Photo: Dudesleeper at en.wikipedia · CC BY 2.5A median age of 51.8: Hambleton is older than 91% of UK towns
Residents who describe themselves as White British: 97%, above 98% of UK towns. Few places have so few households in flats: 4.9% here, fewer than in 84% of UK towns. At the 2021 Census Hambleton was home to 2,428 people in 1,103 households. In Hambleton, 6.3% of households live in a terraced house.
What the Census says about Hambleton’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Hambleton’s residents are under 51.8 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).
Hambleton ranks above 94% of UK towns on residents aged 65 and over: 32%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 70–74, with nearly one in ten residents, 1.8 times the share across England’s towns. Set beside that, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. For Hambleton, the census puts residents aged 15 to 24 at 8%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
4.4% of adults are full-time students, below 69% 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%.
Across England’s towns, a third of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine or semi-routine work; Hambleton has 35% and 19%. Elsewhere, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. Census figures put residents who moved in within the year at 8.4% in the village.
A lower share of households with dependent children than 86% of UK towns, at 23%
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, 2.2% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home in Hambleton. Here, 31% of households are one person living alone. Households with dependent children make up 29% across England’s towns.
Households without a car or van: 9.8%, a lower share than 83% 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
Compared with 21% across England’s towns, 43% of households live in a detached house here. Households without a car or van make up 24% across England’s towns.
2.8% born outside the UK, fewer than in 93% 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
The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (0.9%) and in Africa (0.7%). The benchmark for residents born outside the UK across England’s towns: 18%. At 99%, the share of residents whose main language is English is higher than in 88% of UK towns.
64% describe themselves as Christian, more than in 98% 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: 97% of Hambleton · Lancashire’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The share of residents with no religion trails 93% of UK towns: 30%. Against that, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
Hambleton ranks below 88% of UK towns on adults who have never married: 26%
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
For 70 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week. Set beside that, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. 11% of residents give unpaid care, a higher share than in 88% of UK towns. The share of married adults and civil partners is 52%, against 44% across England’s towns.
Degree-level qualifications: 31% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 34% across England’s towns, 31% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 18% hold no qualification (18%).
A younger town than 4 of the 7 around it: Hambleton
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hambleton | 2,428 | — | 51.8 | 32% | 23% |
| Stalmine | 1,193 | 1.6 mi | 49.1 | 27% | 25% |
| Thornton | 19,263 | 1.9 mi | 48.8 | 26% | 25% |
| Carleton | 4,793 | 2.4 mi | 52.2 | 29% | 24% |
| Poulton-le-Fylde | 12,792 | 2.7 mi | 50.9 | 29% | 22% |
| Cleveleys | 11,121 | 3.2 mi | 54.3 | 33% | 19% |
| Preesall and Knott End-on-Sea | 4,679 | 3.7 mi | 57.9 | 38% | 17% |
| Great Eccleston | 2,073 | 3.8 mi | 52.3 | 29% | 23% |
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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 Hambleton’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 Hambleton’s residents
What is the population of Hambleton?
The 2021 Census counted 2,428 people in Hambleton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Hambleton?
The median age was 51.8 at the 2021 Census. 8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 32% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Hambleton?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Lancashire’s towns. 2.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Hambleton?
30% said they had no religion and 64% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 4.6% didn’t answer.
Is Hambleton good for families?
23% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Hambleton’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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