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55.3Median age

Who lives here · ONS Census 2021

A median age of 55.3: Ebchester is older than 97% of UK towns

Compared with 23% across England’s towns, 0.5% of households live in a flat or apartment here. Ebchester’s 432 households held 853 residents at the 2021 Census. Census figures put households with dependent children at 18% in the village. Lower than in 99% of UK towns: 0.9% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.

32%aged 65 or over 2.6%born abroad 432households

Ages

5.6% of residents are aged 15 to 24, fewer than in 99% of UK towns

Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.

EbchesterEngland’s towns

0–410–1420–2430–3440–4450–5460–6470–7480–84

The biggest five-year age group is 55–59, with 12% of residents, 1.8 times the share across England’s towns. 32% of residents are 65 or over, a higher share than in 93% of UK towns.

Broad ages · share of residents

Under 1511%

15 to 245.6%

25 to 4419%

45 to 6433%

65 and over31%

EbchesterCounty Durham’s townsEngland’s towns

Women and men · all residents

52% women, 48% men

Ebchester

England

WomenMen

About 91 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.

Students & newcomers

Full-time students make up 3.9% in Ebchester, less than in 88% 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

Full-time students3.9%

Higher managerial and professional12%

Lower managerial and professional21%

Intermediate12%

Small employers and self-employed11%

Supervisory and technical6.4%

Semi-routine15%

Routine11%

Never worked or long-term unemployed7.8%

EbchesterCounty Durham’s townsEngland’s towns

Address a year before the Census

Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.

Ebchester

6.1%

England’s towns

11%

Moved within the UKTerm-time addressMoved from abroad

Moved in within a year

residents, 6.1%; England’s towns 11%

Of them from abroad

0× England’s share

Managerial and professional jobs account for just over a third of Ebchester’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 26%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. The share of residents who moved in within the year stands at 6.1%. Across England’s towns, full-time students come to 7.9%.

Households

1.9 people per household, fewer than in 99% of UK towns

Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.

Living alone, 66+ 20%Living alone, under 66 16%Families with dependent children 18%Couples and families, no young children 45%Shared houses and other 0.9%

Against County Durham’s towns and England’s towns

Ebchester

County Durham’s towns

England’s towns

People per household

1 person37%

2 people43%

3 people12%

4 people7%

5 or more1.2%

England’s towns.

Set against 30% across England’s towns, 37% of households are one person living alone in Ebchester.

Homes & cars

A smaller share of households in detached houses than 63% of UK towns: 24%

Accommodation type and cars or vans per household, Census 2021. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.

Type of home

Ebchester

County Durham’s towns

England’s towns

DetachedSemi-detachedTerracedFlat or maisonetteCaravan or other

Cars or vans · share of households

No car or van17%

One45%

Two30%

Three or more7.9%

EbchesterCounty Durham’s townsEngland’s towns

Households without a car or van make up 17%, against 24% across England’s towns. The wider picture: just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.

Where people were born

Ebchester sits below 95% of UK towns for residents born outside the UK (2.6%)

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%

Ebchester

2.6%

County Durham’s towns

5.2%

England’s towns

18%

EU countriesRest of EuropeMiddle East and AsiaAfricaAmericas, Oceania, other

Main language · residents aged 3 and over

English is main language100%

Another main language, speaks English very well or well0.1%

Another main language, little or no English0.1%

EbchesterCounty Durham’s townsEngland’s towns

Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (1.9%), then in the rest of Europe (0.4%). 100% of residents have English as their main language, a higher share than in 99% of UK towns. For comparison, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns.

Ethnicity & religion

Ebchester sits above 97% of UK towns for residents who describe themselves as White British (97%)

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

EbchesterCounty Durham’s townsEngland’s towns

Other White1.8%

Asian0.2%

Mixed0.6%

Black0%

Other0.4%

0%6%12%

White British, not charted: 97% of Ebchester · County Durham’s towns 93% · England’s towns 73%.

Religion · all residents

EbchesterCounty Durham’s townsEngland’s towns

No religion36%

Christian58%

Muslim0%

Hindu, Sikh, Jewish, Buddhist0.5%

Other religion0.6%

Didn’t answer4.8%

0%35%70%

Against a figure of 37% across England’s towns, the share of residents with no religion in Ebchester comes in at 36%. For residents who describe themselves as White British, the comparison across England’s towns is 73%. The census found that 58% of residents describe themselves as Christian in the village.

Relationships & caring

Ebchester sits below 87% of UK towns for adults who have never married (27%)

Legal partnership status (residents 16 and over) and unpaid care (residents 5 and over), Census 2021.

Partnership status · residents 16 and over

Never married or in a civil partnership27%

Married or civil partnership47%

Separated2.3%

Divorced14%

Widowed10%

EbchesterCounty Durham’s townsEngland’s towns

93residents give unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age: 11%, against 8.7% in England’s towns

Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over

Up to 19 hours a week6%

20 to 49 hours1.7%

50 hours or more3.7%

Compared with 44% across England’s towns, 47% of adults are married or in a civil partnership here. For Ebchester, the census puts unpaid carers at 11%. On average, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.

Qualifications

Qualified to degree level: 30% of adults

Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.

Highest qualification · residents 16 and over

No qualifications18%

Apprenticeship7.2%

A levels or similar17%

Degree level30%

EbchesterCounty Durham’s townsEngland’s towns

Degree-level qualifications cover 30% of adults in Ebchester, 34% across England’s towns; 18% have no qualification, against 18%.

Neighbours

Ebchester is older than every town around it

Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.

Blackhall MillMedomsleyChopwellLeadgateConsettDiptonHigh SpenEbchester

under 3838–4444–5050–5656+

Town	People	Away	Median age	65+	Homes with children
Ebchester	853	—	55.3	32%	18%
Blackhall Mill	1,528	1.1 mi	47.3	25%	23%
Medomsley	1,216	1.2 mi	49.6	25%	25%
Chopwell	2,530	2.2 mi	43.6	22%	20%
Leadgate	3,339	2.6 mi	43.2	20%	25%
Consett	29,874	2.7 mi	42.7	19%	28%
Dipton	2,653	3.5 mi	45.2	23%	27%
High Spen	1,933	3.5 mi	49	24%	25%

More about Ebchester’s residents

Health, work and homes have their own pages

HealthLife expectancy, early deaths and Census health, adjusted for age Work & commuteIncome, the claimant count, jobs and how people get to work Cost of livingOwners and renters, prices, rents and council tax SchoolsEvery primary and secondary, with results and inspections

How to read these numbers

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 Ebchester’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 Ebchester’s residents

What is the population of Ebchester?

The 2021 Census counted 853 people in Ebchester’s built-up area.

What is the average age in Ebchester?

The median age was 55.3 at the 2021 Census. 5.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 32% were 65 or over.

How diverse is Ebchester?

97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 93% across County Durham’s towns. 2.6% were born outside the UK.

What religion are people in Ebchester?

36% said they had no religion and 58% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 4.8% didn’t answer.

Is Ebchester good for families?

18% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Ebchester’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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