Photo: Richard Webb · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Newburgh is over 52.6, older than 93% of UK towns
The figure for residents with no religion is 26% in Newburgh and 37% across England’s towns. One-person households are rarer here than in 94% of UK towns. Its 314 households held 754 residents at the 2021 Census. In Newburgh, 25% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership.
Newburgh ranks above 84% of UK towns on residents aged 65 and over: 28%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Here just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24, where the figure across England’s towns is 12%. As a yardstick, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
6.3% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, below 94% 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%.
Nearly half of Newburgh’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 12% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Compared with other places, full-time students are common here: 7.3%, more than in 92% of UK towns. As a reference point, 11% of 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 78% of UK towns: 24% 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.
Across England’s towns, households average 2.4 people; in Newburgh, 2.4. For Newburgh, the census puts shared households of unrelated adults at 2.9%. The share of households with dependent children across England’s towns is 29%.
Households without a car or van: 3.9%, a lower share than 99% 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 23% across England’s towns, 3.5% of households live in a flat or apartment here. Across England’s towns, households without a car or van come to 24%. Households in detached houses: 64% of the total. On households in terraced houses, Newburgh sits lower than 93% of UK towns: 7.9%.
100% of residents have English as their main language, a share 99% of UK towns don’t reach
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 (1.3%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.7%). Set beside that, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. 3.2% of residents were born outside the UK, a lower share than in 88% of UK towns.
A larger share of 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: 94% of Newburgh · Lancashire’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Leading the other groups after White British: Mixed or multiple (3%), Other White (1.6%) and Indian (0.5%). For residents who describe themselves as Christian, the comparison across England’s towns is 46%. 94% of residents describe themselves as White British, a higher share than in 70% of UK towns.
More married adults and civil partners than 99% of UK towns: 61%
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
For 14 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week. The usual figure: 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. 11% of residents give unpaid care, more than in 81% of UK towns.
Among adults, 47% hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Newburgh’s adults: 47% with a degree-level qualification and 10% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns. Many still at university: 13% list A levels as their highest qualification.
A younger town than 1 of the 7 around it: Newburgh
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newburgh | 754 | — | 52.6 | 28% | 24% |
| Parbold | 2,409 | 0.7 mi | 53.2 | 31% | 24% |
| Burscough | 8,773 | 2.4 mi | 44.8 | 22% | 28% |
| Skelmersdale | 34,921 | 2.6 mi | 38.4 | 16% | 31% |
| Appley Bridge | 5,131 | 3.1 mi | 48.2 | 25% | 27% |
| Rufford | 1,562 | 3.4 mi | 52.4 | 28% | 23% |
| Shevington | 5,315 | 4.1 mi | 48.9 | 28% | 25% |
| Shevington Moor | 2,717 | 4.2 mi | 43 | 21% | 27% |
Health, work and homes have their own pages
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 Newburgh’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 Newburgh’s residents
What is the population of Newburgh?
The 2021 Census counted 754 people in Newburgh’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Newburgh?
The median age was 52.6 at the 2021 Census. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 28% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Newburgh?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Lancashire’s towns. 3.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Newburgh?
26% said they had no religion and 70% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 3.2% didn’t answer.
Is Newburgh good for families?
24% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Newburgh’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.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.