Photo: Steve Houldsworth · CC BY-SA 2.0Rising Bridge: 58% of households live in a terraced house, above 99% of UK towns
Across England’s towns, the share of households in detached houses is 21%; Rising Bridge has 9.3%. Married adults and civil partners: 41% of the total. On residents who describe themselves as White British, Rising Bridge sits higher than 73% of UK towns: 95%. The village had 639 residents in 279 households at the 2021 Census.
Younger than 61% of UK towns: half of Rising Bridge is under 43.1
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 55–59 than any other five-year age: nearly one in ten residents, 1.4 times the share across England’s towns. Few places have so few residents aged 65 and over: 17% here, fewer than in just over four fifths of UK towns. Census figures put residents aged 15 to 24 at 9.6% in Rising Bridge.
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.
Residents who moved in within the year: 8.5%, a lower share than 54% 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 Rising Bridge, 27% and 28%. As a yardstick, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns. On the census count, 4.8% of adults are full-time students.
Smaller households than 65% of UK towns: 2.2 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.
Nothing unusual on households with dependent children: 29%, close to the figure across England’s towns. The census found that 2.5% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home in Rising Bridge.
Rising Bridge ranks below 97% of UK towns on households in flats: 1.8%
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
Every 7th household or so has no car or van. Households in flats make up 23% across England’s towns.
99% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 93% 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
Against a figure of 18% across England’s towns, the share of residents born outside the UK in Rising Bridge comes in at 4.8%. By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (3%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.1%). Typically, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
A larger share of residents with no religion than 60% of UK towns: 42%
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 Rising Bridge · Lancashire’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The next-largest groups, after White British, are Other White (1.9%), Mixed or multiple (1.4%) and Pakistani (0.9%). The wider picture: 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns, against 51% in Rising Bridge.
Rising Bridge sits above 87% of UK towns for unpaid carers (11%)
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
Adults who have never married: 40%, above 89% of UK towns. For 23 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week. Across England’s towns, 8.7% of residents give unpaid care.
27% of adults have a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 18% of adults have no qualification; in Rising Bridge, 19%, while 27% hold one at degree level (34%).
Rising Bridge and its 7 nearest towns: 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rising Bridge | 639 | — | 43.1 | 17% | 29% |
| Haslingden | 16,005 | 1.9 mi | 42.7 | 20% | 30% |
| Accrington | 34,897 | 2.3 mi | 36.2 | 15% | 33% |
| Rawtenstall | 23,683 | 2.5 mi | 42.7 | 19% | 29% |
| Oswaldtwistle | 10,810 | 3.1 mi | 45.3 | 23% | 26% |
| Church | 5,030 | 3.1 mi | 37.9 | 16% | 31% |
| Huncoat | 1,258 | 3.2 mi | 41 | 16% | 33% |
| Hapton | 2,240 | 3.8 mi | 42.7 | 18% | 29% |
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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 Rising Bridge’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 Rising Bridge’s residents
What is the population of Rising Bridge?
The 2021 Census counted 639 people in Rising Bridge’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Rising Bridge?
The median age was 43.1 at the 2021 Census. 9.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 17% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Rising Bridge?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Lancashire’s towns. 4.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Rising Bridge?
42% said they had no religion and 51% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.8% were Muslim and 4.2% didn’t answer.
Is Rising Bridge good for families?
29% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Rising Bridge’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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