Photo: Steve Houldsworth · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 67.1: Sower Carr is older than 99% of UK towns
Against a figure of 39% across England’s towns, the share of adults who have never married in Sower Carr comes in at 12%. In Sower Carr, 38% of households are one person living alone. 18% of households have no car or van, a higher share than in 62% of UK towns. At the 2021 Census, 319 people lived in the village, in 173 households.
Sower Carr ranks above 99% of UK towns on residents aged 65 and over: 55%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Where 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns, Sower Carr has 3.1%. The usual figure: 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
In Sower Carr, 1.3% 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%.
Residents who moved in within the year: 6.3% here and 11% across England’s towns. Against that, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
A smaller share of households with dependent children than 99% of UK towns: 6.9%
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 typical household size is 1.8 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. By way of comparison, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns. The share of shared households of unrelated adults stands at 3.5%.
0.6% of households live in a flat or apartment, below 99% of UK towns
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
Households in terraced houses: 3.5% here and 24% across England’s towns. Few places have as many households in detached houses: 33% here, more than in three fifths of UK towns. Typically, 23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
Residents born outside the UK make up 2.8% in Sower Carr, less 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
Where 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns, Sower Carr has 99%. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (1.9%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.6%). The usual figure: 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns.
Sower Carr sits above 99% of UK towns for residents who describe themselves as White British (99%)
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: 99% of Sower Carr · Lancashire’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
In Sower Carr, 22% of residents said they have no religion, beside 37% across England’s towns. Census figures put residents who describe themselves as Christian at 69% locally. Across England’s towns, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British.
In Sower Carr, 63% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, 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
For 26 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week. Few places have as many unpaid carers: 13% here, more than in 99% of UK towns. The usual figure: 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Among adults, 20% hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 20% of adults in Sower Carr, 34% across England’s towns; 33% have no qualification, against 18%.
Sower Carr is older than every town around it
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sower Carr | 319 | — | 67.1 | 55% | 6.9% |
| Hambleton | 2,428 | 0.7 mi | 51.8 | 32% | 23% |
| Stalmine | 1,193 | 0.9 mi | 49.1 | 27% | 25% |
| Thornton | 19,263 | 2.3 mi | 48.8 | 26% | 25% |
| Preesall and Knott End-on-Sea | 4,679 | 3.1 mi | 57.9 | 38% | 17% |
| Carleton | 4,793 | 3.1 mi | 52.2 | 29% | 24% |
| Pilling | 1,699 | 3.3 mi | 49.7 | 27% | 27% |
| Poulton-le-Fylde | 12,792 | 3.4 mi | 50.9 | 29% | 22% |
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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 Sower Carr’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 Sower Carr’s residents
What is the population of Sower Carr?
The 2021 Census counted 319 people in Sower Carr’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Sower Carr?
The median age was 67.1 at the 2021 Census. 3.1% of residents were 15 to 24 and 55% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Sower Carr?
99% 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 Sower Carr?
22% said they had no religion and 69% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 8.2% didn’t answer.
Is Sower Carr good for families?
6.9% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Sower Carr’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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