Photo: Chris Heaton · CC BY-SA 2.0Fewer flats than 99% of UK towns: 0.7% of households
In Brinscall, 1.2% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, beside 4.3% across England’s towns. For Brinscall, the census puts residents with no religion at 29%. At 30%, the share of households in terraced houses is higher than in just over four fifths of UK towns. The 2021 Census counted 1,332 residents in 580 households.
Brinscall is older than 82% of UK towns: a median age of 49.3
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 50–54, with 8.3% of residents. Compared with other places, residents aged 15 to 24 are scarce here: 9.1%, fewer than in 73% of UK towns. Residents aged 65 and over: 26% here and 18% across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 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.
A lower share of residents who moved in within the year than 89% of UK towns, at 6.8%
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%.
44% of Brinscall’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 18% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Residents who moved in within the year make up 11% across England’s towns. Full-time students account for 4.4%.
25% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 87% 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.
Set against 29% across England’s towns, 25% of households have dependent children in Brinscall. The share of one-person households across England’s towns is 30%. A household here holds 2.3 people on average.
Above 85% of UK towns: 45% of households live in a detached house
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
Here 11% of households have no car or van, where the figure across England’s towns is 24%. Against that, 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
Above 99% of UK towns: 100% of residents have English as their main language
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 outside the UK: 3.2% here and 18% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 90% of residents have English as their main language. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (2%) and in Africa (0.6%).
In Brinscall, 66% of residents describe themselves as Christian, 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 Brinscall · Lancashire’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The largest groups after White British are Other White (1.8%), Mixed or multiple (1%) and Indian (0.2%). On residents who describe themselves as White British, Brinscall sits higher than 95% of UK towns: 97%. Across England’s towns, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian.
A larger share of married adults and civil partners than 89% of UK towns: 55%
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
27% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, against 39% across England’s towns. Higher than in 68% of UK towns: 10% of residents give unpaid care. The share of married adults and civil partners across England’s towns is 44%.
42% of adults hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 42% of Brinscall’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 12% have no qualification (18%).
Of the 7 towns nearest Brinscall, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brinscall | 1,332 | — | 49.3 | 26% | 25% |
| Whittle-le-Woods | 4,388 | 2.9 mi | 45.1 | 17% | 31% |
| Chorley | 39,539 | 3.6 mi | 42.2 | 20% | 28% |
| Gregson Lane | 2,073 | 3.7 mi | 52.6 | 29% | 24% |
| Darwen | 27,897 | 4.2 mi | 40.6 | 18% | 27% |
| Coup Green | 1,208 | 4.2 mi | 57.6 | 37% | 17% |
| Euxton | 17,519 | 4.3 mi | 37.9 | 15% | 35% |
| Bamber Bridge | 40,359 | 4.7 mi | 43.5 | 20% | 27% |
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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 Brinscall’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 Brinscall’s residents
What is the population of Brinscall?
The 2021 Census counted 1,332 people in Brinscall’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Brinscall?
The median age was 49.3 at the 2021 Census. 9.1% of residents were 15 to 24 and 26% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Brinscall?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Lancashire’s towns. 3.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Brinscall?
29% said they had no religion and 66% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.6% were Muslim and 3.4% didn’t answer.
Is Brinscall good for families?
25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Brinscall’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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