Photo: Dr Greg · CC BY 3.0Half of Chipping is over 55.1, older than 97% of UK towns
Households with dependent children: 16% here and 29% across England’s towns. There were 304 households in Chipping at the 2021 Census, home to 633 residents. Residents who describe themselves as Christian account for 68%. On households in terraced houses, Chipping sits higher than 95% of UK towns: 42%.
Chipping sits below 99% of UK towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (7.1%)
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
55–59 is the most common age band: 11% of residents, 1.6 times the share across England’s towns. Elsewhere, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. For Chipping, the census puts residents aged 65 and over at 29%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 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.
Only 3.6% of adults are full-time students in Chipping
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 take in 39% of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 21% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). The comparison figure for full-time students is 7.9% across England’s towns. Residents who moved in within the year: a tenth of the total.
Smaller households than 96% of UK towns: 2.1 people on average
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, 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home; in Chipping, 2%. On the census count, 31% of households are one person living alone.
In Chipping, 8.8% of households have no car or van, fewer than in 88% 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
Households in detached houses: 30% here and 21% across England’s towns. Chipping has fewer households in flats than just over four fifths of UK towns, at 5.5%. As a reference point, 24% of households have no car or van across England’s towns.
3% born outside the UK, fewer than in 91% of UK towns
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
Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (2.2%) or in the rest of Europe (0.3%). The wider picture: 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Higher than in 99% of UK towns: 100% of residents have English as their main language.
Chipping ranks below 97% of UK towns on residents with no religion: 27%
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: 96% of Chipping · Lancashire’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Besides White British, the main groups are Other White (3.6%), Mixed or multiple (0.3%) and Caribbean (0.2%). Chipping has more residents who describe themselves as White British than 85% of UK towns, at 96%. Set beside that, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns.
Only 26% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership in Chipping
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
23 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. Adults who have never married make up 39% across England’s towns. On unpaid carers, Chipping sits higher than 85% of UK towns: 11%. By its share of married adults and civil partners (54%), Chipping is above 84% of UK towns.
Degree-level qualifications reach 36% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 36% of adults in Chipping (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 20% (England’s towns: 18%).
Chipping is younger than 1 of its 7 nearest neighbours
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chipping | 633 | — | 55.1 | 29% | 16% |
| Longridge | 8,739 | 3.9 mi | 45.4 | 23% | 26% |
| Goosnargh | 1,892 | 5.7 mi | 44.5 | 23% | 30% |
| Grimsargh | 2,594 | 6.1 mi | 42.9 | 20% | 35% |
| Old Langho | 1,072 | 6.5 mi | 42.6 | 11% | 43% |
| Waddington | 1,005 | 6.7 mi | 58.6 | 38% | 17% |
| Barton | 1,492 | 7.4 mi | 43.6 | 20% | 33% |
| Broughton | 2,468 | 7.4 mi | 42.8 | 22% | 36% |
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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 Chipping’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 Chipping’s residents
What is the population of Chipping?
The 2021 Census counted 633 people in Chipping’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Chipping?
The median age was 55.1 at the 2021 Census. 7.1% of residents were 15 to 24 and 29% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Chipping?
96% 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 Chipping?
27% said they had no religion and 68% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 4.1% didn’t answer.
Is Chipping good for families?
16% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Chipping’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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