Photo: Jude Dobson · CC BY-SA 2.036% of households have dependent children, a share 94% of UK towns don’t reach
8.8% of households have no car or van, against 24% across England’s towns. Across Staining, 21% of households are one person living alone. Few places have so few households in flats: 1.8% here, fewer than in 97% of UK towns. Census day 2021: 1,622 residents and 664 households in the village.
What the Census says about Staining’s people
A village of families
36% of Staining’s 664 households had dependent children in 2021, more than in 94% of UK towns. 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Only 8.5% of residents are aged 15 to 24 in Staining
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 18%, close to the figure across England’s towns. Against that, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. With a median age of 43.9, Staining is younger than 55% of UK 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.
Staining sits below 82% of UK towns for residents who moved in within the year (7.2%)
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%.
Managerial and professional jobs take in 39% of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 19% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). On average, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns. Full-time students: 4.5% of the total.
Larger households than 85% of UK towns: 2.5 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.
In Staining, 2.4% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
Households in detached houses make up 46% in Staining, more than in 85% 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
Nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns, against 13% in Staining. Elsewhere, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
A smaller share of residents born outside the UK than 77% of UK towns: 4%
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
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in the Middle East and Asia (1.7%) and in EU countries (1.1%). Elsewhere, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Staining has more residents whose main language is English than 78% of UK towns, at 99%.
Staining ranks above 89% of UK towns on residents who describe themselves as Christian: 57%
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 Staining · Lancashire’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The next-largest groups, after White British, are Mixed or multiple (1.4%), Other White (1.1%) and Chinese (0.9%). Staining has more residents who describe themselves as White British than four fifths of UK towns, at 95%. To put it in context, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Compared with 37% across England’s towns, 35% of residents said they have no religion here.
54% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 82% 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
Unpaid carers: 10%, above 78% of UK towns. For comparison, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Census figures put adults who have never married at 29% in Staining.
Among adults, 35% hold 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 Staining, 13%, while 35% hold one at degree level (34%).
Every nearby town is older than Staining
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staining | 1,622 | — | 43.9 | 18% | 36% |
| Poulton-le-Fylde | 12,792 | 1.8 mi | 50.9 | 29% | 22% |
| Blackpool | 149,087 | 1.9 mi | 44 | 21% | 25% |
| Carleton | 4,793 | 2.8 mi | 52.2 | 29% | 24% |
| Thornton | 19,263 | 4.2 mi | 48.8 | 26% | 25% |
| Wrea Green | 1,899 | 4.2 mi | 50.5 | 27% | 26% |
| Hambleton | 2,428 | 4.3 mi | 51.8 | 32% | 23% |
| Elswick | 1,047 | 4.5 mi | 51.3 | 27% | 25% |
Health, work and homes have their own pages
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 Staining’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 Staining’s residents
What is the population of Staining?
The 2021 Census counted 1,622 people in Staining’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Staining?
The median age was 43.9 at the 2021 Census. 8.5% of residents were 15 to 24 and 18% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Staining?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Lancashire’s towns. 4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Staining?
35% said they had no religion and 57% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.7% were Muslim and 5.2% didn’t answer.
Is Staining good for families?
36% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Staining’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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