Photo: philandju · CC BY-SA 2.0Households without a car or van: 4%, a lower share than 99% of UK towns
In Elswick, 63% of residents describe themselves as Christian, beside 46% across England’s towns. Census figures put one-person households at 23% locally. On households with dependent children, Elswick sits lower than just over three quarters of UK towns: 25%. There were 448 households in the village at the 2021 Census, home to 1,047 residents.
What the Census says about Elswick’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Elswick’s residents are under 51.3 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 27% are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Ages ↓
Many carers
115 residents gave unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age in 2021, 12% of those 5 and over: more than in 93% of UK towns. Relationships & caring ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Elswick is older than 90% of UK towns: a median age of 51.3
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Here nearly one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24, where the figure across England’s towns is 12%. For Elswick, the census puts residents aged 65 and over at 27%.
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.
Elswick ranks below 91% of UK towns on residents who moved in within the year: 6.6%
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%.
Here 4.2% of adults are full-time students, where the figure across England’s towns is 7.9%. Set beside that, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
Larger households than 64% of UK towns: 2.3 people on average
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.
Here 3.1% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, where the figure across England’s towns is 4.3%.
Fewer households in flats than 98% of UK towns: 1.6%
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
Across England’s towns, the share of households in detached houses is 21%; Elswick has 55%. The usual figure: nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns. Here, 6.1% of households live in a terraced house.
Fewer residents born outside the UK than 95% of UK towns: 2.6%
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
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (1.2%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (0.7%). The usual figure: 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. At 100%, the share of residents whose main language is English is higher than in 99% of UK towns.
Elswick ranks above 99% of UK towns on residents who describe themselves as White British: 99%
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: 99% of Elswick · Lancashire’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
31% of residents said they have no religion, against 37% across England’s towns. The wider picture: 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns.
Above 98% of UK towns: 60% of adults are married or in a civil partnership
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 make up 12%, against 8.7% across England’s towns. On average, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. 25% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership.
Degree-level qualifications: held by 40% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 40% of Elswick’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 14% have no qualification (18%).
2 in 7 nearby towns have a higher median age than Elswick
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elswick | 1,047 | — | 51.3 | 27% | 25% |
| Great Eccleston | 2,073 | 1.2 mi | 52.3 | 29% | 23% |
| Wesham | 4,474 | 3.2 mi | 40 | 15% | 32% |
| Kirkham | 8,939 | 3.9 mi | 44.4 | 21% | 26% |
| Hambleton | 2,428 | 4.1 mi | 51.8 | 32% | 23% |
| Poulton-le-Fylde | 12,792 | 4.4 mi | 50.9 | 29% | 22% |
| Wrea Green | 1,899 | 4.5 mi | 50.5 | 27% | 26% |
| Staining | 1,622 | 4.5 mi | 43.9 | 18% | 36% |
Health, work and homes have their own pages
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 Elswick’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 Elswick’s residents
What is the population of Elswick?
The 2021 Census counted 1,047 people in Elswick’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Elswick?
The median age was 51.3 at the 2021 Census. 9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 27% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Elswick?
99% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Lancashire’s towns. 2.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Elswick?
31% said they had no religion and 63% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 5.2% didn’t answer.
Is Elswick good for families?
25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Elswick’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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