Photo: Alexander P Kapp · CC BY-SA 2.0Hurst Green is younger than 99% of UK towns: a median age of 27.9
Compared with 37% across England’s towns, 17% of residents said they have no religion here. Census day 2021: 940 residents and 261 households in Hurst Green. On the census count, 8% of households have no car or van. Few places have as many adults who have never married: 43% here, more than in 95% of UK towns.
A larger share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of UK towns: 24%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Compared with 18% across England’s towns, 14% of residents are 65 or over here. As a reference point, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
More students than 99% of UK towns: 23% of adults in Hurst Green
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%.
Leave the students aside and Hurst Green’s other adults differ from England’s: 56% are in managerial and professional jobs, against 36%. Across England’s towns, 7.9% of adults are full-time students. Here, 24% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
A smaller share of shared households of unrelated adults than 91% of UK towns: 1.5%
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.
One-person households: 27%, below 72% of UK towns. Typically, 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns. There are 2.4 people in the average household.
Hurst Green sits below 91% of UK towns for households in flats (3.4%)
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
36% of households live in a detached house (England’s towns: 21%). The comparison figure for households in flats is 23% across England’s towns. Locally, 31% of households live in a terraced house.
Hurst Green: 12% of residents born outside the UK
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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
The newest arrivals, from 2017 or later, are 60% of those born abroad (against 21% across England’s towns). Fewer residents whose main language is English than in 69% of UK towns: 96%. For residents born outside the UK, the comparison across England’s towns is 18%. Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (4.4%) or in the Middle East and Asia (3.5%).
Hurst Green: 67% of residents describe themselves as Christian, above 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: 85% of Hurst Green · Lancashire’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Beyond White British, the biggest groups are Other White (6.4%), African (2.5%) and Mixed or multiple (2.3%). Fewer residents who describe themselves as White British than in 79% of UK towns: 85%. Against that, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
A smaller share of unpaid carers than 98% of UK towns: 6.3%
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
Married adults and civil partners make up 44%, close to the figure across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, unpaid carers come to 8.7%. The number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 7.
44% of adults hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
10% of Hurst Green’s adults have no qualification (18% across England’s towns), and 44% have one at degree level (34%). A levels top the qualifications of 15%, many of them students on the way to a degree.
Every nearby town is older than Hurst Green
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurst Green | 940 | — | 27.9 | 14% | 28% |
| Old Langho | 1,072 | 1.2 mi | 42.6 | 11% | 43% |
| Whalley | 3,411 | 2.5 mi | 49.6 | 25% | 26% |
| Billington | 1,743 | 2.6 mi | 48.6 | 24% | 25% |
| Langho | 1,723 | 2.6 mi | 52.1 | 31% | 23% |
| Barrow | 1,388 | 3 mi | 43.3 | 19% | 30% |
| Clitheroe | 16,626 | 3.9 mi | 44 | 22% | 26% |
| Waddington | 1,005 | 4.2 mi | 58.6 | 38% | 17% |
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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 Hurst Green’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 Hurst Green’s residents
What is the population of Hurst Green?
The 2021 Census counted 940 people in Hurst Green’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Hurst Green?
The median age was 27.9 at the 2021 Census. 24% of residents were 15 to 24 and 14% were 65 or over.
Is Hurst Green a student village?
Yes: 23% of adults were full-time students at the 2021 Census (149 people), against 7.9% across England’s towns.
How diverse is Hurst Green?
85% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Lancashire’s towns. 12% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Hurst Green?
17% said they had no religion and 67% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1.2% were Muslim and 14% didn’t answer.
Is Hurst Green good for families?
28% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Hurst Green’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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