Photo: philandju · CC BY-SA 2.0Above 97% of UK towns: 62% of residents describe themselves as Christian
Against a figure of 23% across England’s towns, the share of households in flats in Coppull comes in at 6.5%. Households in terraced houses account for 26%. Compared with other places, adults who have never married are common here: 35%, more than in nearly two thirds of UK towns. The town had 8,303 residents and 3,527 households at the 2021 Census, with a median age of 43.7 (younger than 56% of UK towns).
Slower than most: +4% since 2011, behind 66% of UK towns
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Coppull’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 8,000 people in 2011; 8,300 in 2024.
Change by age ran from +29% for the 65 and over to −6% for the 16 to 29. The steepest year was mid-2018 to mid-2019, up 100 people.
Coppull is younger than 56% of UK towns: a median age of 43.7
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 50–54: 7.5% of residents. Residents aged 65 and over are rarer here than in 56% of UK towns. In Garstang, the oldest of Lancashire’s towns by this measure, it is 39%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Coppull, 43.7. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A smaller share of full-time students than 74% of UK towns: 4.3%
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%.
Across England’s towns, 33% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine work; in Coppull, 29% and 29%. Compared with other places, residents who moved in within the year are scarce here: 7.3%, fewer than in 80% of UK towns. On average, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Below 64% of UK towns: 28% of households are one person living alone
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, 28% of households have dependent children in Coppull. The benchmark for one-person households across England’s towns: 30%. Households average 2.3 people. Fewer shared households of unrelated adults than in 55% of UK towns: 2.2%.
24% of households live in a detached house, below 65% 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
In Coppull, 15% of households have no car or van, beside 24% across England’s towns. The wider picture: 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
A smaller share of residents born outside the UK than 90% of UK towns: 3.1%
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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Among those born abroad, the share arriving in 2017 or later is 8.6% (England’s towns: 21%). Census figures put residents whose main language is English at 99% in Coppull. Across England’s towns, residents born outside the UK come to 18%.
Coppull ranks below 92% of UK towns on residents with no religion: 31%
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 Coppull · Lancashire’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
In Coppull, 96% of residents describe themselves as White British, beside 73% across England’s towns. As a yardstick, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. Of the other groups, the largest are Other White (1.6%), Mixed or multiple (0.9%) and Pakistani (0.3%).
Above 70% of UK towns: 10% of residents give unpaid care
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
46% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, against 44% across England’s towns. Set beside that, nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care across England’s towns.
Degree level: the highest qualification of 26% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 26% of Coppull’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 21% have no qualification (18%).
Ranked by age, 165th youngest of 424 UK towns this size
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Ages run from 28.4 in Tidworth to 65.3 in Barton on Sea. Nearest to Coppull in age: Brinsworth (43.6), Castle Donington (43.6), Thurmaston (43.7) and Twyford (43.7).
Among its 7 nearest neighbours, 4 are older than Coppull
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coppull | 8,303 | — | 43.7 | 21% | 28% |
| Charnock Richard | 1,098 | 0.9 mi | 52.9 | 31% | 21% |
| Shevington Moor | 2,717 | 2.2 mi | 43 | 21% | 27% |
| Chorley | 39,539 | 2.3 mi | 42.2 | 20% | 28% |
| Adlington | 8,777 | 2.5 mi | 46.6 | 23% | 26% |
| Standish | 12,937 | 2.5 mi | 44.5 | 21% | 28% |
| Eccleston | 4,543 | 3 mi | 48.9 | 27% | 27% |
| Euxton | 17,519 | 3.5 mi | 37.9 | 15% | 35% |
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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 Coppull’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out. The population trend compares with the whole county and nation.
- Estimates since 2021 are modelled. The ONS builds mid-year estimates from the Census, births, deaths and migration records. Coppull’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 8,303 people in 2021, against 8,303 in the built-up area.
- 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 Coppull’s residents
What is the population of Coppull?
The 2021 Census counted 8,303 people in Coppull’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 8,300 people in mid-2024, 4% more than in 2011.
What is the average age in Coppull?
The median age was 43.7 at the 2021 Census, younger than 56% of UK towns. 9.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 21% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Coppull?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Lancashire’s towns. 3.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Coppull?
31% said they had no religion and 62% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.7% were Muslim and 5.2% didn’t answer.
Is Coppull good for families?
28% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Coppull’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) · ONS mid-year population estimates for 2021 LSOAs, mid-2011 to mid-2024. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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