Photo: Des Blenkinsopp · CC BY-SA 2.0Shared households of unrelated adults make up 1.1% in Easington, less than in 99% of UK towns
43% of households live in a terraced house, against 24% across England’s towns. Easington’s 3,291 households held 6,968 residents at the 2021 Census. The share of residents who describe themselves as White British stands at 98%. At 39%, the share of one-person households is higher than in 97% of UK towns.
Since 2011, Easington has changed by +6%, slower than 57% of UK towns
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Easington’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 7,700 people in 2011; 8,100 in 2024.
Of the age groups, 65 and over changed most (+21%) and 16 to 29 least (±0%). The largest rise in a single year came from mid-2022 to mid-2023: 190 people.
10% of residents are aged 15 to 24, a share 62% of UK towns don’t reach
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 50–54: 7.4% of residents. The usual figure: 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+
■ Easington, 44.5. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A higher share of full-time students than 66% of UK towns, at 5.2%
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 Easington, 22% of adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 29% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Residents who moved in within the year: 8.2% of the total. Elsewhere, 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.
Easington households average 2.1 people, smaller than in 94% 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.
By its share of households with dependent children (25%), Easington is below three quarters of UK towns.
Easington: 29% of households have no car or van, above 93% 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
Households in detached houses: 18% here and 21% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, households without a car or van come to 24%. Here, 5.5% of households live in a flat or apartment.
Only 2.3% of residents were born outside the UK in Easington
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
Since 2017: 16% of those born abroad, against 21% across England’s towns. As a yardstick, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Census figures put residents whose main language is English at 99% in Easington.
In Easington, 55% of residents describe themselves as Christian, more than in 82% 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: 98% of Easington · County Durham’s towns 93% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
On religion, 39% answered “no religion” and 55% Christian, against 37% and 46% across England’s towns.
Fewer married adults and civil partners than 91% of UK towns: 40%
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
247 people care, unpaid, for 50 hours or more a week. On average, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Few places have as many unpaid carers: 11% here, more than in nearly four fifths of UK towns. Against a figure of 39% across England’s towns, the share of adults who have never married in Easington comes in at 38%.
Degree-level qualifications: held by 23% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
With 23% of its adults qualified to degree level, Easington compares with 34% across England’s towns; another 27% hold no qualification (18%).
473 UK towns of 5,000 to 9,000 people: this is the 200th youngest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Red Lodge is the youngest (30.9); Barton on Sea the oldest (65.3). Nearest to Easington in age: Treharris (44.4), Bedwas (44.4), Barrow upon Soar (44.5) and Wellesbourne (44.5).
2 of the 7 nearest towns are older than Easington
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Easington | 6,968 | — | 44.5 | 22% | 25% |
| Peterlee | 19,750 | 1.7 mi | 41.1 | 19% | 30% |
| Horden | 6,805 | 1.8 mi | 44.6 | 21% | 23% |
| Shotton Colliery | 4,943 | 2.7 mi | 39.7 | 18% | 29% |
| South Hetton | 2,877 | 3 mi | 42.3 | 17% | 28% |
| Murton | 7,239 | 3.1 mi | 42.7 | 20% | 27% |
| Haswell | 1,185 | 3.2 mi | 43.9 | 19% | 26% |
| Blackhall Colliery | 4,577 | 3.4 mi | 49.8 | 26% | 21% |
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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 Easington’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. Easington’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 7,645 people in 2021, against 6,968 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 Easington’s residents
What is the population of Easington?
The 2021 Census counted 6,968 people in Easington’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 8,100 people in mid-2024, 6% more than in 2011.
What is the average age in Easington?
The median age was 44.5 at the 2021 Census, older than 50% of UK towns. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 22% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Easington?
98% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 93% across County Durham’s towns. 2.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Easington?
39% said they had no religion and 55% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 4.6% didn’t answer.
Is Easington good for families?
25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Easington’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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