Photo: Alexander P Kapp · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Weeton is under 25.5, younger than 99% of UK towns
Across England’s towns, the share of households with dependent children is 29%; Weeton has 73%. The village had 496 residents in 126 households at the 2021 Census. One-person households: 13% of the total. Fewer households without a car or van than in 97% of UK towns: 6.4%.
0.8% of residents are 65 or over, below 99% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
25–29 is the most common age band: nearly a fifth of residents, 2.9 times the share across England’s towns. To put it in context, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. Across Weeton, 13% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
40% women, 60% men
About 67 women for every 100 men. Across England, 51% of residents are women. A large institution, such as a prison, barracks, boarding school, university or care home, can tilt a town’s split: the census counts the people living there as residents.
Weeton sits above 99% of UK towns for residents who moved in within the year (66%)
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 account for 38% of Weeton’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 22%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. The wider picture: 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns. Full-time students: 4.8% of the total.
Weeton households average 3.3 people, larger than in 99% 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.
Weeton sits below 99% of UK towns for households in detached houses (4.8%)
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
Flats are home to 4% of households, against 23% across England’s towns. On average, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns. In Weeton, 49% of households live in a terraced house.
A higher share of residents born outside the UK than 84% of UK towns, at 14%
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
With residents whose main language is English at 95%, Weeton is behind just over four fifths of UK towns on that count. For comparison, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (4.9%) and in the Middle East and Asia (3.8%).
43% describe themselves as Christian, fewer than in 87% 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: 84% of Weeton · Lancashire’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
84% of residents describe themselves as White British, against 73% across England’s towns. At the same time, at 46%, the share of residents with no religion is higher than in four fifths of UK towns. The groups that follow White British are African (2.8%), Other White (2%) and Mixed or multiple (1.2%).
Unpaid carers make up 2.4% in Weeton, 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
Adults who have never married: 25% here and 39% across England’s towns. For unpaid carers, the comparison across England’s towns is 8.7%. The census found that 68% of adults are married or in a civil partnership in Weeton.
Adults with a degree-level qualification: 25%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 34% of adults have a degree-level qualification; in Weeton, 25%, and 9.9% have none, against 18%.
Every neighbour of Weeton has an older population
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeton | 496 | — | 25.5 | 0.8% | 73% |
| Staining | 1,622 | 2 mi | 43.9 | 18% | 36% |
| Poulton-le-Fylde | 12,792 | 2.4 mi | 50.9 | 29% | 22% |
| Elswick | 1,047 | 2.6 mi | 51.3 | 27% | 25% |
| Wesham | 4,474 | 3.1 mi | 40 | 15% | 32% |
| Carleton | 4,793 | 3.5 mi | 52.2 | 29% | 24% |
| Great Eccleston | 2,073 | 3.5 mi | 52.3 | 29% | 23% |
| Wrea Green | 1,899 | 3.5 mi | 50.5 | 27% | 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 Weeton’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 Weeton’s residents
What is the population of Weeton?
The 2021 Census counted 496 people in Weeton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Weeton?
The median age was 25.5 at the 2021 Census. 13% of residents were 15 to 24 and 0.8% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Weeton?
84% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Lancashire’s towns. 14% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Weeton?
46% said they had no religion and 43% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 2.2% were Muslim and 5.7% didn’t answer.
Is Weeton good for families?
73% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Weeton’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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