The Holme · Photo: Uklude · CC BY-SA 3.0Cliviger is older than 96% of UK towns: a median age of 54.7
17% of households have dependent children, against 29% across England’s towns. For Cliviger, the census puts households in flats at 3.1%. Residents who describe themselves as Christian are more common here than in 99% of UK towns. The 2021 Census put the village’s population at 569, in 259 households.
Fewer young people than 99% of UK towns: 6.6% are 15 to 24
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Across England’s towns, 18% of residents are 65 or over; in Cliviger, 34%. 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
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Only 1.4% of adults are full-time students in Cliviger
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%.
Residents who moved in within the year: 5.2% here and 11% across England’s towns. On average, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Fewer one-person households than 71% of UK towns: 27%
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.
Households in Cliviger hold 2.2 people on average (England’s towns: 2.4). The share of shared households of unrelated adults stands at 1.9%. As a reference point, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns.
A smaller share of households without a car or van than 97% of UK towns: 6.3%
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
Against a figure of 24% across England’s towns, the share of households in terraced houses in Cliviger comes in at 29%. What’s more, households in detached houses are more common here than in 85% of UK towns. About one household in 16 lives without a car or van.
Cliviger ranks below 99% of UK towns on residents born outside the UK: 1.8%
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
90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns, against 100% in Cliviger. Elsewhere, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (0.5%) and in Africa (0.5%).
Above 99% of UK towns: 98% 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: 98% of Cliviger · Lancashire’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Compared with 37% across England’s towns, nearly a quarter of residents said they have no religion here. Measured more widely, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns.
Cliviger: 56% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, above 90% 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 carers giving 50 hours or more a week: 10. Fewer adults who have never married than in 88% of UK towns: 26%. For married adults and civil partners, the comparison across England’s towns is 44%. Nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care, about the same as across England’s towns.
Qualified to degree level: 39% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
39% of Cliviger’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 14% have none (18%).
No nearby town is as old as Cliviger
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cliviger | 569 | — | 54.7 | 34% | 17% |
| Weir | 1,290 | 2 mi | 44.1 | 16% | 35% |
| Burnley | 78,266 | 3.6 mi | 38.7 | 17% | 30% |
| Bacup | 13,559 | 4 mi | 40.3 | 17% | 30% |
| Todmorden | 12,971 | 4.8 mi | 43.4 | 20% | 26% |
| Rawtenstall | 23,683 | 4.9 mi | 42.7 | 19% | 29% |
| Brierfield | 10,723 | 5 mi | 35.8 | 16% | 37% |
| Hapton | 2,240 | 5.4 mi | 42.7 | 18% | 29% |
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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 Cliviger’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 Cliviger’s residents
What is the population of Cliviger?
The 2021 Census counted 569 people in Cliviger’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Cliviger?
The median age was 54.7 at the 2021 Census. 6.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 34% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Cliviger?
98% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Lancashire’s towns. 1.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Cliviger?
23% said they had no religion and 69% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 7.4% didn’t answer.
Is Cliviger good for families?
17% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Cliviger’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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