Photo: Alexander P Kapp · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 52.9: Charnock Richard is older than 94% of UK towns
Married people and civil partners make up 58% of adults, against 44% across England’s towns. Compared with other places, residents who describe themselves as White British are common here: 98%, more than in 99% of UK towns. Charnock Richard counted 1,098 residents and 500 households at the 2021 Census. In Charnock Richard, 2.4% of households live in a flat or apartment.
What the Census says about Charnock Richard’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Charnock Richard’s residents are under 52.9 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 31% are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Ages ↓
Many carers
124 residents gave unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age in 2021, 12% of those 5 and over: more than in 95% of UK towns. Relationships & caring ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Fewer young people than 99% of UK towns: 7% are 15 to 24
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
By its share of residents aged 65 and over (31%), Charnock Richard is above 92% of UK towns. For comparison, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Charnock Richard sits below 94% of UK towns for full-time students (3.6%)
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 two fifths of Charnock Richard’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 19%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. The village has fewer residents who moved in within the year than 93% of UK towns, at 6.4%. Against that, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Fewer families than 91% of UK towns: 21% of households have children
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.
By its share of one-person households (28%), Charnock Richard is below 65% of UK towns. The wider picture: 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns. On average, 2.2 people share a household. Compared with other places, shared households of unrelated adults are scarce here: 1.6%, fewer than in 89% of UK towns.
Households without a car or van make up 9.4% in Charnock Richard, less than in 85% 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
Across England’s towns, nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house; in Charnock Richard, 15%. One household in 11 has no car or van. Compared with other places, households in detached houses are common here: 45%, more than in 85% of UK towns.
Below 99% of UK towns: 1.6% of residents were born outside the UK
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
Here 100% of residents have English as their main language, where the figure across England’s towns is 90%. On average, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (0.9%), then in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (0.5%).
69% of residents describe themselves as Christian, a share 99% of UK towns don’t reach
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: 98% of Charnock Richard · Lancashire’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Set against 37% across England’s towns, 27% of residents said they have no religion in Charnock Richard. On average, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
23% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, fewer than in 97% 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
Unpaid care takes 50 hours a week or more for 28 people. As a yardstick, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. On unpaid carers, Charnock Richard sits higher than 95% of UK towns: 12%.
Degree-level qualifications: 32% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
15% of Charnock Richard’s adults have no qualification (18% across England’s towns), and 32% have one at degree level (34%).
The towns around Charnock Richard are all younger
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
- “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 Charnock Richard’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 Charnock Richard’s residents
What is the population of Charnock Richard?
The 2021 Census counted 1,098 people in Charnock Richard’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Charnock Richard?
The median age was 52.9 at the 2021 Census. 7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 31% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Charnock Richard?
98% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Lancashire’s towns. 1.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Charnock Richard?
27% said they had no religion and 69% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 3.6% didn’t answer.
Is Charnock Richard good for families?
21% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Charnock Richard’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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