Photo: philandju · CC BY-SA 2.0Edgworth is older than 94% of UK towns: a median age of 52.9
In Edgworth, 63% of residents describe themselves as Christian, beside 46% across England’s towns. Nearly a quarter of households have dependent children, a lower share than in 82% of UK towns. The village is home to 1,649 residents in 743 households, by the 2021 Census. Across Edgworth, 1.1% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
What the Census says about Edgworth’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Edgworth’s residents are under 52.9 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 27% 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).
More residents aged 65 and over than 82% of UK towns: 27%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 8.6%, against 12% across England’s towns. The wider picture: 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A smaller share of full-time students than 85% of UK towns: 4%
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: 9.4%, above 63% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, full-time students come to 7.9%.
One-person households make up 27% in Edgworth, less than in 71% 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.
Households in Edgworth hold 2.2 people on average (England’s towns: 2.4). One-person households make up 30% across England’s towns.
34% of households live in a terraced house, more 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
Where just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns, Edgworth has 42%. By contrast, 8.8% of households have no car or van, fewer than in 88% of UK towns. As a yardstick, 24% of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns. Households in flats: 6.2% of the total.
More residents whose main language is English than 92% of UK towns: 99%
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
Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (1.3%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.3%). Across England’s towns, the share of residents whose main language is English is 90%. On residents born outside the UK, Edgworth sits lower than 83% of UK towns: 3.6%.
Residents with no religion make up 31% in Edgworth, less than in 91% 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: 96% of Edgworth · Lancashire’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
By its share of residents who describe themselves as White British (96%), Edgworth is above 87% of UK towns. Set beside that, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. Beyond White British, the biggest groups are Other White (1.9%), Mixed or multiple (0.7%) and Indian (0.6%).
Edgworth ranks above 94% of UK towns on married adults and civil partners: 57%
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
Compared with 8.7% across England’s towns, 11% of residents give unpaid care here. Typically, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. For Edgworth, the census puts adults who have never married at 26%.
Adults with a degree-level qualification: 48%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Edgworth’s adults: 48% with a degree-level qualification and 9.3% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
Every neighbour of Edgworth has a younger population
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edgworth | 1,649 | — | 52.9 | 27% | 24% |
| Ramsbottom | 17,074 | 3 mi | 46.7 | 23% | 28% |
| Hoddlesden | 1,218 | 3.7 mi | 50.1 | 28% | 23% |
| Edenfield | 2,048 | 4 mi | 44.9 | 21% | 28% |
| Ainsworth | 1,595 | 4.4 mi | 46.8 | 23% | 26% |
| Darwen | 27,897 | 4.6 mi | 40.6 | 18% | 27% |
| Haslingden | 16,005 | 4.6 mi | 42.7 | 20% | 30% |
| Bolton | 184,077 | 4.7 mi | 37.2 | 16% | 34% |
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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 Edgworth’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 Edgworth’s residents
What is the population of Edgworth?
The 2021 Census counted 1,649 people in Edgworth’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Edgworth?
The median age was 52.9 at the 2021 Census. 8.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 27% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Edgworth?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Lancashire’s towns. 3.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Edgworth?
31% said they had no religion and 63% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1% were Muslim and 4.1% didn’t answer.
Is Edgworth good for families?
24% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Edgworth’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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