Photo: Ian Roberts · CC BY-SA 2.0A village of terraces: 40% of households live in one
The share of residents who describe themselves as White British tops 86% of UK towns: 96%. Here, 5.1% of households live in a flat or apartment. Edenfield has fewer shared households of unrelated adults than 85% of UK towns, at 1.7%. At the 2021 Census, 2,048 people lived locally, in 897 households.
Below 82% of UK towns: 8.7% of residents are aged 15 to 24
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
With a median age of 44.9, Edenfield is older than 53% of UK towns. Against that, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. The largest age band is 50–54: 7.8% of residents. In Garstang, the oldest of Lancashire’s towns by this measure, it is 39%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Residents who moved in within the year: 7.4%, a lower share than 78% 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%.
Full-time students: 5.4% here and 7.9% across England’s towns. Elsewhere, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Edenfield sits above 61% of UK towns for households with dependent children (28%)
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.
For Edenfield, the census puts one-person households at 30%. The share of households with dependent children across England’s towns is 29%. The average household has 2.3 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns.
A lower share of households without a car or van than 82% of UK towns, at 10%
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
Set against 21% across England’s towns, 22% of households live in a detached house in Edenfield. Across England’s towns, households without a car or van come to 24%.
3.4% of residents were born outside the UK, below 86% 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
Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (2.3%), then in the Middle East and Asia (0.5%). More residents whose main language is English than in 91% of UK towns: 99%. Set beside that, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns.
A larger share of residents who describe themselves as Christian than 88% of UK towns: 57%
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 Edenfield · Lancashire’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The groups that follow White British are Other White (2.2%), Mixed or multiple (1%) and Chinese (0.3%). Across England’s towns, residents who describe themselves as Christian come to 46%. Edenfield has fewer residents with no religion than 75% of UK towns, at 37%.
Married adults and civil partners: 50%, a higher share than 64% 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
Adults who have never married: 31%, below 60% of UK towns. Some 47 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. Set beside that, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
41% of adults have a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 41% of adults in Edenfield (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 12% (England’s towns: 18%).
Edenfield is younger than 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edenfield | 2,048 | — | 44.9 | 21% | 28% |
| Haslingden | 16,005 | 2.2 mi | 42.7 | 20% | 30% |
| Ramsbottom | 17,074 | 2.4 mi | 46.7 | 23% | 28% |
| Rawtenstall | 23,683 | 2.7 mi | 42.7 | 19% | 29% |
| Edgworth | 1,649 | 4 mi | 52.9 | 27% | 24% |
| Bacup | 13,559 | 4.7 mi | 40.3 | 17% | 30% |
| Bury | 81,115 | 5.3 mi | 40.5 | 18% | 30% |
| Whitworth | 6,713 | 5.3 mi | 45 | 20% | 27% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- The Census was taken in a lockdown, in term time. 21 March 2021 fell in term time, and students were asked to give their term-time address, so most were counted where they study. Some may have been living with family that day.
- “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 Edenfield’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 Edenfield’s residents
What is the population of Edenfield?
The 2021 Census counted 2,048 people in Edenfield’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Edenfield?
The median age was 44.9 at the 2021 Census. 8.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 21% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Edenfield?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Lancashire’s towns. 3.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Edenfield?
37% said they had no religion and 57% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.4% were Muslim and 4.3% didn’t answer.
Is Edenfield good for families?
28% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Edenfield’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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