Photo: Alexander P Kapp · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Hoghton is over 54.8, older than 97% of UK towns
Nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns, against 2.2% in Hoghton. Meanwhile, residents who describe themselves as Christian are more common here than in 99% of UK towns. The 2021 Census counted 490 residents in 221 households. The census found that 59% of adults are married or in a civil partnership here.
Hoghton sits above 91% of UK towns for residents aged 65 and over (30%)
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
10% of residents are aged 15 to 24, against 12% across England’s towns. For comparison, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 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.
In Hoghton, 2.3% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 99% 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%.
Managerial and professional jobs account for 47% of Hoghton’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 11%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Full-time students: 5.7% of the total.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Households with dependent children make up 19% in Hoghton, less than in 96% 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.
Shared households of unrelated adults: 1.8%, below 79% of UK towns. Census figures put one-person households at 27% in Hoghton. On average, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns.
Households in detached houses make up 63% in Hoghton, more than in 98% 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 24% across England’s towns, one in ten households live in a terraced house here. Census figures put households without a car or van at 11% in Hoghton. 2.2% of households live in a flat, less than in 96% of UK towns; 63% in a detached house, against 21% across England’s towns.
A larger share of residents whose main language is English than 99% of UK towns: 100%
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 (1.6%) and in Africa (0.6%). As a yardstick, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Residents born outside the UK are rarer here than in 88% of UK towns.
Residents with no religion make up 17% in Hoghton, less than in 99% 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: 98% of Hoghton · Lancashire’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Against a figure of 73% across England’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as White British in Hoghton comes in at 98%. As a yardstick, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns.
Hoghton sits below 96% of UK towns for adults who have never married (24%)
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
On unpaid carers, 8% here is much the same as across England’s towns. The comparison figure for adults who have never married is 39% across England’s towns. 6 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week.
43% of adults have a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 43% of adults in Hoghton, 34% across England’s towns; 13% have no qualification, against 18%.
Around Hoghton, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hoghton | 490 | — | 54.8 | 30% | 19% |
| Coup Green | 1,208 | 1.2 mi | 57.6 | 37% | 17% |
| Gregson Lane | 2,073 | 1.2 mi | 52.6 | 29% | 24% |
| Higher Walton | 1,607 | 2.1 mi | 39.8 | 16% | 29% |
| Bamber Bridge | 40,359 | 3 mi | 43.5 | 20% | 27% |
| Brinscall | 1,332 | 3.4 mi | 49.3 | 26% | 25% |
| Myerscough Smithy | 2,409 | 3.6 mi | 54.7 | 33% | 20% |
| Whittle-le-Woods | 4,388 | 3.9 mi | 45.1 | 17% | 31% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- The Census was taken in a lockdown, in term time. 21 March 2021 fell in term time, and students were asked to give their term-time address, so most were counted where they study. Some may have been living with family that day.
- “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 Hoghton’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 Hoghton’s residents
What is the population of Hoghton?
The 2021 Census counted 490 people in Hoghton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Hoghton?
The median age was 54.8 at the 2021 Census. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 30% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Hoghton?
98% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Lancashire’s towns. 3.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Hoghton?
17% said they had no religion and 78% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5.1% didn’t answer.
Is Hoghton good for families?
19% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Hoghton’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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