Photo: Rept0n1x · CC BY-SA 3.0A median age of 53.6: Cronton is older than 95% of UK towns
Against a figure of 37% across England’s towns, the share of residents with no religion in Cronton comes in at 21%. The village’s 555 households held 1,234 residents at the 2021 Census. Here, 2.4% of households live in a flat or apartment. Few places have so few adults who have never married: 27% here, fewer than in 85% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Cronton’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Cronton’s residents are under 53.6 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 30% are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Ages ↓
Many carers
169 residents gave unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age in 2021, 14% of those 5 and over: more than in 99% of UK towns. Relationships & caring ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Below 93% of UK towns: 8% of residents are aged 15 to 24
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Across England’s towns, 18% of residents are 65 or over; in Cronton, 30%. 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
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Cronton ranks below 99% of UK towns on residents who moved in within the year: 5.5%
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%.
5% of adults are full-time students, against 7.9% across England’s towns. On average, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
A lower share of households with dependent children than 92% of UK towns, at 21%
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Merseyside’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
Set against 30% across England’s towns, a third of households are one person living alone in Cronton. On shared households of unrelated adults, Cronton sits higher than 73% of UK towns: 2.9%. Across England’s towns, 29% of households have dependent children. Each household has 2.2 people on average.
A lower share of households in terraced houses than 88% of UK towns, at 10%
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
The share of households without a car or van is 13%, against 24% across England’s towns. Across Cronton, 28% of households live in a detached house.
2.7% of residents were born outside the UK, below 95% 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
Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in the Middle East and Asia (1.1%) and in EU countries (0.7%). The share of residents born outside the UK across England’s towns is 18%. 99% of residents have English as their main language, a higher share than in 84% of UK towns.
74% 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: 95% of Cronton · Merseyside’s towns 87% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Of the other groups, the largest are Other White (1.8%), Mixed or multiple (1%) and Indian (0.7%). On residents who describe themselves as White British, Cronton sits higher than 72% of UK towns: 95%. Across England’s towns, residents who describe themselves as Christian come to 46%.
14% of residents give unpaid care, more 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
46 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. For unpaid carers, the comparison across England’s towns is 8.7%. Compared with other places, married adults and civil partners are common here: 55%, more than in 87% of UK towns.
Degree-level qualifications: held by 32% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 34% across England’s towns, 32% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 19% hold no qualification (18%).
Cronton and its 7 nearest towns: 1 of them are older
Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.
Health, work and homes have their own pages
What this data can and can’t tell you
- “Merseyside’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Merseyside (or England), summed the same way as Cronton’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 Cronton’s residents
What is the population of Cronton?
The 2021 Census counted 1,234 people in Cronton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Cronton?
The median age was 53.6 at the 2021 Census. 8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 30% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Cronton?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 87% across Merseyside’s towns. 2.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Cronton?
21% said they had no religion and 74% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.6% were Muslim and 3.4% didn’t answer.
Is Cronton good for families?
21% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Cronton’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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