Church of St. Peter · Photo: Stephen McKay · CC BY-SA 2.0Elwick sits below 99% of UK towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (6.3%)
Households in flats: 0.9% here and 23% across England’s towns. 21% of households have dependent children. On households without a car or van, Elwick sits lower than 90% of UK towns: 8.4%. The village had 494 residents and 226 households at the 2021 Census, with a median age of 51.3.
Elwick is older than 90% of UK towns: a median age of 51.3
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 55–59, with nearly one in ten residents, 1.3 times the share across England’s towns. The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 29%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 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.
3.1% of adults are full-time students, fewer than in 98% 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
Address a year before the Census
Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.
By class, 48% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 14% in routine and semi-routine work (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). 6.6% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, a lower share than in 92% of UK towns. Full-time students make up 7.9% across England’s towns.
One-person households make up 27% in Elwick, less 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.
Shared households of unrelated adults: 4.4%, near enough the figure across England’s towns. Set beside that, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. Each household has 2.2 people on average.
38% of households live in a detached house, more than in 72% 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
21% of households live in a terraced house, against 24% across England’s towns.
Below 97% of UK towns: 2.4% of 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
Residents whose main language is English: 100%, above 99% of UK towns. Typically, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in the Middle East and Asia (1.6%) and in EU countries (0.6%).
In Elwick, 97% of residents describe themselves as White British, more than in 98% 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: 97% of Elwick · County Durham’s towns 93% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents with no religion: 24% here and 37% across England’s towns. By way of comparison, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. The share of residents who describe themselves as Christian stands at 70%.
Only 25% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership in Elwick
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
Unpaid care takes 50 hours a week or more for 8 people. More married adults and civil partners than in 84% of UK towns: 54%. As a reference point, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. 8.7% of residents give unpaid care across England’s towns, against 10% in Elwick.
42% of adults hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 42% of adults in Elwick (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 14% (England’s towns: 18%).
No nearby town is as old as Elwick
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elwick | 494 | — | 51.3 | 29% | 21% |
| Hartlepool | 88,001 | 2.7 mi | 42.3 | 20% | 28% |
| Wynyard | 4,040 | 4 mi | 40.6 | 12% | 39% |
| Blackhall Colliery | 4,577 | 4.3 mi | 49.8 | 26% | 21% |
| Wingate | 5,033 | 4.5 mi | 40.3 | 17% | 29% |
| Trimdon Colliery | 1,788 | 5 mi | 43.4 | 20% | 26% |
| Billingham | 33,917 | 5.1 mi | 44.2 | 21% | 27% |
| Trimdon | 2,835 | 5.5 mi | 44.5 | 21% | 28% |
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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 Elwick’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 Elwick’s residents
What is the population of Elwick?
The 2021 Census counted 494 people in Elwick’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Elwick?
The median age was 51.3 at the 2021 Census. 6.3% of residents were 15 to 24 and 29% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Elwick?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 93% across County Durham’s towns. 2.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Elwick?
24% said they had no religion and 70% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5.2% didn’t answer.
Is Elwick good for families?
21% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Elwick’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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