Photo: Alexander P Kapp · CC BY-SA 2.0Only 1% of households live in a flat or apartment in Billington
The figure for residents with no religion is 24% in Billington and 37% across England’s towns. Across Billington, 38% of households live in a terraced house. 1.2% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, fewer than in 98% of UK towns. The 2021 Census put the village’s population at 1,743, in 784 households.
Half of Billington is over 48.6, older than 77% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 50–54, with nearly one in ten residents, 1.3 times the share across England’s towns. Nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Billington ranks below 82% of UK towns on residents who moved in within the year: 7.2%
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%.
5.2% of adults are full-time students, against 7.9% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Billington ranks below 74% of UK towns on households with dependent children: 25%
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. Households with dependent children: 29% across England’s towns, for comparison. The census found that 28% of households are one person living alone in Billington.
7.8% of households have no car or van, below 93% 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
The share of households in detached houses trails 77% of UK towns: 19%. One household in 13 has no car or van.
A lower share of residents born outside the UK than 95% of UK towns, at 2.6%
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
Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (1%), then in the Middle East and Asia (0.6%). Across England’s towns, 18% of residents were born outside the UK. Billington has more residents whose main language is English than 99% of UK towns, at 100%.
Residents who describe themselves as Christian make up 69% in Billington, more than in 99% 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: 97% of Billington · Lancashire’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
97% of residents describe themselves as White British; across England’s towns the figure is 73%. Measured more widely, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Other than White British, most residents describe themselves as Mixed or multiple (1.3%), Other White (1%) and Chinese (0.2%).
Fewer adults who have never married than 60% of UK towns: 31%
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
For 38 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week. Set beside that, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. 48% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, against 44% across England’s towns.
38% of adults are qualified to degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 34% across England’s towns, 38% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 14% hold no qualification (18%).
Of the 7 towns nearest Billington, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billington | 1,743 | — | 48.6 | 24% | 25% |
| Whalley | 3,411 | 0.6 mi | 49.6 | 25% | 26% |
| Langho | 1,723 | 1.5 mi | 52.1 | 31% | 23% |
| Old Langho | 1,072 | 1.6 mi | 42.6 | 11% | 43% |
| Barrow | 1,388 | 1.9 mi | 43.3 | 19% | 30% |
| Great Harwood | 11,022 | 2.2 mi | 42.7 | 21% | 26% |
| Read | 2,049 | 2.9 mi | 48.1 | 25% | 28% |
| Clayton-le-Moors | 7,969 | 3.1 mi | 42.6 | 20% | 29% |
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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 Billington’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 Billington’s residents
What is the population of Billington?
The 2021 Census counted 1,743 people in Billington’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Billington?
The median age was 48.6 at the 2021 Census. 9.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 24% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Billington?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Lancashire’s towns. 2.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Billington?
24% said they had no religion and 69% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 6.5% didn’t answer.
Is Billington good for families?
25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Billington’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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