Photo: Hugh Mortimer · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 54.6: Beaumont Hill is older than 96% of UK towns
Where 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns, Beaumont Hill has 67%. At the 2021 Census Beaumont Hill was home to 239 people in 104 households. The census found that 1% of households live in a flat or apartment here. Compared with other places, adults who have never married are scarce here: 19%, fewer than in 99% of UK towns.
Beaumont Hill: 28% of residents are 65 or over, above 85% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 55–59 than any other five-year age: just over one in ten residents, 1.8 times the share across England’s towns. Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than in 83% of UK towns: 8.6%. For comparison, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
45% women, 55% men
About 121 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
2.9% of adults are full-time students, fewer than in 99% of UK towns
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%.
By class, 34% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 21% in routine and semi-routine work (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). Few places have as many residents who moved in within the year: 9.2% here, more than in 61% of UK towns. To put it in context, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Beaumont Hill sits below 95% of UK towns for one-person households (22%)
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against County Durham’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
The share of shared households of unrelated adults is 1.9%, against 4.3% across England’s towns. Against that, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. Locally, nearly a quarter of households have dependent children.
Beaumont Hill sits below 94% of UK towns for households in terraced houses (7.8%)
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
Just over one in ten households have no car or van, against 24% across England’s towns.
2.5% of residents were born outside the UK, below 96% 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
Residents born abroad were most often born in Africa (1.3%), then in the Middle East and Asia (0.8%). Compared with other places, residents whose main language is English are common here: 99%, more than in 91% of UK towns. The usual figure: 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns.
Above 97% of UK towns: 63% of residents describe themselves as Christian
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: 95% of Beaumont Hill · County Durham’s towns 93% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents with no religion: 30%, below 94% of UK towns. Typically, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. The census found that 95% of residents describe themselves as White British in Beaumont Hill.
Married adults and civil partners make up 66% in Beaumont Hill, more than in 99% of UK towns
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 care takes 50 hours a week or more for 8 people. Few places have as many unpaid carers: 13% here, more than in 99% of UK towns. Married adults and civil partners make up 44% across England’s towns.
27% of adults have qualifications at degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 18% of adults have no qualification; in Beaumont Hill, 24%, while 27% hold one at degree level (34%).
The towns around Beaumont Hill are all younger
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaumont Hill | 239 | — | 54.6 | 28% | 24% |
| Darlington | 93,022 | 2.1 mi | 42.4 | 20% | 26% |
| Heighington | 1,548 | 3.6 mi | 50 | 28% | 26% |
| School Aycliffe | 1,590 | 3.8 mi | 45.2 | 20% | 34% |
| Newton Aycliffe | 25,760 | 4.4 mi | 44 | 21% | 27% |
| Middleton St George | 4,756 | 4.7 mi | 46 | 22% | 28% |
| Hurworth-on-Tees | 2,667 | 5.4 mi | 50.5 | 29% | 25% |
| Stillington | 1,407 | 5.9 mi | 40.4 | 15% | 36% |
Health, work and homes have their own pages
What this data can and can’t tell you
- “County Durham’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in County Durham (or England), summed the same way as Beaumont Hill’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 Beaumont Hill’s residents
What is the population of Beaumont Hill?
The 2021 Census counted 239 people in Beaumont Hill’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Beaumont Hill?
The median age was 54.6 at the 2021 Census. 8.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 28% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Beaumont Hill?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 93% across County Durham’s towns. 2.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Beaumont Hill?
30% said they had no religion and 63% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5.9% didn’t answer.
Is Beaumont Hill good for families?
24% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Beaumont Hill’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.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.