Photo: Alexander P Kapp · CC BY-SA 2.0In Old Langho, 43% of households have dependent children, more than in 99% of UK towns
In Old Langho, 69% of residents describe themselves as Christian, beside 46% across England’s towns. One-person households: 14% of the total. Residents aged 65 and over are rarer here than in 97% of UK towns. The 2021 Census put the village’s population at 1,072, in 378 households.
What the Census says about Old Langho’s people
A village of families
43% of Old Langho’s 378 households had dependent children in 2021, more than in 99% of UK towns. 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Old Langho is younger than 65% of UK towns: a median age of 42.6
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Where 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns, Old Langho has 13%. In Garstang, the oldest of Lancashire’s towns by this measure, it is 39%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
8.6% of adults are full-time students, more than in 95% 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%.
Across England’s towns, 33% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine work; in Old Langho, 54% and 9.9%. 9.7% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. Elsewhere, 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.
Larger households than 99% of UK towns: 2.8 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.
The share of shared households of unrelated adults stands at 2.4%.
Old Langho ranks below 99% of UK towns on households without a car or van: 1.9%
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
75% of households live in a detached house; across England’s towns the figure is 21%. As a yardstick, 24% of households have no car or van across England’s towns. Households in terraced houses: 7.9% of the total. At 15%, the share of households in flats is higher than in 71% of UK towns.
Above 63% of UK towns: 98% of residents have English as their main language
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
5.9% of residents were born outside the UK; across England’s towns the figure is 18%. By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in the Middle East and Asia (2.7%) and in Africa (1.3%). Residents whose main language is English: 90% across England’s towns, for comparison.
Old Langho ranks below 99% of UK towns on residents with no religion: 21%
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: 88% of Old Langho · Lancashire’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Of the other groups, the largest are Pakistani (3.3%), Mixed or multiple (2.2%) and Other White (2.1%). Elsewhere, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. Fewer residents who describe themselves as White British than in 69% of UK towns: 88%.
Married adults and civil partners make up 63% in Old Langho, more 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
Old Langho sits close to the norm on unpaid carers: 8%, about the same as across England’s towns. Adults who have never married: 27% of the total. Typically, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Qualified to degree level: 49% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Old Langho, 49% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 5.8% have no qualification at all (18%). Many of the 17% whose highest qualification is A levels are students working towards a degree.
Every nearby town is older than Old Langho
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Old Langho | 1,072 | — | 42.6 | 11% | 43% |
| Langho | 1,723 | 1.5 mi | 52.1 | 31% | 23% |
| Billington | 1,743 | 1.6 mi | 48.6 | 24% | 25% |
| Whalley | 3,411 | 1.7 mi | 49.6 | 25% | 26% |
| Barrow | 1,388 | 2.6 mi | 43.3 | 19% | 30% |
| Great Harwood | 11,022 | 3.4 mi | 42.7 | 21% | 26% |
| Clitheroe | 16,626 | 4.1 mi | 44 | 22% | 26% |
| Rishton | 6,653 | 4.3 mi | 42.7 | 20% | 26% |
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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 Old Langho’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 Old Langho’s residents
What is the population of Old Langho?
The 2021 Census counted 1,072 people in Old Langho’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Old Langho?
The median age was 42.6 at the 2021 Census. 13% of residents were 15 to 24 and 11% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Old Langho?
88% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Lancashire’s towns. 5.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Old Langho?
21% said they had no religion and 69% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 3.3% were Muslim and 4.3% didn’t answer.
Is Old Langho good for families?
43% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Old Langho’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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