Photo: Small-town hero · Public domainOlder than 94% of UK towns: half of Scarisbrick is over 52.9
A fifth of households are one person living alone; across England’s towns the figure is 30%. Scarisbrick has fewer households without a car or van than 98% of UK towns, at 5.7%. There were 124 households locally at the 2021 Census, home to 298 residents. On the census count, 1.7% of households live in a terraced house.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 7.2%, a lower share than 98% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 55–59 than any other five-year age: 11% of residents, 1.6 times the share across England’s towns. Set beside that, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. Residents aged 65 and over account for 26%.
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.
2.7% of adults are full-time students, fewer than in 99% 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, a third of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine work; in Scarisbrick, 38% and 21%. The wider picture: 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. Here, 12% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
A smaller share of households with dependent children than 90% of UK towns: 22%
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.
At 2.4 people, the average household compares with 2.4 across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, households with dependent children come to 29%. 4.8% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
Few flats: only 0.8% of households in Scarisbrick live in one
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 just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns, Scarisbrick has 55%. Measured more widely, nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
More residents whose main language is English than 99% of UK towns: 100%
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
Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (1.3%), then in the Middle East and Asia (1%). As a yardstick, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. 3.4% of residents were born outside the UK, a lower share than in 86% of UK towns.
66% describe themselves as Christian, more than in 99% of UK towns
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: 96% of Scarisbrick · Lancashire’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Besides White British, the main groups are Mixed or multiple (2%), Other White (1.7%) and African (0.3%). Fewer residents with no religion than in 96% of UK towns: 28%. Measured more widely, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
55% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 89% 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
For 8 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week. Measured more widely, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Fewer adults who have never married than in nearly three quarters of UK towns: 29%. Unpaid carers: 9.3%, near enough the figure across England’s towns.
Among adults, 31% hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Scarisbrick counts 31% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 16% have no qualification (18%).
Every nearby town is younger than Scarisbrick
Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.
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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 Scarisbrick’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 Scarisbrick’s residents
What is the population of Scarisbrick?
The 2021 Census counted 298 people in Scarisbrick’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Scarisbrick?
The median age was 52.9 at the 2021 Census. 7.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 26% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Scarisbrick?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Lancashire’s towns. 3.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Scarisbrick?
28% said they had no religion and 66% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.7% were Muslim and 5% didn’t answer.
Is Scarisbrick good for families?
22% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Scarisbrick’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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