Photo: Oliver Dixon · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 94% of UK towns: half of Carlton is over 53.5
Nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns, against 0.7% in Carlton. Households in detached houses account for 62%. On residents who describe themselves as White British, Carlton sits higher than 97% of UK towns: 97%. The village had 333 residents in 151 households at the 2021 Census.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 5.7%, a lower share than 99% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Compared with 18% across England’s towns, 26% of residents are 65 or over here. For comparison, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
In Carlton, 2.4% 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%.
Across England’s towns, a third of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine work; in Carlton, 52% and 13%. 3.9% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. Elsewhere, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Carlton sits below 95% of UK towns for households with dependent children (20%)
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.
A household here has 2.3 people on average; across England’s towns, 2.4. Fewer one-person households than in 88% of UK towns: 25%. Across England’s towns, the share of households with dependent children is 29%. For Carlton, the census puts shared households of unrelated adults at 4%.
0.7% of households live in a terraced house, fewer than in 99% of UK towns
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
Across England’s towns, 24% of households have no car or van; in Carlton, 7.4%.
Only 2.7% of Carlton’s residents were born outside the UK
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 (1.2%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.2%). The wider picture: 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Few places have as many residents whose main language is English: 99% here, more than in 90% of UK towns.
Carlton: 61% of residents describe themselves as Christian, above 96% of UK towns
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 Carlton · County Durham’s towns 93% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Where 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns, Carlton has 34%. Measured more widely, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
A larger share of married adults and civil partners than 98% of UK towns: 60%
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
Across England’s towns, the share of unpaid carers is 8.7%; Carlton has 10%. Married adults and civil partners make up 44% across England’s towns. Adults who have never married account for 23%.
Qualified to degree level: 49% of adults
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 Carlton, 49%, and 12% have none, against 18%.
No nearby town is as old as Carlton
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlton | 333 | — | 53.5 | 26% | 20% |
| Stillington | 1,407 | 1.5 mi | 40.4 | 15% | 36% |
| Stockton-on-Tees | 84,824 | 2.6 mi | 40.6 | 19% | 28% |
| Wynyard | 4,040 | 3.6 mi | 40.6 | 12% | 39% |
| Billingham | 33,917 | 4.5 mi | 44.2 | 21% | 27% |
| Egglescliffe | 10,250 | 4.8 mi | 46 | 23% | 28% |
| Thornaby-on-Tees | 23,352 | 5.1 mi | 39.5 | 19% | 28% |
| Sedgefield | 4,979 | 5.1 mi | 48.2 | 27% | 26% |
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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 Carlton’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 Carlton’s residents
What is the population of Carlton?
The 2021 Census counted 333 people in Carlton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Carlton?
The median age was 53.5 at the 2021 Census. 5.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 26% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Carlton?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 93% across County Durham’s towns. 2.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Carlton?
34% said they had no religion and 61% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.9% were Muslim and 3.6% didn’t answer.
Is Carlton good for families?
20% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Carlton’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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