Photo: David Medcalf · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 21: Bilsborrow is younger than 99% of UK towns
Against a figure of 30% across England’s towns, the share of one-person households in Bilsborrow comes in at 40%. On households with dependent children, Bilsborrow sits lower than 98% of UK towns: 17%. Census day 2021: 679 residents and 172 households locally. The share of adults who have never married stands at 66%.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 55%, a higher share than 99% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The figure for residents aged 65 and over is 14% in Bilsborrow and 18% across England’s towns. As a reference point, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
43% women, 57% men
About 75 women for every 100 men. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Bilsborrow is a campus town: students living in halls or boarding houses count as residents.
A higher share of full-time students than 99% of UK towns, at 54%
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%.
Leave the students aside and Bilsborrow’s other adults differ from England’s: 24% are in managerial and professional jobs, against 36%. By way of comparison, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. For Bilsborrow, the census puts residents who moved in within the year at 32%.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
2 people per household, fewer than in 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.
With shared households of unrelated adults at 2.9%, Bilsborrow is ahead of 74% of UK towns on that count.
A smaller share of households in terraced houses than 90% of UK towns: 9.6%
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 without a car or van is 24%; Bilsborrow has 10%. The village has more households in flats than four fifths of UK towns, at 19%. The census found that 27% of households live in a detached house locally.
A larger share of residents whose main language is English than 86% of UK towns: 99%
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
The largest groups were born in EU countries (3%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (0.9%). Residents born outside the UK are rarer here than in 64% of UK towns. To put it in context, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
Residents who describe themselves as Christian make up 44% in Bilsborrow, less than in 82% 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: 92% of Bilsborrow · Lancashire’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
At 37%, the share of residents with no religion is in line with the figure across England’s towns. After White British, the most common groups are Other White (2.5%), Mixed or multiple (1.9%) and African (1.5%). Bilsborrow has fewer residents who describe themselves as White British than 52% of UK towns, at 92%. The usual figure: 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
Married adults and civil partners make up 24% in Bilsborrow, less than in 99% 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
Across England’s towns, the share of unpaid carers is 8.7%; Bilsborrow has 6.5%. 6 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. The comparison figure for married adults and civil partners is 44% across England’s towns.
The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 17%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 18% of adults have no qualification; in Bilsborrow, 11%, while 17% hold one at degree level (34%). 29% have A levels as their highest qualification, many of them still studying for a degree.
No nearby town is as young as Bilsborrow
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
- 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 Bilsborrow’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 Bilsborrow’s residents
What is the population of Bilsborrow?
The 2021 Census counted 679 people in Bilsborrow’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Bilsborrow?
The median age was 21 at the 2021 Census. 55% of residents were 15 to 24 and 14% were 65 or over.
Is Bilsborrow a student village?
Yes: 54% of adults were full-time students at the 2021 Census (346 people), against 7.9% across England’s towns.
How diverse is Bilsborrow?
92% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Lancashire’s towns. 5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Bilsborrow?
37% said they had no religion and 44% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 17% didn’t answer.
Is Bilsborrow good for families?
17% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Bilsborrow’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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