Photo: Chris Heaton · CC BY-SA 2.0A smaller share of households with dependent children than 99% of UK towns: 16%
6.8% of residents are aged 15 to 24, against 12% across England’s towns. Few places have so few households without a car or van: 6.6% here, fewer than in 96% of UK towns. Census day 2021: 697 residents and 335 households in Low Bentham. Here, 56% of adults are married or in a civil partnership.
Half of Low Bentham is over 53.2, older than 94% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 60–64 than any other five-year age: one in ten residents, 1.7 times the share across England’s towns. Census figures put residents aged 65 and over at 28% in Low Bentham.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 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.
A lower share of full-time students than 99% of UK towns, at 2.7%
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%.
11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns, against 8.4% in Low Bentham. The comparison figure for full-time students is 7.9% across England’s towns.
Smaller households than 99% of UK towns: 2 people on average
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against North Yorkshire’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
The share of shared households of unrelated adults trails nearly two thirds of UK towns: 2.1%. The census found that just over a third of households are one person living alone in Low Bentham.
A village of terraces: 39% of households live in one
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
Here 33% of households live in a detached house, where the figure across England’s towns is 21%. In Low Bentham, 3% of households live in a flat or apartment. Against that, nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns.
2.7% of residents were born outside the UK, below 94% 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
Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (1%) or in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (0.7%). To put it in context, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. At 99%, the share of residents whose main language is English is higher than in 91% of UK towns.
Low Bentham ranks above 94% of UK towns on residents who describe themselves as White British: 97%
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 Low Bentham · North Yorkshire’s towns 90% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Against a figure of 46% across England’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as Christian in Low Bentham comes in at 50%. Compared with other places, residents with no religion are common here: 43%, more than in nearly two thirds of UK towns. Across England’s towns, residents who describe themselves as White British come to 73%. Beyond White British, the biggest groups are Other White (1.6%), Mixed or multiple (1.2%) and Chinese (0.1%).
Low Bentham sits below 90% of UK towns for adults who have never married (26%)
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
Unpaid carers are about as common here as across England’s towns, at 8.2%. The usual figure: nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Degree-level qualifications: 46% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
46% of Low Bentham’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 11% have none (18%).
Among its 7 nearest neighbours, 2 are older than Low Bentham
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low Bentham | 697 | — | 53.2 | 28% | 16% |
| High Bentham | 1,701 | 1.2 mi | 48.5 | 25% | 22% |
| Ingleton | 1,751 | 3.5 mi | 51.2 | 30% | 20% |
| Kirkby Lonsdale | 1,965 | 6.1 mi | 54.8 | 35% | 19% |
| Caton | 2,552 | 7.8 mi | 49.6 | 28% | 24% |
| Burton-in-Kendal | 1,341 | 8.5 mi | 49 | 26% | 28% |
| Halton | 2,652 | 9.4 mi | 44.8 | 23% | 27% |
| Warton (Lancaster) | 1,801 | 9.4 mi | 54.5 | 31% | 19% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- “North Yorkshire’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in North Yorkshire (or England), summed the same way as Low Bentham’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 Low Bentham’s residents
What is the population of Low Bentham?
The 2021 Census counted 697 people in Low Bentham’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Low Bentham?
The median age was 53.2 at the 2021 Census. 6.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 28% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Low Bentham?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 90% across North Yorkshire’s towns. 2.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Low Bentham?
43% said they had no religion and 50% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 4.5% didn’t answer.
Is Low Bentham good for families?
16% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Low Bentham’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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