Photo: Robert Graham · CC BY-SA 2.0Households in terraced houses: 83%, a higher share than 99% of UK towns
Compared with 23% across England’s towns, 2.5% of households live in a flat or apartment here. Craghead is home to 921 residents in 434 households, by the 2021 Census. Here, just over a third of households are one person living alone. At 41%, the share of married adults and civil partners is lower than in 90% of UK towns.
A median age of 41.3: Craghead is younger than 73% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 11% in Craghead and 12% across England’s towns. The census found that 19% of residents are 65 or over in the village.
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.
More full-time students than 89% of UK towns: 6.6%
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%.
The share of residents who moved in within the year is 10%, against 11% across England’s towns. As a reference point, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Smaller households than 90% of UK towns: 2.1 people on average
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.
By its share of households with dependent children (26%), Craghead is below nearly two thirds of UK towns. For Craghead, the census puts shared households of unrelated adults at 2.5%.
Only 7.9% of households live in a detached house in Craghead
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 27% of households have no car or van, where the figure across England’s towns is 24%. For comparison, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
3.3% born outside the UK, fewer than in 88% 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
Most residents from abroad were born in the Middle East and Asia (1.7%) or in EU countries (0.9%). To put it in context, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. At 99%, the share of residents whose main language is English is higher than in 83% of UK towns.
Above 91% of UK towns: 96% of residents describe themselves as White British
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 Craghead · County Durham’s towns 93% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The groups that follow White British are Other White (1%), Indian (0.7%) and Mixed or multiple (0.7%). Craghead has more residents with no religion than four fifths of UK towns, at 46%. The share of residents who describe themselves as White British across England’s towns is 73%. With residents who describe themselves as Christian at 47%, Craghead is behind 69% of UK towns on that count.
40% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, a share 90% of UK towns don’t reach
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
For 39 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week. Few places have as many unpaid carers: 10% here, more than in 74% of UK towns.
The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 21%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 21% of adults in Craghead (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 26% (England’s towns: 18%). Many still at university: 16% list A levels as their highest qualification.
5 of the 7 nearest towns are older than Craghead
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craghead | 921 | — | 41.3 | 19% | 26% |
| Stanley | 19,423 | 1.4 mi | 42 | 20% | 27% |
| Newfield | 1,529 | 2.2 mi | 37 | 14% | 32% |
| Burnhope | 1,465 | 2.4 mi | 43.9 | 21% | 27% |
| Whitehill | 1,679 | 2.4 mi | 36.8 | 14% | 28% |
| Tanfield Lea | 2,399 | 2.5 mi | 48.7 | 24% | 24% |
| Sacriston | 5,186 | 2.8 mi | 41.9 | 19% | 28% |
| Annfield Plain | 7,786 | 2.9 mi | 42 | 20% | 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 Craghead’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 Craghead’s residents
What is the population of Craghead?
The 2021 Census counted 921 people in Craghead’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Craghead?
The median age was 41.3 at the 2021 Census. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 19% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Craghead?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 93% across County Durham’s towns. 3.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Craghead?
46% said they had no religion and 47% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.8% were Muslim and 4.8% didn’t answer.
Is Craghead good for families?
26% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Craghead’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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