 In 2001 the population of the ward was 2,562, living in 1,083 households, reducing at the 2011 Census to a population of 2,461, living in 1,061 households.Holborn Hill was once an important place for travellers crossing the Duddon Estuary on their way up the west Cumbrian coast.Evidence of one of the coaching inns, the Pilot Inn, can still be seen in the form of an inscription on a block of houses near the junction of Holborn Hill and Newton Terrace.