Photo: Bill Harrison · CC BY-SA 2.0Gisburn sits below 95% of UK towns for households in flats (2.5%)
Against a figure of 24% across England’s towns, the share of households in terraced houses in Gisburn comes in at 35%. The census found that nearly two thirds of residents describe themselves as Christian locally. At 28%, the share of adults who have never married is lower than in 79% of UK towns. The 2021 Census counted 567 residents in 236 households.
Older than 72% of UK towns: half of Gisburn is over 47.6
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 12%, close to the figure across England’s towns. Census figures put residents aged 65 and over at 20% in Gisburn.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Full-time students: 4.6%, a lower share than 59% 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%.
Against a figure of 11% across England’s towns, the share of residents who moved in within the year in Gisburn comes in at 9%. The benchmark for full-time students across England’s towns: 7.9%.
Households with dependent children: 26%, a lower share than 64% 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.
Against a figure of 4.3% across England’s towns, the share of shared households of unrelated adults in Gisburn comes in at 2.1%. The wider picture: 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns. Across Gisburn, 28% of households are one person living alone.
Gisburn sits below 87% of UK towns for households without a car or van (9%)
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%; Gisburn has 30%. To put it in context, 24% of households have no car or van across England’s towns.
Gisburn ranks below 75% of UK towns on residents born outside the UK: 4.2%
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
Nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns, against 99% in Gisburn. Residents born outside the UK make up 18% across England’s towns.
25% of residents said they have no religion, fewer than in 97% 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: 95% of Gisburn · Lancashire’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Other than White British, most residents describe themselves as Other White (1.6%), Mixed or multiple (1.1%) and Pakistani (0.9%). Elsewhere, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. Compared with other places, residents who describe themselves as White British are common here: 95%, more than in 75% of UK towns.
Married adults and civil partners make up 54% in Gisburn, more than in 86% 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
At 8.4%, unpaid carers sit close to the figure across England’s towns. For married adults and civil partners, the comparison across England’s towns is 44%. Unpaid care takes 50 hours a week or more for 12 people.
A degree-level qualification for 34% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Gisburn’s adults: 34% with a degree-level qualification and 16% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
Around Gisburn, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gisburn | 567 | — | 47.6 | 20% | 26% |
| Barnoldswick | 10,915 | 3.2 mi | 43.4 | 21% | 27% |
| Chatburn | 1,125 | 4.7 mi | 49.9 | 25% | 25% |
| Earby | 4,416 | 5 mi | 44.9 | 21% | 26% |
| Hellifield | 1,478 | 5.2 mi | 49.6 | 27% | 24% |
| Foulridge | 1,212 | 5.5 mi | 49.5 | 24% | 23% |
| Barrowford | 5,887 | 6.1 mi | 47.4 | 25% | 25% |
| Colne | 18,914 | 6.5 mi | 42 | 20% | 27% |
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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 Gisburn’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 Gisburn’s residents
What is the population of Gisburn?
The 2021 Census counted 567 people in Gisburn’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Gisburn?
The median age was 47.6 at the 2021 Census. 12% of residents were 15 to 24 and 20% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Gisburn?
95% 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 Gisburn?
25% said they had no religion and 66% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1.1% were Muslim and 6.2% didn’t answer.
Is Gisburn good for families?
26% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Gisburn’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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