Census. 9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 35% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Bescar?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Lancashire’s towns. 3.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Bescar?
21% said they had no religion and 73% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 4.7% didn’t answer.
Is Bescar good for families?
19% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Bescar’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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