Photo: Steve Daniels · CC BY-SA 2.0Little Singleton is older than 99% of UK towns: a median age of 59.3
Here nearly three in five households live in a detached house, where the figure across England’s towns is 21%. Little Singleton’s 159 households held 326 residents at the 2021 Census. The census found that 12% of households have dependent children locally. Few places have so few adults who have never married: 23% here, fewer than in 97% of UK towns.
In Little Singleton, 41% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 99% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
7.6% of residents are aged 15 to 24, against 12% across England’s towns. As a reference point, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
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 2.4% of adults are full-time students in Little Singleton
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%.
Against a figure of 11% across England’s towns, the share of residents who moved in within the year in Little Singleton comes in at 19%. Across England’s towns, the share of full-time students is 7.9%.
Smaller households than 94% of UK towns: 2.1 people on average
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 30% across England’s towns, just over a third of households are one person living alone in Little Singleton. The census found that 1.9% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home here.
Only 4.5% of households have no car or van in Little Singleton
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 terraced houses are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns. On average, nearly a quarter of households have no car or van across England’s towns.
Residents born outside the UK make up 2.8% in Little Singleton, less than in 94% 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 share of residents whose main language is English is 100%, against 90% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, the share of residents born outside the UK is 18%. By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (1.8%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (0.6%).
More residents who describe themselves as Christian than 99% of UK towns: 70%
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 Little Singleton · Lancashire’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Across England’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as White British is 73%; Little Singleton has 95%. On average, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Residents with no religion: 27% of the total.
In Little Singleton, 11% of residents give unpaid care, more than in 83% 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
6 people care, unpaid, for 50 hours or more a week. Married adults and civil partners are more common here than in 56% of UK towns. Against that, nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care across England’s towns.
Adults qualified to degree level or above: 28%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 34% of adults have a degree-level qualification; in Little Singleton, 28%, and 22% have none, against 18%.
Little Singleton is older than every town around it
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Little Singleton | 326 | — | 59.3 | 41% | 12% |
| Poulton-le-Fylde | 12,792 | 1.7 mi | 50.9 | 29% | 22% |
| Hambleton | 2,428 | 1.9 mi | 51.8 | 32% | 23% |
| Carleton | 4,793 | 2.3 mi | 52.2 | 29% | 24% |
| Staining | 1,622 | 2.7 mi | 43.9 | 18% | 36% |
| Elswick | 1,047 | 2.9 mi | 51.3 | 27% | 25% |
| Thornton | 19,263 | 3 mi | 48.8 | 26% | 25% |
| Great Eccleston | 2,073 | 3.1 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 Little Singleton’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 Little Singleton’s residents
What is the population of Little Singleton?
The 2021 Census counted 326 people in Little Singleton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Little Singleton?
The median age was 59.3 at the 2021 Census. 7.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 41% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Little Singleton?
95% 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 Little Singleton?
27% said they had no religion and 70% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 2.2% didn’t answer.
Is Little Singleton good for families?
12% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Little Singleton’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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