Area type
County
Population Density
426
Population growth
0.6%
Gender ratio
0.97 male to female
english main language
95%
birth rate
9.9
death rate
11.5
Major religion
55% Christian
Urbanisation
79%
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The population of Lancashire is 1,236,035 according to mid-2021 population figures published by the ONS. Lancashire's population growth rate between mid-2020 and mid-2021 was 0.6% per year. Lancashire covers an area of 2,903 square kilometres (1,121 square miles) and has a population density of 426 people per square kilometre (km2), based on the latest population estimates taken in mid-2021.
According to the latest 2021 census, the population in Lancashire is predominantly white (89%), with non-white minorities representing the remaining 11% of the population.
The median average age in Lancashire in 2021 was 42.8, with over 18s representing 83.2% of the population. The sex ratio was 96.6 males to every 100 females. Compare average age by area.
In 2021, the urban population of Lancashire was approximately 929,629 or 79%, while the rural population was around 241,710 or 21%.
The largest religious group in Lancashire is Christians who account for 55% of the population.
English is spoken as the main language by 94.7% of people in Lancashire, and spoken either well or very well by 4% of the population. 1.2% reported having poor English language skills, and the remaining 0.2% spoke no English at all.
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The population of Lancashire is 1,236,035 according to mid-2021 population figures published by the ONS. In the year between mid-2020 and mid-2021, the population in Lancashire grew by an estimated 8,959 people, and in the ten years before mid-2021, the population grew by .
Lancashire's population growth rate between mid-2020 and mid-2021 was 0.6%, which is 0.0% higher than the average population growth rate in Lancashire for the ten years before mid-2021 (0.6%).
Lancashire covers an area of 2,903 square kilometres (1,121 square miles) and has a population density of 426 people per square kilometre (km2), based on the latest population estimates taken in mid-2021. That figure has by people per km2 over the past decade.
According to mid-year population estimates published by the ONS in 2019, males account for 49.1% of Lancashire's 1,236,035 population, while females made up 50.9% of the total.
The sex ratio (the number of males for each female in a population) was 96.552 males to every 100 females in 2021. In England as a whole, the gender ratio was 96 males to every 100 females in 2021.
Age statistics collected by the ONS show the adult population of Lancashire, that is how many people there are over the age of 18, is 1,028,310.
Lancashire's age structure shows the working-age population to be 770,375 which is 62.3% of the population. People under the age of 16 represent 16.8% of the population, and over 65s represent 20.9% of the population. The percentage of the population that is of working-age has decreased over the last 10 years from to .
Lancashire's age pyramid shows how the population is distributed by age and gender.
The median average age of someone in Lancashire was 42.8 years in 2019.
Of the Lancashire population over the age of 90, women outnumber men by 2.1 to 1.
Age | Male | Female | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00-01 | 78.3 | 82.0 | 80.2 |
| 01-04 | 77.6 | 81.3 | 79.4 |
| 05-09 | 73.6 | 77.3 | 75.4 |
| 10-14 | 68.6 | 72.4 | 70.5 |
| 15-19 | 63.7 | 67.4 | 65.6 |
| 20-24 | 58.7 | 62.5 | 60.6 |
| 25-29 | 53.9 | 57.6 | 55.8 |
| 30-34 | 49.1 | 52.7 | 50.9 |
| 35-39 | 44.3 | 47.8 | 46.1 |
| 40-44 | 39.6 | 43.0 | 41.3 |
According to the latest 2021 census, the population in Lancashire is predominantly white (88.9%), with non-white minorities representing the remaining 11.1% of the population.
Asian people were the largest minority group in Lancashire accounting for 8.1% of the population.
7,979 or 1% of the Lancashire population are black according to the latest 2021 census.
In England more broadly the portion of the population that is white is 81%. 10% are Asian and 4% are Black.
Estimates of personal wellbeing in the UK are published by the ONS annually, with scores for anxiety, happiness, life satisfaction, and feeling that life is worthwhile. Overall scores are based on surveying a representative sample of the population and are scored out of 10 (.e.g for happiness 0 is 'not at all happy' and 10 is 'completely happy').
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According to the latest 2021 census, the most populous religious group within Lancashire is Christians, accounting for 54.7% of the population.
Lancashire has a Muslim population of 85,176 which is 6.9% of the population.
Compared to England as a whole, in England circa 46% of the population is Christian, 7% is Muslim, 2% is Hindu, and Buddhists, Sikhs and Jews each is around 1%. The remainder is split between people with no religion and those who decided not to identify a religion.
Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2023. Data sources: ONS Local statistics