Photo: Chris Heaton · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Over Kellet is over 54.4, older than 96% of UK towns
Where 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns, Over Kellet has 55%. Shared households of unrelated adults are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns. 607 residents in 280 households: that is Over Kellet at the 2021 Census. For Over Kellet, the census puts households with dependent children at 19%.
Above 96% of UK towns: 34% of residents are 65 or over
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
With residents aged 15 to 24 at 7.6%, Over Kellet is behind 96% of UK towns on that count. The wider picture: 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 an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
In Over Kellet, 3.3% of adults are full-time students, fewer than in 97% 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 Over Kellet, 40% and 20%. Full-time students make up 7.9% across England’s towns. The census found that 7.8% of residents lived at another address a year earlier locally.
Over Kellet households average 2.2 people, smaller than in 72% of UK towns
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 account for 30%.
Only 8.1% of households in Over Kellet have no car or van
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
Where 23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns, Over Kellet has 3.6%. One household in every 12 has no car or van. Lower than in 90% of UK towns: 9.4% of households live in a terraced house.
Fewer residents born outside the UK than 94% of UK towns: 2.8%
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
Against a figure of 90% across England’s towns, the share of residents whose main language is English in Over Kellet comes in at 99%. The wider picture: 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (1.5%) or in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (0.7%).
Above 93% of UK towns: 97% of residents describe themselves as White British
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: 97% of Over Kellet · Lancashire’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The groups that follow White British are Other White (2.5%), Mixed or multiple (0.5%) and Indian (0.3%). At 34%, the share of residents with no religion is lower than in 84% of UK towns. Measured more widely, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns, against 60% in Over Kellet.
Over Kellet sits below 90% of UK towns for adults who have never married (26%)
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
19 residents care, unpaid, for at least 50 hours a week. As a yardstick, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, the share of unpaid carers is 8.7%; Over Kellet has 9.7%.
The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 44%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 44% of adults in Over Kellet, 34% across England’s towns; 14% have no qualification, against 18%.
Over Kellet and its 7 nearest towns: 2 of them are older
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Over Kellet | 607 | — | 54.4 | 34% | 19% |
| Carnforth | 5,852 | 1.7 mi | 46 | 23% | 26% |
| Warton (Lancaster) | 1,801 | 2.2 mi | 54.5 | 31% | 19% |
| Halton | 2,652 | 3.2 mi | 44.8 | 23% | 27% |
| Bolton-le-Sands | 6,728 | 3.2 mi | 53.9 | 32% | 21% |
| Caton | 2,552 | 3.3 mi | 49.6 | 28% | 24% |
| Burton-in-Kendal | 1,341 | 4.2 mi | 49 | 26% | 28% |
| Silverdale | 1,056 | 4.9 mi | 61.5 | 43% | 14% |
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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 Over Kellet’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 Over Kellet’s residents
What is the population of Over Kellet?
The 2021 Census counted 607 people in Over Kellet’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Over Kellet?
The median age was 54.4 at the 2021 Census. 7.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 34% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Over Kellet?
97% 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 Over Kellet?
34% said they had no religion and 60% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 4.2% didn’t answer.
Is Over Kellet good for families?
19% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Over Kellet’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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