Photo: Greum · CC BY-SA 2.0Coup Green is older than 98% of UK towns: a median age of 57.6
The share of households with dependent children is 17%, against 29% across England’s towns. 2.7% of households live in a terraced house, a lower share than in 99% of UK towns. Census day 2021: 1,208 residents and 562 households in Coup Green. Here, 76% of residents describe themselves as Christian.
What the Census says about Coup Green’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Coup Green’s residents are under 57.6 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 37% are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 98% of UK towns, at 37%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
6.4% of residents are aged 15 to 24, against 12% across England’s towns. Set beside that, 18% of residents are 65 or over 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.
2.9% of adults are full-time students, below 99% of UK towns
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%.
Where 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns, Coup Green has 5.4%. Across the comparison, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Shared households of unrelated adults make up 1.6% in Coup Green, less than in 88% 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.
Where 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns, Coup Green has 29%. A household here holds 2.1 people on average. The benchmark for shared households of unrelated adults across England’s towns: 4.3%.
In Coup Green, 0.4% of households live in a flat or apartment, fewer than in 99% 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
54% of households live in a detached house, against 21% across England’s towns. Meanwhile, at 7.6%, the share of households without a car or van is lower than in 93% of UK towns. Set beside that, nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
Below 91% of UK towns: 3% 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
Compared with 90% across England’s towns, 99% of residents have English as their main language here. The largest groups were born in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (0.9%) and in EU countries (0.8%). Across England’s towns, the share of residents born outside the UK is 18%.
17% of residents said they have no religion, fewer than in 99% of UK towns
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 Coup Green · Lancashire’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Across England’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as White British is 73%; Coup Green has 97%. The share of residents with no religion across England’s towns is 37%.
21% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, below 99% 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
Nearly three in five adults are married or in a civil partnership, against 44% across England’s towns. Across Coup Green, one in ten residents give unpaid care. As a yardstick, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Qualified to degree level: 36% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 36% of adults in Coup Green, 34% across England’s towns; 14% have no qualification, against 18%.
Coup Green is older than every town around it
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coup Green | 1,208 | — | 57.6 | 37% | 17% |
| Gregson Lane | 2,073 | 0.7 mi | 52.6 | 29% | 24% |
| Higher Walton | 1,607 | 1 mi | 39.8 | 16% | 29% |
| Bamber Bridge | 40,359 | 2.2 mi | 43.5 | 20% | 27% |
| Preston | 94,502 | 3.6 mi | 33.1 | 11% | 31% |
| Whittle-le-Woods | 4,388 | 4 mi | 45.1 | 17% | 31% |
| Myerscough Smithy | 2,409 | 4.1 mi | 54.7 | 33% | 20% |
| Grimsargh | 2,594 | 4.2 mi | 42.9 | 20% | 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 Coup Green’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 Coup Green’s residents
What is the population of Coup Green?
The 2021 Census counted 1,208 people in Coup Green’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Coup Green?
The median age was 57.6 at the 2021 Census. 6.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 37% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Coup Green?
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 Coup Green?
17% said they had no religion and 76% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.4% were Muslim and 5.3% didn’t answer.
Is Coup Green good for families?
17% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Coup Green’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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