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57.2Median age

Who lives here · ONS Census 2021

Ince Blundell is older than 98% of UK towns: a median age of 57.2

Asked about religion, 19% answered none, against 37% across England’s towns. The 2021 Census put Ince Blundell’s population at 462, in 199 households. The share of households with dependent children stands at 23%. Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns.

34%aged 65 or over 5.9%born abroad 199households

Ages

Ince Blundell: 34% of residents are 65 or over, above 96% of UK towns

Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.

Ince BlundellEngland’s towns

0–410–1420–2430–3440–4450–5460–6470–7480–84

The largest age band is 60–64: 11% of residents, 1.9 times the share across England’s towns. Here, 9.5% of residents are aged 15 to 24. Against that, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.

Broad ages · share of residents

Under 159.9%

15 to 249.5%

25 to 4411%

45 to 6435%

65 and over34%

Ince BlundellMerseyside’s townsEngland’s towns

Women and men · all residents

52% women, 48% men

Ince Blundell

England

WomenMen

About 91 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.

Students & newcomers

A lower share of residents who moved in within the year than 99% of UK towns, at 3.5%

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

Full-time students4.9%

Higher managerial and professional11%

Lower managerial and professional24%

Intermediate12%

Small employers and self-employed14%

Supervisory and technical5.4%

Semi-routine9.3%

Routine10%

Never worked or long-term unemployed9.8%

Ince BlundellMerseyside’s townsEngland’s towns

Address a year before the Census

Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.

Ince Blundell

3.5%

England’s towns

11%

Moved within the UKTerm-time addressMoved from abroad

Moved in within a year

residents, 3.5%; England’s towns 11%

Of them from abroad

0× England’s share

In Ince Blundell, 34% of adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 20% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Here, 4.9% of adults are full-time students. To put it in context, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.

Households

More shared houses than 87% of UK towns: 3.5% of households

Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.

Living alone, 66+ 20%Living alone, under 66 8%Families with dependent children 23%Couples and families, no young children 46%Shared houses and other 3.5%

Against Merseyside’s towns and England’s towns

Ince Blundell

Merseyside’s towns

England’s towns

People per household

1 person28%

2 people40%

3 people18%

4 people7.9%

5 or more5.9%

England’s towns.

The average household has 2.3 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. The benchmark for shared households of unrelated adults across England’s towns: 4.3%. On the census count, 28% of households are one person living alone.

Homes & cars

In Ince Blundell, 9.4% of households live in a terraced house, fewer than in 90% of UK towns

Accommodation type and cars or vans per household, Census 2021. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.

Type of home

Ince Blundell

Merseyside’s towns

England’s towns

DetachedSemi-detachedTerracedFlat or maisonetteCaravan or other

Cars or vans · share of households

No car or van15%

One38%

Two35%

Three or more11%

Ince BlundellMerseyside’s townsEngland’s towns

Against a figure of 21% across England’s towns, the share of households in detached houses in Ince Blundell comes in at 34%. Households in terraced houses make up 24% across England’s towns. Census figures put households without a car or van at 15% here.

Where people were born

More residents whose main language is English than 96% of UK towns: 99%

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%

Ince Blundell

5.9%

Merseyside’s towns

8.8%

England’s towns

18%

EU countriesRest of EuropeMiddle East and AsiaAfricaAmericas, Oceania, other

Main language · residents aged 3 and over

English is main language99%

Another main language, speaks English very well or well0.2%

Another main language, little or no English0.4%

Ince BlundellMerseyside’s townsEngland’s towns

5.9% of residents were born outside the UK, against 8.8% across Merseyside’s towns and 18% across England’s towns. Residents whose main language is English make up 90% across England’s towns. By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (3.1%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.7%).

Ethnicity & religion

Ince Blundell ranks above 99% of UK towns on residents who describe themselves as Christian: 72%

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

Ince BlundellMerseyside’s townsEngland’s towns

Other White3.5%

Asian0.9%

Mixed0.7%

Black0%

Other0.2%

0%6%12%

White British, not charted: 95% of Ince Blundell · Merseyside’s towns 87% · England’s towns 73%.

Religion · all residents

Ince BlundellMerseyside’s townsEngland’s towns

No religion19%

Christian72%

Muslim0.9%

Hindu, Sikh, Jewish, Buddhist1.3%

Other religion0%

Didn’t answer6.7%

0%40%80%

With residents who describe themselves as White British at 95%, Ince Blundell is ahead of 74% of UK towns on that count. By way of comparison, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.

Relationships & caring

Ince Blundell ranks above 98% of UK towns on unpaid carers: 12%

Legal partnership status (residents 16 and over) and unpaid care (residents 5 and over), Census 2021.

Partnership status · residents 16 and over

Never married or in a civil partnership31%

Married or civil partnership51%

Separated0.3%

Divorced6.9%

Widowed11%

Ince BlundellMerseyside’s townsEngland’s towns

55residents give unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age: 12%, against 8.7% in England’s towns

Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over

Up to 19 hours a week5.6%

20 to 49 hours1.8%

50 hours or more4.9%

For 22 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week. Few places have as many married adults and civil partners: 51% here, more than in 71% of UK towns. Elsewhere, nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care across England’s towns. 31% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, against 39% across England’s towns.

Qualifications

29% of adults hold a degree-level qualification

Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.

Highest qualification · residents 16 and over

No qualifications22%

Apprenticeship8.6%

A levels or similar17%

Degree level29%

Ince BlundellMerseyside’s townsEngland’s towns

In Ince Blundell, 29% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 22% have no qualification at all (18%).

Neighbours

Every nearby town is younger than Ince Blundell

Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.

HightownCrosbyFormbyLydiateMaghullLitherlandBootleInce Blundell

under 3838–4444–5050–5656+

Town	People	Away	Median age	65+	Homes with children
Ince Blundell	462	—	57.2	34%	23%
Hightown	2,018	1.3 mi	56.6	32%	20%
Crosby	50,218	2.8 mi	45.7	22%	25%
Formby	22,892	2.8 mi	52.1	31%	24%
Lydiate	6,516	3.3 mi	49.7	27%	23%
Maghull	20,367	3.7 mi	48.4	27%	25%
Litherland	18,752	3.7 mi	41.1	18%	28%
Bootle	53,722	4.4 mi	39.3	16%	28%

More about Ince Blundell’s residents

Health, work and homes have their own pages

HealthLife expectancy, early deaths and Census health, adjusted for age Work & commuteIncome, the claimant count, jobs and how people get to work Cost of livingOwners and renters, prices, rents and council tax SchoolsEvery primary and secondary, with results and inspections

How to read these numbers

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 Ince Blundell’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 Ince Blundell’s residents

What is the population of Ince Blundell?

The 2021 Census counted 462 people in Ince Blundell’s built-up area.

What is the average age in Ince Blundell?

The median age was 57.2 at the 2021 Census. 9.5% of residents were 15 to 24 and 34% were 65 or over.

How diverse is Ince Blundell?

95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 87% across Merseyside’s towns. 5.9% were born outside the UK.

What religion are people in Ince Blundell?

19% said they had no religion and 72% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.9% were Muslim and 6.7% didn’t answer.

Is Ince Blundell good for families?

23% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Ince Blundell’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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