Roman Catholic Church of St Mary · Photo: Phil Platt · CC BY-SA 2.0More family households than 94% of UK towns: 35% in Euxton
Christians make up 59% of residents, against 46% across England’s towns. Euxton is home to 17,519 residents in 7,237 households, by the 2021 Census. Households without a car or van: nearly a tenth of the total. At 27%, the share of one-person households is lower than in three quarters of UK towns.
What the Census says about Euxton’s people
A town of families
35% of Euxton’s 7,237 households had dependent children in 2021, more than in 94% of UK towns. 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing faster than most
ONS mid-year estimates put Euxton at 13,500 in 2011 and 18,900 in 2024, up 40%, against 10% for England: faster growth than in 96% of UK towns. Since 2011 ↓
Younger than most towns
Half of Euxton’s residents are under 37.9 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 9.8% are 15 to 24 and 15% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area) and ONS mid-year population estimates.
Euxton grew +40% from 2011 to 2024, faster than 96% of UK towns
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Euxton’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 13,500 people in 2011; 18,900 in 2024.
Of the age groups, 65 and over changed most (+56%) and 16 to 29 least (+32%). The largest rise in a single year came from mid-2014 to mid-2015: 760 people.
Younger than 89% of UK towns: half of Euxton is under 37.9
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
35–39 is the most common age band: nearly one in ten residents, 1.3 times the share across England’s towns. The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 15%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Euxton, 37.9. The typical town is 44.4.
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 larger share of full-time students than 74% of UK towns: 5.5%
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%.
Managerial and professional jobs account for 45% of Euxton’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 18%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. At 9.7%, the share of residents who moved in within the year is higher than in 68% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, the share of full-time students is 7.9%.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
In Euxton, 1.8% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, fewer than in 82% 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 Euxton hold 2.4 people on average (England’s towns: 2.4). The share of shared households of unrelated adults across England’s towns is 4.3%.
Euxton sits above 68% of UK towns for households in detached houses (36%)
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
17% of households live in a terraced house, against 24% across England’s towns. At 12%, the share of households in flats is higher than in 58% of UK towns. Elsewhere, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
5.4% of residents were born outside the UK, fewer than in 61% 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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Across England’s towns, nine in ten residents have English as their main language; in Euxton, 98%. As a reference point, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (2.2%) or in the Middle East and Asia (1.4%).
No religion: 34% of residents, a lower share than 85% 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: 92% of Euxton · Lancashire’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Leading the other groups after White British: Other White (2.7%), Mixed or multiple (2%) and Indian (0.9%). Across England’s towns, residents with no religion come to 37%. Lower than in 53% of UK towns: 92% of residents describe themselves as White British.
7.8% of residents give unpaid care, below 88% 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
Some 345 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. Unpaid carers make up 8.7% across England’s towns. More adults who have never married than in 61% of UK towns: 34%. Compared with 44% across England’s towns, 49% of adults are married or in a civil partnership here.
40% of adults hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 40% of adults in Euxton (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 11% (England’s towns: 18%).
From a median age of 32 in Chorley West to 47 in Euxton
The town’s 4 neighbourhoods (ONS middle-layer areas with 500+ residents inside it, named by the House of Commons Library), youngest first. Census 2021.
Euxton is the oldest area, with 24% aged 65 or over; Chorley West the youngest (median age 32). Families with children are most common in Chorley West (43% of households).
23rd youngest of 354 UK towns of 12,000 to 24,000 people
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Ages run from 25 in Aberystwyth to 60.4 in Sidmouth. Nearest to Euxton in age: Ince-in-Makerfield (37.3), Biggleswade (37.7), Ingleby Barwick (38.2) and Cradley Heath (38.2).
The towns around Euxton are all older
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Euxton | 17,519 | — | 37.9 | 15% | 35% |
| Whittle-le-Woods | 4,388 | 1.6 mi | 45.1 | 17% | 31% |
| Leyland | 39,281 | 1.9 mi | 42.7 | 20% | 27% |
| Chorley | 39,539 | 2.3 mi | 42.2 | 20% | 28% |
| Charnock Richard | 1,098 | 2.6 mi | 52.9 | 31% | 21% |
| Eccleston | 4,543 | 2.9 mi | 48.9 | 27% | 27% |
| Farington Moss | 2,692 | 2.9 mi | 42.2 | 17% | 32% |
| Wymott | 2,092 | 3.3 mi | 39.2 | 8.4% | 30% |
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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 Euxton’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. Euxton’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 17,932 people in 2021, against 17,519 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 Euxton’s residents
What is the population of Euxton?
The 2021 Census counted 17,519 people in Euxton’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 18,900 people in mid-2024, 40% more than in 2011.
What is the average age in Euxton?
The median age was 37.9 at the 2021 Census, younger than 89% of UK towns. 9.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 15% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Euxton?
92% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Lancashire’s towns. 5.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Euxton?
34% said they had no religion and 59% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1.1% were Muslim and 5.3% didn’t answer.
Is Euxton good for families?
35% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Families are most common in Chorley West (43% of households). Schools are on Euxton’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 · House of Commons Library MSOA names. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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