Photo: Raymond Knapman · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 53.2: Ulnes Walton is older than 94% of UK towns
Across England’s towns, the share of households without a car or van is 24%; Ulnes Walton has 5.9%. Census figures put one-person households at 15% locally. At 26%, the share of residents with no religion is lower than in 97% of UK towns. 243 residents in 102 households: that is Ulnes Walton at the 2021 Census.
Only 7.4% of residents are aged 15 to 24 in Ulnes Walton
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 60–64 than any other five-year age: 11% of residents, 1.9 times the share across England’s towns. Higher than in 76% of UK towns: 26% of residents are 65 or over. The wider picture: 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
2.8% 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%.
Against a figure of 11% across England’s towns, the share of residents who moved in within the year in Ulnes Walton comes in at 5%. On average, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Below 98% of UK towns: 17% of households have dependent children
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.
With shared households of unrelated adults at 2.9%, Ulnes Walton is ahead of 75% of UK towns on that count. Across England’s towns, the share of households with dependent children is 29%. Households average 2.4 people.
Fewer households in terraced houses than 99% of UK towns: 2%
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
58% of households live in a detached house; across England’s towns the figure is 21%. As a yardstick, nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns.
2.5% of residents were born outside the UK, below 96% 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
Residents whose main language is English: 99% here and 90% across England’s towns. The share of residents born outside the UK across England’s towns is 18%.
In Ulnes Walton, 68% of residents 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: 97% of Ulnes Walton · Lancashire’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Other than White British, most residents describe themselves as Indian (1.2%), Mixed or multiple (1.2%) and Other White (0.8%). Few places have as many residents who describe themselves as White British: 97% here, more than in 94% of UK towns. As a yardstick, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
66% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, a share 99% of UK towns don’t reach
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
By its share of unpaid carers (11%), Ulnes Walton is above 88% of UK towns. The census found that 21% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership locally. Against that, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
38% of adults have qualifications at degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
13% of Ulnes Walton’s adults have no qualification (18% across England’s towns), and 38% have one at degree level (34%).
The towns around Ulnes Walton are all younger
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ulnes Walton | 243 | — | 53.2 | 26% | 17% |
| Eccleston | 4,543 | 1 mi | 48.9 | 27% | 27% |
| Wymott | 2,092 | 1.5 mi | 39.2 | 8.4% | 30% |
| Croston | 2,793 | 1.9 mi | 47.4 | 24% | 29% |
| Euxton | 17,519 | 2.7 mi | 37.9 | 15% | 35% |
| Leyland | 39,281 | 2.7 mi | 42.7 | 20% | 27% |
| Charnock Richard | 1,098 | 3.1 mi | 52.9 | 31% | 21% |
| Farington Moss | 2,692 | 3.5 mi | 42.2 | 17% | 32% |
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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 Ulnes Walton’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 Ulnes Walton’s residents
What is the population of Ulnes Walton?
The 2021 Census counted 243 people in Ulnes Walton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Ulnes Walton?
The median age was 53.2 at the 2021 Census. 7.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 26% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Ulnes Walton?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Lancashire’s towns. 2.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Ulnes Walton?
26% said they had no religion and 68% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 4.5% didn’t answer.
Is Ulnes Walton good for families?
17% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Ulnes Walton’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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