New Gate is older than 94% of UK towns: a median age of 53.2
Set against 24% across England’s towns, 6% of households have no car or van in New Gate. Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns. Census day 2021: 300 residents and 135 households locally. Unpaid carers account for 13%.
New Gate sits below 97% of UK towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (7.4%)
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 50–54: 12% of residents, 1.7 times the share across England’s towns. For New Gate, the census puts residents aged 65 and over at 26%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Below 99% of UK towns: 4.7% of residents lived at another address a year earlier
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 full-time students is 5%, against 7.9% across England’s towns. As a reference point, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Below 88% of UK towns: 22% of households have dependent children
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.
A household here has 2.2 people on average; across England’s towns, 2.4. Across England’s towns, the share of households with dependent children is 29%. The share of one-person households stands at 27%. Shared households of unrelated adults are rarer here than in 56% of UK towns.
61% of households live in a detached house, more than in 97% 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
By its share of households in terraced houses (15%), New Gate is below 73% of UK towns. Against that, 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
1% born outside the UK, fewer than in 99% 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
Across England’s towns, 90% of residents have English as their main language; in New Gate, 99%. As a yardstick, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. The largest groups were born in the Middle East and Asia (0.7%) and in EU countries (0.3%).
A smaller share of residents with no religion than 98% of UK towns: 23%
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 New Gate · Lancashire’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
After White British, the most common groups are Other White (2.7%), Mixed or multiple (1%) and Indian (0.7%). Higher than in 80% of UK towns: 95% of residents describe themselves as White British. The benchmark for residents with no religion across England’s towns: 37%. Against a figure of 46% across England’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as Christian in New Gate comes in at 72%.
26% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, fewer than in 88% 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
44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns, against 53% in New Gate. As a yardstick, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Unpaid care takes 50 hours a week or more for 10 people.
Degree-level qualifications reach 35% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
35% of New Gate’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 15% have none (18%).
The towns around New Gate are all younger
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Gate | 300 | — | 53.2 | 26% | 22% |
| Farington Moss | 2,692 | 1.1 mi | 42.2 | 17% | 32% |
| Penwortham | 20,489 | 1.4 mi | 46.5 | 24% | 27% |
| Hutton | 2,140 | 1.8 mi | 50.4 | 27% | 27% |
| Leyland | 39,281 | 2.2 mi | 42.7 | 20% | 27% |
| Bamber Bridge | 40,359 | 2.4 mi | 43.5 | 20% | 27% |
| Longton | 10,912 | 2.5 mi | 50.9 | 28% | 25% |
| Wymott | 2,092 | 3.3 mi | 39.2 | 8.4% | 30% |
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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 New Gate’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 New Gate’s residents
What is the population of New Gate?
The 2021 Census counted 300 people in New Gate’s built-up area.
What is the average age in New Gate?
The median age was 53.2 at the 2021 Census. 7.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 26% were 65 or over.
How diverse is New Gate?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Lancashire’s towns. 1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in New Gate?
23% said they had no religion and 72% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 4.4% didn’t answer.
Is New Gate good for families?
22% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on New Gate’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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