Photo: M J Richardson · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 99% of UK towns: half of Silverdale is over 61.5
29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns, against 14% in Silverdale. In 2021, the Census found 1,056 residents locally, living in 493 households. Residents who describe themselves as White British: 97% of the total. Households without a car or van are rarer here than in 96% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Silverdale’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Silverdale’s residents are under 61.5 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 43% are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 99% of UK towns: 43%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Against a figure of 12% across England’s towns, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in Silverdale comes in at 7.6%. Across the comparison, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
A lower share of residents who moved in within the year than 96% of UK towns, at 6.1%
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, the share of full-time students is 7.9%; Silverdale has 4.3%. The comparison figure for residents who moved in within the year is 11% across England’s towns.
A lower share of one-person households than 85% of UK towns, at 25%
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.
A household here has 2.1 people on average; across England’s towns, 2.4. The share of shared households of unrelated adults stands at 1.8%. Across England’s towns, the share of one-person households is 30%.
More detached houses than 97% of UK towns: 61% of households
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
The figure for households in flats is 3.5% in Silverdale and 23% across England’s towns. As a yardstick, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns. The share of households in terraced houses stands at 11%.
A larger share of residents whose main language is English than 96% of UK towns: 99%
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 (2.1%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1%). Across England’s towns, 90% of residents have English as their main language. 4.1% of residents were born outside the UK, fewer than in 76% of UK towns.
Silverdale ranks above 83% of UK towns on residents who describe themselves as Christian: 56%
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 Silverdale · Lancashire’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Nothing unusual on residents with no religion: 37%, close to the figure across England’s towns. Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 46% across England’s towns, for comparison.
Adults who have never married make up 19% in Silverdale, less 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
Across England’s towns, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership; in Silverdale, 62%. As a yardstick, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Unpaid carers: just over a tenth of the total.
Adults with a degree-level qualification: 55%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Silverdale’s adults: 55% with a degree-level qualification and 8.9% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
Around Silverdale, 2 of 7 towns have a higher median age
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silverdale | 1,056 | — | 61.5 | 43% | 14% |
| Arnside | 2,231 | 2.1 mi | 62.4 | 45% | 14% |
| Warton (Lancaster) | 1,801 | 2.7 mi | 54.5 | 31% | 19% |
| Carnforth | 5,852 | 3.6 mi | 46 | 23% | 26% |
| Grange-over-Sands | 4,047 | 4 mi | 63 | 47% | 11% |
| Burton-in-Kendal | 1,341 | 4.3 mi | 49 | 26% | 28% |
| Holme | 1,477 | 4.6 mi | 47.4 | 25% | 26% |
| Milnthorpe | 1,871 | 4.7 mi | 45.9 | 25% | 26% |
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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 Silverdale’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 Silverdale’s residents
What is the population of Silverdale?
The 2021 Census counted 1,056 people in Silverdale’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Silverdale?
The median age was 61.5 at the 2021 Census. 7.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 43% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Silverdale?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Lancashire’s towns. 4.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Silverdale?
37% said they had no religion and 56% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.4% didn’t answer.
Is Silverdale good for families?
14% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Silverdale’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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