Photo: Robert Graham · CC BY-SA 2.048% of households live in a terraced house, more than in 97% of UK towns
Flats are home to 2.5% of households, against 23% across England’s towns. There were 1,183 households in Dipton at the 2021 Census, home to 2,653 residents. For Dipton, the census puts shared households of unrelated adults at 1.7%. Few places have as many residents who describe themselves as White British: 96% here, more than in 86% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Dipton’s people
Many carers
297 residents gave unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age in 2021, 12% of those 5 and over: more than in 95% of UK towns. Relationships & caring ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
9.1% of residents are aged 15 to 24, fewer than in 73% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The median age in Dipton is 45.2, higher than in 55% of UK towns. More residents are 50–54 than any other five-year age: 7.5% of residents. On average, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. In Lanchester, the oldest of County Durham’s towns by this measure, it is 32%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Dipton, 45.2. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 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.
Fewer residents who moved in within the year than 90% of UK towns: 6.7%
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%.
In Dipton, 4.9% of adults are full-time students, beside 7.9% across England’s towns. Against that, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
Dipton households average 2.2 people, smaller than in 74% 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.
Nearly a third of households are one person living alone; across England’s towns the figure is 30%. The census found that 27% of households have dependent children in Dipton.
Only 17% of households live in a detached house in Dipton
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 Dipton, 20%. Meanwhile, 2.5% of households live in a flat, less than in 95% of UK towns; 17% in a detached house, against 21% across England’s towns.
Only 3.4% of Dipton’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
Compared with 90% across England’s towns, 99% of residents have English as their main language here. As a yardstick, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (2.1%) and in Africa (0.6%).
More residents who describe themselves as Christian than 77% of UK towns: 54%
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 Dipton · County Durham’s towns 93% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
After White British, the most common groups are Other White (2.3%), Mixed or multiple (0.5%) and Indian (0.3%). Across England’s towns, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian. Dipton has fewer residents with no religion than 55% of UK towns, at 40%.
Unpaid carers: 12%, a higher share than 95% 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
106 residents give 50 hours or more of unpaid care each week. Lower than in just over three fifths of UK towns: 46% of adults are married or in a civil partnership. The usual figure: 8.7% of residents give unpaid care across England’s towns. Adults who have never married: 33%, above 53% of UK towns.
Adults qualified to degree level or above: 27%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Dipton’s adults: 27% with a degree-level qualification and 20% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
514 UK towns of 2,500 to 4,000 people: this is the 175th youngest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Keele (20.6), the youngest, and West Chiltington (63.1), the oldest. Nearest to Dipton in age: Oakley (45.1), South Wonston (45.1), Swineshead (45.2) and Kempsey (45.2).
Median age: 4 of the 7 towns around Dipton 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dipton | 2,653 | — | 45.2 | 23% | 27% |
| Annfield Plain | 7,786 | 1.5 mi | 42 | 20% | 25% |
| Tanfield Lea | 2,399 | 1.8 mi | 48.7 | 24% | 24% |
| Burnopfield | 2,998 | 1.8 mi | 45.9 | 24% | 25% |
| Medomsley | 1,216 | 2.4 mi | 49.6 | 25% | 25% |
| Leadgate | 3,339 | 2.5 mi | 43.2 | 20% | 25% |
| Stanley | 19,423 | 2.7 mi | 42 | 20% | 27% |
| Rowlands Gill | 5,254 | 2.8 mi | 49 | 26% | 24% |
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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 Dipton’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 Dipton’s residents
What is the population of Dipton?
The 2021 Census counted 2,653 people in Dipton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Dipton?
The median age was 45.2 at the 2021 Census, older than 55% of UK towns. 9.1% of residents were 15 to 24 and 23% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Dipton?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 93% across County Durham’s towns. 3.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Dipton?
40% said they had no religion and 54% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 4.2% didn’t answer.
Is Dipton good for families?
27% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Dipton’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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