Photo: David Dixon · CC BY-SA 2.0A higher share of households in terraced houses than 98% of UK towns, at 51%
With a median age of 49.6, Trawden is older than 83% of UK towns. The village counted 1,204 residents and 532 households at the 2021 Census. The census found that 97% of residents describe themselves as White British locally. Flats are home to 4.3% of households, against 23% across England’s towns.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 8.6%, a lower share than 83% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 55–59, with one in ten residents, 1.5 times the share across England’s towns. The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 22%. Across England’s towns, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A smaller share of full-time students than 92% of UK towns: 3.7%
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%.
The share of residents who moved in within the year trails 78% of UK towns: 7.4%. Across England’s towns, 7.9% of adults are full-time students.
In Trawden, 25% of households have dependent children, fewer than in 75% of UK towns
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 share of one-person households is 28%, against 30% across England’s towns. By way of comparison, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns. Here, 2.6% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
8.7% of households have no car or van, below 89% 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
Detached houses are home to 15% of households, against 21% across England’s towns. The share of households without a car or van across England’s towns is 24%.
A smaller share of residents born outside the UK than 99% of UK towns: 1.9%
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
Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (0.7%) and in EU countries (0.6%). Residents born outside the UK: 18% across England’s towns, for comparison. Compared with 90% across England’s towns, 100% of residents have English as their main language here.
Residents who describe themselves as Christian make up 54% in Trawden, more than in 75% 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: 97% of Trawden · Lancashire’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Where 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns, Trawden has 40%. The comparison figure for residents who describe themselves as Christian is 46% across England’s towns.
27% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, below 84% 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
Set against 44% across England’s towns, 52% of adults are married or in a civil partnership in Trawden. One in ten residents give unpaid care, a higher share than in 77% of UK towns. For adults who have never married, the comparison across England’s towns is 39%. Heavy unpaid care, 50 hours a week or more, falls to 29 residents.
Degree-level qualifications: held by 30% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
14% of Trawden’s adults have no qualification (18% across England’s towns), and 30% have one at degree level (34%).
Trawden 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trawden | 1,204 | — | 49.6 | 22% | 25% |
| Colne | 18,914 | 1.6 mi | 42 | 20% | 27% |
| Foulridge | 1,212 | 2.6 mi | 49.5 | 24% | 23% |
| Nelson | 33,808 | 3 mi | 33.4 | 12% | 40% |
| Barrowford | 5,887 | 3.4 mi | 47.4 | 25% | 25% |
| Brierfield | 10,723 | 4.1 mi | 35.8 | 16% | 37% |
| Cowling | 1,439 | 4.8 mi | 38 | 13% | 34% |
| Earby | 4,416 | 4.9 mi | 44.9 | 21% | 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 Trawden’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 Trawden’s residents
What is the population of Trawden?
The 2021 Census counted 1,204 people in Trawden’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Trawden?
The median age was 49.6 at the 2021 Census. 8.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 22% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Trawden?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Lancashire’s towns. 1.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Trawden?
40% said they had no religion and 54% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 5% didn’t answer.
Is Trawden good for families?
25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Trawden’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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