Photo: Robert Graham · CC BY-SA 2.0In Burnopfield, 1.9% of households live in a flat or apartment, fewer than in 97% of UK towns
The share of households in detached houses is 14%, against 21% across England’s towns. Shared households of unrelated adults are rarer here than in 93% of UK towns. Census day 2021: 2,998 residents and 1,375 households in Burnopfield. A third of households are one person living alone.
Fewer young people than 73% of UK towns: 9.1% are 15 to 24
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The share of residents aged 65 and over tops 66% of UK towns: 24%. 55–59 is the most common age band: 7.1% of residents. The median age in Burnopfield is 45.9, higher than in just over three fifths of UK towns.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Burnopfield, 45.9. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
6% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, below 97% 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%.
Set against 7.9% across England’s towns, 3.9% of adults are full-time students in Burnopfield. Across England’s towns, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier.
Burnopfield households average 2.1 people, smaller than in 87% of UK towns
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.
Households with dependent children make up 25%, against 29% across England’s towns.
A town of terraces: 40% of households live in one
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
The share of households without a car or van is 21%, against 24% across England’s towns.
Residents born outside the UK make up 3% in Burnopfield, less than in 91% 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
Where 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns, Burnopfield has 99%. The wider picture: 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (1.5%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.6%).
97% of residents describe themselves as White British, a share 97% of UK towns don’t reach
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: 97% of Burnopfield · County Durham’s towns 93% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The share of residents with no religion tops 74% of UK towns: 45%. As a yardstick, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. In Burnopfield, nearly half of residents describe themselves as Christian.
Burnopfield sits above 62% of UK towns for adults who have never married (34%)
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
Compared with 44% across England’s towns, 45% of adults are married or in a civil partnership here. To put it in context, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. For Burnopfield, the census puts unpaid carers at 10%.
28% of adults have qualifications at degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
With 28% of its adults qualified to degree level, Burnopfield compares with 34% across England’s towns; another 19% hold no qualification (18%).
210th lowest median age among 514 UK towns of 2,500 to 4,000
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
The youngest is Keele (20.6) and the oldest West Chiltington (63.1). Nearest to Burnopfield in age: Swanmore (45.8), Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen (45.8), West Auckland (45.9) and St Agnes (45.9).
Of the 7 towns nearest Burnopfield, 3 are older
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burnopfield | 2,998 | — | 45.9 | 24% | 25% |
| Rowlands Gill | 5,254 | 1.3 mi | 49 | 26% | 24% |
| Dipton | 2,653 | 1.8 mi | 45.2 | 23% | 27% |
| Tanfield Lea | 2,399 | 2.1 mi | 48.7 | 24% | 24% |
| High Spen | 1,933 | 2.4 mi | 49 | 24% | 25% |
| Sunniside | 3,422 | 2.7 mi | 45.1 | 24% | 28% |
| Annfield Plain | 7,786 | 3 mi | 42 | 20% | 25% |
| Chopwell | 2,530 | 3.2 mi | 43.6 | 22% | 20% |
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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 Burnopfield’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 Burnopfield’s residents
What is the population of Burnopfield?
The 2021 Census counted 2,998 people in Burnopfield’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Burnopfield?
The median age was 45.9 at the 2021 Census, older than 61% of UK towns. 9.1% of residents were 15 to 24 and 24% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Burnopfield?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 93% across County Durham’s towns. 3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Burnopfield?
45% said they had no religion and 49% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 4.8% didn’t answer.
Is Burnopfield good for families?
25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Burnopfield’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.
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