Photo: David Dixon · CC BY-SA 2.0In Farington Moss, 1.6% of households live in a flat or apartment, fewer than in 98% of UK towns
Across England’s towns, the share of households in terraced houses is 24%; Farington Moss has 8.9%. 2,692 residents in 1,076 households: that is Farington Moss at the 2021 Census. The share of one-person households stands at 21%. More households with dependent children than in just over four fifths of UK towns: 32%.
Younger than 68% of UK towns: half of Farington Moss is under 42.2
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
With residents aged 15 to 24 at 10%, Farington Moss is ahead of 72% of UK towns on that count. For Farington Moss, the census puts residents aged 65 and over at 17%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Farington Moss, 42.2. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Above 58% of UK towns: 5% of adults are full-time students
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%.
10% of residents lived at another address a year earlier (England’s towns: 11%). Elsewhere, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Larger households than 89% of UK towns: 2.5 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.
Where 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns, Farington Moss has 2.5%.
Households without a car or van make up 6.2% in Farington Moss, less than in 97% 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
Against a figure of 21% across England’s towns, the share of households in detached houses in Farington Moss comes in at 55%. Every 16th household or so has no car or van.
3.5% of residents were born outside the UK, below 85% 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
Compared with 90% across England’s towns, 99% of residents have English as their main language here. Set beside that, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (1.7%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.6%).
Above 97% of UK towns: 62% of residents describe themselves as Christian
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: 94% of Farington Moss · Lancashire’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Besides White British, the main groups are Mixed or multiple (1.9%), Other White (1.7%) and African (0.6%). Nearly a third of residents said they have no religion, a lower share than in 90% of UK towns. Elsewhere, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Set against 73% across England’s towns, 94% of residents describe themselves as White British in Farington Moss.
52% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 75% 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
55 residents give 50 hours or more of unpaid care each week. The comparison figure for married adults and civil partners is 44% across England’s towns. Compared with 39% across England’s towns, 32% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership here.
35% of adults have qualifications at degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 35% of Farington Moss’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 12% have no qualification (18%).
Among 514 UK towns of 2,500 to 4,000 people, the 87th youngest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Keele is the youngest (20.6); West Chiltington the oldest (63.1). Nearest to Farington Moss in age: Ruabon (42.1), Hendy and Fforest (42.1), Lostock Gralam (42.2) and Langwith (42.2).
Around Farington Moss, 5 of 7 towns have a higher median age
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Farington Moss | 2,692 | — | 42.2 | 17% | 32% |
| Leyland | 39,281 | 1.1 mi | 42.7 | 20% | 27% |
| Bamber Bridge | 40,359 | 2.1 mi | 43.5 | 20% | 27% |
| Penwortham | 20,489 | 2.4 mi | 46.5 | 24% | 27% |
| Wymott | 2,092 | 2.7 mi | 39.2 | 8.4% | 30% |
| Hutton | 2,140 | 2.8 mi | 50.4 | 27% | 27% |
| Euxton | 17,519 | 2.9 mi | 37.9 | 15% | 35% |
| Longton | 10,912 | 3.3 mi | 50.9 | 28% | 25% |
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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 Farington Moss’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 Farington Moss’s residents
What is the population of Farington Moss?
The 2021 Census counted 2,692 people in Farington Moss’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Farington Moss?
The median age was 42.2 at the 2021 Census, younger than 68% of UK towns. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 17% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Farington Moss?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Lancashire’s towns. 3.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Farington Moss?
32% said they had no religion and 62% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.5% were Muslim and 4.4% didn’t answer.
Is Farington Moss good for families?
32% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Farington Moss’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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