Photo: Phil Platt · CC BY-SA 2.0In Chapeltown, 0.8% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, fewer than in 99% of UK towns
Residents with no religion: 31%, below 91% of UK towns. Across Chapeltown, 5.6% of households have no car or van. More unpaid carers than in 89% of UK towns: 11%. The 2021 Census counted 572 residents in 247 households.
Half of Chapeltown is over 46.2, older than 63% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
By its share of residents aged 15 to 24 (9.3%), Chapeltown is below 64% of UK towns. Residents aged 65 and over: 19% of the total.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Above 62% of UK towns: 5.1% 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
Address a year before the Census
Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.
In Chapeltown, 51% of adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 11% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Elsewhere, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. On the census count, 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.
One-person households make up 26% in Chapeltown, less than in 78% 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.
Across England’s towns, 29% of households have dependent children; in Chapeltown, 28%. As a reference point, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. On average, 2.3 people share a household.
More terraced houses than 99% of UK towns: 58% of households
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 flats is 4.8%, against 23% across England’s towns. Here, 24% of households live in a detached house.
Chapeltown ranks below 91% of UK towns on residents born outside the UK: 3%
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 whose main language is English: 100% here and 90% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, residents born outside the UK come to 18%. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in Africa (1.2%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (0.9%).
Above 96% of UK towns: 97% of residents describe themselves as White British
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 Chapeltown · Lancashire’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Where 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns, Chapeltown has 64%. To put it in context, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns.
53% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 79% 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
Set against 39% across England’s towns, 31% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership in Chapeltown. For married adults and civil partners, the comparison across England’s towns is 44%. Heavy unpaid care, 50 hours a week or more, falls to 13 residents.
Among adults, 52% hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Chapeltown counts 52% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 8.6% have no qualification (18%).
4 of the 7 nearest towns are older than Chapeltown
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chapeltown | 572 | — | 46.2 | 19% | 28% |
| Edgworth | 1,649 | 0.7 mi | 52.9 | 27% | 24% |
| Ramsbottom | 17,074 | 3.1 mi | 46.7 | 23% | 28% |
| Ainsworth | 1,595 | 3.9 mi | 46.8 | 23% | 26% |
| Bolton | 184,077 | 4 mi | 37.2 | 16% | 34% |
| Hoddlesden | 1,218 | 4.3 mi | 50.1 | 28% | 23% |
| Edenfield | 2,048 | 4.5 mi | 44.9 | 21% | 28% |
| Bury | 81,115 | 4.9 mi | 40.5 | 18% | 30% |
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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 Chapeltown’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 Chapeltown’s residents
What is the population of Chapeltown?
The 2021 Census counted 572 people in Chapeltown’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Chapeltown?
The median age was 46.2 at the 2021 Census. 9.3% of residents were 15 to 24 and 19% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Chapeltown?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Lancashire’s towns. 3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Chapeltown?
31% said they had no religion and 64% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 4.4% didn’t answer.
Is Chapeltown good for families?
28% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Chapeltown’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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