Photo: David Dixon · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 62.4: Hornby is older than 99% of UK towns
Here 40% of households are one person living alone, where the figure across England’s towns is 30%. There were 229 households in Hornby at the 2021 Census, home to 434 residents. Census figures put households with dependent children at 14% here. On married adults and civil partners, Hornby sits higher than 86% of UK towns: 54%.
Residents aged 65 and over: 46%, a higher share than 99% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 70–74 than any other five-year age: 10% of residents, 2.1 times the share across England’s towns. On residents aged 15 to 24, Hornby sits lower than 90% of UK towns: 8.2%. Typically, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 87 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.
Full-time students make up 5.2% in Hornby, more than in 64% 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%.
The share of residents who moved in within the year tops 72% of UK towns: 9.9%. On average, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Hornby households average 1.9 people, smaller than in 99% 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.
The share of shared households of unrelated adults tops 78% of UK towns: 3.1%.
A higher share of households in detached houses than 77% of UK towns, at 41%
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, nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment; in Hornby, 12%. Just over a quarter of households live in a terraced house. Households without a car or van are rarer here than in 72% of UK towns. As a reference point, 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
4.4% of residents were born outside the UK, fewer than in 72% 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
Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (2.1%) or in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.4%). As a reference point, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Residents whose main language is English make up 98%, against 90% across England’s towns.
65% of residents describe themselves as Christian, a share 98% of UK towns don’t reach
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 Hornby · Lancashire’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
After White British, the largest groups are Other White (3.5%), African (0.7%) and Chinese (0.2%). Residents who describe themselves as Christian make up 46% across England’s towns. On residents with no religion, Hornby sits lower than 95% of UK towns: 29%.
In Hornby, 20% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, fewer than in 99% 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
13 people care, unpaid, for 50 hours or more a week. Few places have so few unpaid carers: 9% here, fewer than in 61% of UK towns. Elsewhere, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Adults with a degree-level qualification: 44%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 34% across England’s towns, 44% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 15% hold no qualification (18%).
Every nearby town is younger than Hornby
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hornby | 434 | — | 62.4 | 46% | 14% |
| Caton | 2,552 | 4 mi | 49.6 | 28% | 24% |
| High Bentham | 1,701 | 5.2 mi | 48.5 | 25% | 22% |
| Halton | 2,652 | 5.4 mi | 44.8 | 23% | 27% |
| Carnforth | 5,852 | 5.5 mi | 46 | 23% | 26% |
| Warton (Lancaster) | 1,801 | 5.7 mi | 54.5 | 31% | 19% |
| Burton-in-Kendal | 1,341 | 6 mi | 49 | 26% | 28% |
| Kirkby Lonsdale | 1,965 | 6.5 mi | 54.8 | 35% | 19% |
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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 Hornby’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 Hornby’s residents
What is the population of Hornby?
The 2021 Census counted 434 people in Hornby’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Hornby?
The median age was 62.4 at the 2021 Census. 8.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 46% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Hornby?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Lancashire’s towns. 4.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Hornby?
29% said they had no religion and 65% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5.3% didn’t answer.
Is Hornby good for families?
14% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Hornby’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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