Photo: Kevin Waterhouse · CC BY-SA 2.047% of households live in a terraced house, a share 97% of UK towns don’t reach
With a median age of 49.9, Worsthorne is older than 84% of UK towns. At the 2021 Census Worsthorne was home to 971 people in 445 households. Households in flats account for 2.7%. Across England’s towns, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian; locally, 64%.
Below 95% of UK towns: 7.8% of residents are aged 15 to 24
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 55–59 than any other five-year age: 9.1% of residents, 1.4 times the share across England’s towns. Elsewhere, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. The census found that 27% of residents are 65 or over in Worsthorne.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
2.9% 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%.
By its share of residents who moved in within the year (6.4%), Worsthorne is below 93% of UK towns. Elsewhere, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
23% of households have dependent children, fewer than in 83% 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.
Across England’s towns, 30% of households are one person living alone; in Worsthorne, 32%. On average, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns. Average household size: 2.1 people. 1.8% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, fewer than in 80% of UK towns.
Only 13% of households in Worsthorne have no car or van
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 detached house, against 21% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, households without a car or van come to 24%.
Only 2.4% of Worsthorne’s residents were born outside the UK
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
99% of residents have English as their main language (England’s towns: 90%). Set beside that, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. The largest groups were born in EU countries (1%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.6%).
97% of residents describe themselves as White British, a share 94% of UK towns don’t reach
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 Worsthorne · Lancashire’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents with no religion: 30%, below 94% of UK towns. By way of comparison, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. Besides White British, the main groups are Other White (1.5%), Mixed or multiple (1%) and Pakistani (0.5%).
Below 78% of UK towns: 28% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership
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
9.8% of residents give unpaid care, against 8.7% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, the share of adults who have never married is 39%. Married adults and civil partners account for 48%.
Among adults, 34% hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Worsthorne’s adults: 34% with a degree-level qualification and 16% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
Worsthorne sits below 1 of its 7 closest neighbours on median age
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Worsthorne | 971 | — | 49.9 | 27% | 23% |
| Burnley | 78,266 | 2.4 mi | 38.7 | 17% | 30% |
| Brierfield | 10,723 | 2.9 mi | 35.8 | 16% | 37% |
| Nelson | 33,808 | 3.5 mi | 33.4 | 12% | 40% |
| Fence | 1,585 | 4.3 mi | 50.6 | 30% | 27% |
| Weir | 1,290 | 4.4 mi | 44.1 | 16% | 35% |
| Barrowford | 5,887 | 4.5 mi | 47.4 | 25% | 25% |
| Trawden | 1,204 | 4.5 mi | 49.6 | 22% | 25% |
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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 Worsthorne’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 Worsthorne’s residents
What is the population of Worsthorne?
The 2021 Census counted 971 people in Worsthorne’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Worsthorne?
The median age was 49.9 at the 2021 Census. 7.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 27% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Worsthorne?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Lancashire’s towns. 2.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Worsthorne?
30% said they had no religion and 64% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.8% were Muslim and 4.5% didn’t answer.
Is Worsthorne good for families?
23% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Worsthorne’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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