Borrowing estimates for Burnley, built from published survey rates and population figures.
63,400
Credit or loan holders
An estimated 63,400 adults in Burnley held at least one credit or loan product in 2024.
Source: Estimate from FCA Financial Lives 2024 and ONS mid-2024 population estimates, Borrowing Data, 2024
Estimate: 83% of adults in the North West held at least one credit or loan product (FCA Financial Lives 2024, adults aged 18 and over) applied to 76,403 adults aged 18 and over in Burnley (ONS mid-2024 population estimates, single-year ages summed).
48,100
Credit card holders
An estimated 48,100 adults in Burnley held a credit card in 2024.
Source: Estimate from FCA Financial Lives 2024 and ONS mid-2024 population estimates, Borrowing Data, 2024
Estimate: 63% of adults in the North West held a credit card (FCA Financial Lives 2024, adults aged 18 and over) applied to 76,403 adults aged 18 and over in Burnley (ONS mid-2024 population estimates, single-year ages summed).
18,300
Overdraft users
An estimated 18,300 adults in Burnley were overdrawn on a current account in 2024.
Source: Estimate from FCA Financial Lives 2024 and ONS mid-2024 population estimates, Borrowing Data, 2024
Estimate: 24% of adults in the North West were overdrawn on a current account (FCA Financial Lives 2024, adults aged 18 and over) applied to 76,403 adults aged 18 and over in Burnley (ONS mid-2024 population estimates, single-year ages summed).
19,900
Residential mortgage holders
An estimated 19,900 adults in Burnley had a residential mortgage in 2024.
Source: Estimate from FCA Financial Lives 2024 and ONS mid-2024 population estimates, Borrowing Data, 2024
Estimate: 26% of adults in the North West had a residential mortgage (FCA Financial Lives 2024, adults aged 18 and over) applied to 76,403 adults aged 18 and over in Burnley (ONS mid-2024 population estimates, single-year ages summed).
17,600
Buy now, pay later users
An estimated 17,600 adults in Burnley used buy now, pay later credit in 2024.
Source: Estimate from FCA Financial Lives 2024 and ONS mid-2024 population estimates, Borrowing Data, 2024
Estimate: 23% of adults in the North West used buy now, pay later credit (FCA Financial Lives 2024, adults aged 18 and over) applied to 76,403 adults aged 18 and over in Burnley (ONS mid-2024 population estimates, single-year ages summed).
5,960
High-cost credit users
An estimated 5,960 adults in Burnley held high-cost credit in 2024.
Source: Estimate from FCA Financial Lives 2024 and ONS mid-2024 population estimates, Borrowing Data, 2024
Estimate: 7.8% of adults in the North West held high-cost credit (FCA Financial Lives 2024, adults aged 18 and over) applied to 76,403 adults aged 18 and over in Burnley (ONS mid-2024 population estimates, single-year ages summed).
21,400
Low financial resilience
An estimated 21,400 adults in Burnley had low financial resilience in 2024.
Source: Estimate from FCA Financial Lives 2024 and ONS mid-2024 population estimates, Borrowing Data, 2024
Estimate: 28% of adults in the North West had low financial resilience (FCA Financial Lives 2024, adults aged 18 and over) applied to 76,403 adults aged 18 and over in Burnley (ONS mid-2024 population estimates, single-year ages summed).
7,640
In financial difficulty
An estimated 7,640 adults in Burnley were in financial difficulty in 2024.
Source: Estimate from FCA Financial Lives 2024 and ONS mid-2024 population estimates, Borrowing Data, 2024
Estimate: 10% of adults in the North West were in financial difficulty (FCA Financial Lives 2024, adults aged 18 and over) applied to 76,403 adults aged 18 and over in Burnley (ONS mid-2024 population estimates, single-year ages summed).
80,623
Residents aged 16 and over
The estimated population aged 16 and over in Burnley was 80,623 at mid-2025.
Source: Population estimates - local authority based by single year of age (Nomis NM_2002_1), mid-year estimates, Office for National Statistics, 30 June 2025
ONS mid-2025 population estimates (published 29 July 2026 for England and Wales; Scotland and Northern Ireland as carried in the same Nomis table), local authority boundaries as of April 2023, usual residents, as returned by the Nomis 'Aged 16+' category.