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==Demography== ===Population growth=== Early census statistics for the town include only the areas known now as the Old Town and Higher Runcorn. In 1936, Runcorn Urban District grew to incorporate the neighbouring village of Weston.<ref name="Phillips 2002 11"/> The present statistical boundaries of Runcorn were defined in the Runcorn New Town (Designation) Order 1964 which greatly expanded the town to the east. The population of Runcorn in 1664 has been estimated as 305.<ref name="Cheshire Historic Towns Survey">{{cite web |url=http://www.cheshirearchaeology.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/HTS_Arch_Assess_Runcorn-and-Halton.pdf |title=Cheshire Historic Towns Survey β Runcorn and Halton Archaeological Assessment |publisher=Cheshire County Council and English Heritage |access-date=12 July 2020 |archive-date=12 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200712221503/http://www.cheshirearchaeology.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/HTS_Arch_Assess_Runcorn-and-Halton.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> {|class="wikitable" |+ Population growth of Runcorn since 1801<ref name="Cheshire Historic Towns Survey" /><ref name="Vision of Britain">{{cite web |url=https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10062263/cube/TOT_POP |title=Runcorn UD through time β Population Statistics |publisher=University of Portsmouth |access-date=13 July 2020 |archive-date=14 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200714000841/https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10062263/cube/TOT_POP |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="2011 Census">{{NOMIS2011 |id=E35001305 |title=Runcorn Built-up area |access-date=26 May 2020}}</ref><ref name="2021 Census" /> |- ! scope="col" |Year ! scope="col" |Population ! scope="col" |Change as % |- ! scope="row" |1801 |style="text-align:right;" |1,379 |style="text-align:right;" |β |- ! scope="row" |1811 |style="text-align:right;" |2,060 |style="text-align:right;" |+49.4% |- ! scope="row" |1821 |style="text-align:right;" |3,103 |style="text-align:right;" |+50.6% |- ! scope="row" |1831 |style="text-align:right;" |5,035 |style="text-align:right;" |+62.3% |- ! scope="row" |1841 |style="text-align:right;" |6,951 |style="text-align:right;" |+38.1% |- ! scope="row" |1851 |style="text-align:right;" |8,688 |style="text-align:right;" |+25.0% |- ! scope="row" |1861 |style="text-align:right;" |10,063 |style="text-align:right;" |+15.8% |- ! scope="row" |1871 |style="text-align:right;" |12,066 |style="text-align:right;" |+19.9% |- ! scope="row" |1881 |style="text-align:right;" |15,126 |style="text-align:right;" |+25.4% |- ! scope="row" |1891 |style="text-align:right;" |20,020 |style="text-align:right;" |+32.4% |- ! scope="row" |1901 |style="text-align:right;" |16,491 |style="text-align:right;" |β17.6% |- ! scope="row" |1911 |style="text-align:right;" |17,353 |style="text-align:right;" |+5.2% |- ! scope="row" |1921 |style="text-align:right;" |18,476 |style="text-align:right;" |+6.5% |- ! scope="row" |1931 |style="text-align:right;" |18,127 |style="text-align:right;" |β1.9% |- ! scope="row" |1939 |style="text-align:right;" |21,718 |style="text-align:right;" |+19.8% |- ! scope="row" |1951 |style="text-align:right;" |23,931 |style="text-align:right;" |+10.2% |- ! scope="row" |1961 |style="text-align:right;" |26,035 |style="text-align:right;" |+8.8% |- ! scope="row" |1971 |style="text-align:right;" |35,999 |style="text-align:right;" |+38.3% |- ! scope="row" |1981 |style="text-align:right;" |64,196 |style="text-align:right;" |+78.3% |- ! scope="row" |1991 |style="text-align:right;" |64,952 |style="text-align:right;" |+1.2% |- ! scope="row" |2001 |style="text-align:right;" |60,320 |style="text-align:right;" |β7.1% |- ! scope="row" |2011 |style="text-align:right;" |61,789 |style="text-align:right;" |+2.4% |- ! scope="row" |2021 |style="text-align:right;" |61,145 |style="text-align:right;" |+0.5% |} ===Religion=== [[File:Runcorn All Saints 1.jpg|thumb|upright=0.7|[[All Saints Church, Runcorn|All Saints' Parish Church]]]] In the 2021 [[census]], 52.5% said they were [[Christianity|Christian]], down from 70.1% in 2011. 41.5% stated that they had "no religion" and 4.6% made no religious claims. Those stating their religions as [[Buddhism|Buddhist]], [[Hinduism|Hindu]], [[Judaism|Jewish]], [[Islam|Muslim]], [[Sikhism|Sikh]] or other amounted to 1.3%.<ref name="2021 Census" /><ref name="2011 Census" /> The town's [[Anglicanism|Anglican]] churches are part of the [[Diocese of Chester]] and the Deanery of Frodsham.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chester.anglican.org/diocese/links/index.htm#Frodsham |title=Chester Diocese:Frodsham Deanery |access-date=2 April 2007 |publisher=The Church of England: Diocese of Chester |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070203035320/http://www.chester.anglican.org/diocese/links/index.htm#Frodsham |archive-date=3 February 2007}}</ref> The parish church is [[All Saints Church, Runcorn|All Saints Church]], and there are 10 other Anglican churches in the town.<ref name="church">{{cite web |url=http://www2.halton.gov.uk/localinfo/placesofworship/churchesinruncorn/?a=5441 |title=Churches in Runcorn |access-date=2 April 2007 |publisher=Halton Borough Council |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930184702/http://www2.halton.gov.uk/localinfo/placesofworship/churchesinruncorn/?a=5441 |archive-date=30 September 2007}}</ref> Five [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] churches can be found in Runcorn and are administered by the [[Diocese of Shrewsbury]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dioceseofshrewsbury.org/ |title=The Diocese of Shrewsbury |access-date=23 June 2018 |publisher=The Roman Catholic Diocese of Shrewsbury |archive-date=17 April 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090417052554/http://www.dioceseofshrewsbury.org/ |url-status=live }}</ref> There are two [[Methodist Church of Great Britain|Methodist]] chapels and several shared churches. Wicksten Drive Christian Centre is shared between Anglicans and Methodists. Hallwood Ecumenical Parish in [[Beechwood, Runcorn|Beechwood]] and Palace Fields consists of two churches, both recognised by the Church of England, the Methodist Church and the [[United Reformed Church]].<ref name="church"/> There is also a [[Pentecostal]] church, two independent [[evangelical]] churches, a [[Mormon|Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] chapel, a [[Spiritualism (religious movement)|spiritualist]] church, and a [[Jehovah's Witnesses]] [[Kingdom Hall]].<ref name="church"/> In 2013, the former Waterloo Hotel was converted into a Buddhist temple by [[Wat Phra Singh]]. {{as of|May 2014}}, there are five resident monks.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://watphrasinghuk.org/ |title=Home |access-date=3 January 2017 |publisher=Wat Phra Singh UK |archive-date=21 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170521184216/http://watphrasinghuk.org/ |url-status=live}}</ref> ===Ethnicity=== In the 2021 census, of Runcorn's 61,145 residents, 96.6% identified as White. Mixed/multiple ethnic groups made up 1.5%; Asian/Asian British/Asian Welsh 1.0%; Black/Black British/Black Welsh/Caribbean/African 0.4%; and Other ethnic group 0.6%. 97.4% had English as a first language.<ref name="2021 Census" />
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