Photo: Alexander P Kapp · CC BY-SA 2.0Freckleton is older than 96% of UK towns: a median age of 54.6
With households with dependent children at 20%, Freckleton is behind 95% of UK towns on that count. In 2021, the Census found 4,478 residents in the town, living in 2,113 households. On the census count, 65% of residents describe themselves as Christian. Lower than in 86% of UK towns: 4.4% of households live in a flat or apartment.
What the Census says about Freckleton’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Freckleton’s residents are under 54.6 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 32% 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) and ONS mid-year population estimates.
Since 2011, Freckleton has changed by +1%, slower than 81% of UK towns
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Freckleton’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 4,200 people in 2011; 4,300 in 2024.
Growth was strongest among the 65 and over (+34%) and weakest among the 16 to 29 (−24%). In one year, mid-2021 to mid-2022, the population rose by 80, the most of any year.
Freckleton: 32% of residents are 65 or over, above 93% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 55–59 than any other five-year age: nearly one in ten residents, 1.4 times the share across England’s towns. Freckleton has fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 88% of UK towns, at 8.4%. Against that, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Freckleton, 54.6. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
3.9% of adults are full-time students, below 88% 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%.
36% of Freckleton’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 23% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Elsewhere, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. Residents who moved in within the year are rarer here than in 68% of UK towns.
Households here average 2.1 people, below 93% 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.
Set against 4.3% across England’s towns, 2.1% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home in Freckleton. For Freckleton, the census puts one-person households at 32%.
Freckleton sits below 71% of UK towns for households in terraced houses (15%)
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, nearly a quarter of households live in a detached house in Freckleton. For Freckleton, the census puts households without a car or van at 12%.
Freckleton ranks above 98% of UK towns on residents whose main language is English: 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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
The newest arrivals, from 2017 or later, are 13% of those born abroad (against 21% across England’s towns). Locally, 4.2% of residents were born outside the UK. By way of comparison, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
Freckleton ranks below 94% of UK towns on residents with no religion: 30%
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: 97% of Freckleton · Lancashire’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns, against 97% in Freckleton. As a reference point, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. Behind White British, the largest groups are Other White (1.4%), Mixed or multiple (1%) and Indian (0.3%).
Adults who have never married make up 26% in Freckleton, less than in 87% 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
Unpaid carers: 11%, above 84% of UK towns. Census figures put married adults and civil partners at 52% in Freckleton. Elsewhere, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
A degree-level qualification for 29% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 34% of adults have a degree-level qualification; in Freckleton, 29%, and 18% have none, against 18%.
695 UK towns of 3,000 to 6,000 people: this is the 43rd oldest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Bailrigg (18.9), the youngest, and Sutton on Sea and Trusthorpe (64.7), the oldest. Nearest to Freckleton in age: Bilton (54.4), Long Melford (54.5), Penrhyn Bay (54.6) and Kinver (54.7).
Every nearby town is younger than Freckleton
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freckleton | 4,478 | — | 54.6 | 32% | 20% |
| Warton (Fylde) | 4,180 | 1 mi | 41.2 | 20% | 29% |
| Newton-with-Scales | 1,510 | 1.8 mi | 48.2 | 27% | 26% |
| Kirkham | 8,939 | 2.1 mi | 44.4 | 21% | 26% |
| Wrea Green | 1,899 | 2.4 mi | 50.5 | 27% | 26% |
| Clifton | 1,022 | 2.5 mi | 44.9 | 19% | 23% |
| Wesham | 4,474 | 2.8 mi | 40 | 15% | 32% |
| Longton | 10,912 | 3.9 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 Freckleton’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. Freckleton’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 4,106 people in 2021, against 4,478 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 Freckleton’s residents
What is the population of Freckleton?
The 2021 Census counted 4,478 people in Freckleton’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 4,300 people in mid-2024, about as many as in 2011.
What is the average age in Freckleton?
The median age was 54.6 at the 2021 Census, older than 96% of UK towns. 8.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 32% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Freckleton?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Lancashire’s towns. 4.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Freckleton?
30% said they had no religion and 65% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 4.6% didn’t answer.
Is Freckleton good for families?
20% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Freckleton’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. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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