Photo: Toby · CC BY-SA 2.0Households in flats: 1.1%, a lower share than 99% of UK towns
Unpaid carers make up 14%, against 8.7% across England’s towns. The 2021 Census counted 829 residents in 375 households. Here, 59% of residents describe themselves as Christian. With a median age of 50.6, Byers Green is older than 88% of UK towns.
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 83% of UK towns: 27%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 60–64, with nearly one in ten residents, 1.5 times the share across England’s towns. To put it in context, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. Here, 9% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
5.8% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 98% 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%.
4.3% of adults are full-time students (England’s towns: 7.9%). Typically, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
A lower share of households with dependent children than 85% of UK towns, at 23%
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 in Byers Green hold 2.2 people on average (England’s towns: 2.4). Lower than in 78% of UK towns: 26% of households are one person living alone. Set beside that, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns. Here, 2.9% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
More households in terraced houses than 94% of UK towns: 40%
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
Where 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns, Byers Green has 33%. The share of households in terraced houses across England’s towns is 24%. The census found that 15% of households have no car or van here.
Residents born outside the UK make up 2.9% in Byers Green, less than in 92% 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
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (1.3%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.7%). Against that, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Residents whose main language is English are more common here than in 94% of UK towns.
A higher White British share than 99% of UK towns: 98% of residents
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: 98% of Byers Green · County Durham’s towns 93% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Across England’s towns, 37% of residents said they have no religion; in Byers Green, 34%. The usual figure: 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns.
Married adults and civil partners make up 51% in Byers Green, more than in 71% 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
Adults who have never married: 34% here and 39% across England’s towns. The wider picture: 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Heavy unpaid care, 50 hours a week or more, falls to 40 residents.
Adults with a degree-level qualification: 26%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 34% of adults have a degree-level qualification; in Byers Green, 26%, and 23% have none, against 18%.
Byers Green is older than every town around it
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Byers Green | 829 | — | 50.6 | 27% | 23% |
| Willington | 5,685 | 1.4 mi | 44.7 | 22% | 27% |
| Spennymoor | 20,401 | 2.2 mi | 42.1 | 20% | 27% |
| Coundon and Leeholme | 2,522 | 2.9 mi | 41.1 | 20% | 27% |
| Brandon | 9,508 | 3.6 mi | 42.6 | 20% | 26% |
| Bishop Auckland | 23,359 | 3.6 mi | 44.4 | 21% | 27% |
| Crook | 9,717 | 3.7 mi | 44.3 | 21% | 27% |
| Billy Row | 1,254 | 4.2 mi | 39.6 | 15% | 29% |
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 Byers Green’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 Byers Green’s residents
What is the population of Byers Green?
The 2021 Census counted 829 people in Byers Green’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Byers Green?
The median age was 50.6 at the 2021 Census. 9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 27% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Byers Green?
98% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 93% across County Durham’s towns. 2.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Byers Green?
34% said they had no religion and 59% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 5.5% didn’t answer.
Is Byers Green good for families?
23% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Byers Green’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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