Photo: Robert Graham · CC BY-SA 2.0Fewer households in flats than 95% of UK towns: 2.7%
Here 1.4% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, where the figure across England’s towns is 4.3%. In 2021, the Census found 4,542 residents in Coxhoe, living in 2,052 households. Locally, 96% of residents describe themselves as White British. The town has fewer residents aged 65 and over than 76% of UK towns, at 18%.
A +12% change since 2011: faster than 67% of UK towns
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Coxhoe’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 4,100 people in 2011; 4,600 in 2024.
The largest rise in a single year came from mid-2023 to mid-2024: 130 people. The 65 and over group saw the biggest change (+31%), the 30 to 44 group the smallest (−3%).
A higher share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 82% of UK towns, at 11%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 55–59 than any other five-year age: nearly one in ten residents, 1.3 times the share across England’s towns. The usual figure: 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. The median age in Coxhoe is 43.7, lower than in 56% of UK towns.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Coxhoe, 43.7. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A higher share of full-time students than 79% of UK towns, at 5.7%
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%.
Residents who moved in within the year make up 9.7%, against 11% across England’s towns. The share of full-time students across England’s towns is 7.9%.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Households here average 2.2 people, below 73% 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.
The share of one-person households tops 60% of UK towns: 31%. Coxhoe has more households with dependent children than 53% of UK towns, at 28%.
Above 57% of UK towns: 17% of households have no car or van
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
Here 22% of households live in a terraced house, where the figure across England’s towns is 24%. Census figures put households in detached houses at 30% in Coxhoe. Every 6th household or so has no car or van.
Only 4% of Coxhoe’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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Where just over a fifth of those born abroad across England’s towns arrived in 2017 or later, here the share is 18%. For Coxhoe, the census puts residents whose main language is English at 99%.
Coxhoe sits above 80% of UK towns for residents who describe themselves as Christian (55%)
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: 96% of Coxhoe · County Durham’s towns 93% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Leading the other groups after White British: Other White (1.8%), Indian (0.7%) and Chinese (0.5%). Few places have so few residents with no religion: 38% here, fewer than in 66% of UK towns. By way of comparison, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
10% of residents give unpaid care, 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
Here nearly half of adults are married or in a civil partnership, where the figure across England’s towns is 44%. Across England’s towns, the share of unpaid carers is 8.7%. The census found that 34% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership in Coxhoe.
32% of adults hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Coxhoe’s adults: 32% with a degree-level qualification and 17% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
695 UK towns of 3,000 to 6,000 people: this is the 202nd youngest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Bailrigg is the youngest (18.9); Sutton on Sea and Trusthorpe the oldest (64.7). Nearest to Coxhoe in age: Whitehill (43.6), Holsworthy (43.6), Bracebridge Heath (43.7) and Sutton Bridge (43.7).
A younger town than 6 of the 7 around it: Coxhoe
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coxhoe | 4,542 | — | 43.7 | 18% | 28% |
| Cornforth | 2,424 | 1 mi | 47.9 | 25% | 20% |
| Kelloe | 1,434 | 1.4 mi | 46.1 | 22% | 25% |
| Bowburn | 4,843 | 1.8 mi | 38.3 | 16% | 27% |
| Bishop Middleham | 1,136 | 2.6 mi | 49 | 24% | 24% |
| Ferryhill | 8,857 | 2.7 mi | 46.9 | 24% | 21% |
| High Shincliffe | 1,045 | 2.9 mi | 55.9 | 33% | 22% |
| Trimdon Grange | 1,233 | 3.2 mi | 46.6 | 21% | 25% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- The Census was taken in a lockdown, in term time. 21 March 2021 fell in term time, and students were asked to give their term-time address, so most were counted where they study. Some may have been living with family that day.
- “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 Coxhoe’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out. The population trend compares with the whole county and nation.
- Estimates since 2021 are modelled. The ONS builds mid-year estimates from the Census, births, deaths and migration records. Coxhoe’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 4,310 people in 2021, against 4,542 in the built-up area.
- 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 Coxhoe’s residents
What is the population of Coxhoe?
The 2021 Census counted 4,542 people in Coxhoe’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 4,600 people in mid-2024, 12% more than in 2011.
What is the average age in Coxhoe?
The median age was 43.7 at the 2021 Census, younger than 56% of UK towns. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 18% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Coxhoe?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 93% across County Durham’s towns. 4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Coxhoe?
38% said they had no religion and 55% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 5.2% didn’t answer.
Is Coxhoe good for families?
28% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Coxhoe’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) · ONS mid-year population estimates for 2021 LSOAs, mid-2011 to mid-2024. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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