Photo: Chris Heaton · CC BY-SA 2.0A lower share of households in flats than 98% of UK towns, at 1.5%
Compared with 46% across England’s towns, three in five residents describe themselves as Christian here. Across Hapton, 36% of households live in a terraced house. 35% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, more than in 68% of UK towns. The village’s 974 households held 2,240 residents at the 2021 Census.
Half of Hapton is under 42.7, younger than 64% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
By its share of residents aged 15 to 24 (9.4%), Hapton is below just over three fifths of UK towns. In Hapton, 18% of residents are 65 or over.
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.
Only 4.2% of adults are full-time students in Hapton
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 take in 35% of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 24% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, more than in 86% of UK towns. For full-time students, the comparison across England’s towns is 7.9%.
More shared households of unrelated adults than 88% of UK towns: 3.6%
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.
The share of one-person households is 28%, against 30% across England’s towns. 29% of households have dependent children. Elsewhere, 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns.
Households without a car or van make up 13% in Hapton, less than in 61% 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
Households in detached houses account for 30%. Across England’s towns, households without a car or van come to 24%.
Fewer residents born abroad than 86% of UK towns: 3.4%
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
Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (1.7%) or in the Middle East and Asia (0.7%). Hapton has more residents whose main language is English than 71% of UK towns, at 99%. Across England’s towns, residents born outside the UK come to 18%.
In Hapton, 96% of residents describe themselves as White British, more than in 92% 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: 96% of Hapton · Lancashire’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
In Hapton, just over a third of residents said they have no religion, beside 37% across England’s towns. The share of residents who describe themselves as White British across England’s towns is 73%. Of the other groups, the largest are Other White (1.6%), Mixed or multiple (0.7%) and Indian (0.3%).
Unpaid carers: 10%, a higher share than 69% 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
74 residents give 50 hours or more of unpaid care each week. Married adults and civil partners are rarer here than in 55% of UK towns. The comparison figure for unpaid carers is 8.7% across England’s towns.
Degree level: the highest qualification of 31% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Hapton’s adults: 31% with a degree-level qualification and 17% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
Hapton and its 7 nearest towns: 1 of them are 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hapton | 2,240 | — | 42.7 | 18% | 29% |
| Padiham | 10,121 | 1.2 mi | 40.3 | 19% | 28% |
| Huncoat | 1,258 | 1.3 mi | 41 | 16% | 33% |
| Read | 2,049 | 2.4 mi | 48.1 | 25% | 28% |
| Clayton-le-Moors | 7,969 | 2.8 mi | 42.6 | 20% | 29% |
| Accrington | 34,897 | 2.9 mi | 36.2 | 15% | 33% |
| Burnley | 78,266 | 3 mi | 38.7 | 17% | 30% |
| Church | 5,030 | 3.1 mi | 37.9 | 16% | 31% |
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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 Hapton’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 Hapton’s residents
What is the population of Hapton?
The 2021 Census counted 2,240 people in Hapton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Hapton?
The median age was 42.7 at the 2021 Census. 9.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 18% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Hapton?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Lancashire’s towns. 3.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Hapton?
34% said they had no religion and 60% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 5.3% didn’t answer.
Is Hapton good for families?
29% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Hapton’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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