Photo: Robert Graham · CC BY-SA 2.0Esh Winning ranks below 98% of UK towns on shared households of unrelated adults: 1.2%
The figure for one-person households is 37% in Esh Winning and 30% across England’s towns. Still, households in flats are rarer here than in 96% of UK towns. The 2021 Census counted 3,877 residents in 1,858 households. In Esh Winning, 36% of households live in a terraced house.
What the Census says about Esh Winning’s people
Many carers
423 residents gave unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age in 2021, 12% of those 5 and over: more than in 94% of UK towns. Relationships & caring ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
In Esh Winning, 9% 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.
In Esh Winning, 22% of residents are 65 or over, beside 18% across England’s towns. Set beside that, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. The largest age band is 55–59: nearly one in ten residents. The median age locally is 45.4, higher than in 57% of UK towns.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Esh Winning, 45.4. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Residents who moved in within the year: 6%, a lower share than 97% 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%.
Managerial and professional jobs take in a fifth of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 37% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). Measured more widely, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns. Census figures put full-time students at 4.1% in Esh Winning.
Esh Winning households average 2.1 people, smaller than in 91% 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%), Esh Winning is below 70% of UK towns.
A higher share of households without a car or van than 92% of UK towns, at 28%
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
Against a figure of 21% across England’s towns, the share of households in detached houses in Esh Winning comes in at 16%. To put it in context, 24% of households have no car or van across England’s towns.
Only 2.8% of residents were born outside the UK in Esh Winning
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
Across England’s towns, 21% of those born abroad arrived in 2017 or later; here, 15%. The share of residents born outside the UK across England’s towns is 18%. The census found that 99% of residents have English as their main language in Esh Winning.
Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 97% in Esh Winning, more than in 95% 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 Esh Winning · County Durham’s towns 93% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents with no religion: 40%, below 57% of UK towns. In Esh Winning, 54% of residents describe themselves as Christian. On average, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns.
Esh Winning: 12% of residents give unpaid care, above 94% 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
In Esh Winning, 43% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, beside 44% across England’s towns. For comparison, 8.7% of residents give unpaid care across England’s towns. Locally, just over a third of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership.
20% of adults have a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 34% of adults have a degree-level qualification; in Esh Winning, 20%, and 26% have none, against 18%.
530 UK towns of 3,000 to 5,000 people: this is the 209th 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 Bailrigg (18.9), the youngest, and Milford on Sea (64.6), the oldest. Nearest to Esh Winning in age: Chirk (45.3), Langley Park (45.4), Clayton West and Scissett (45.4) and Welwyn (45.4).
Older than Esh Winning: 1 of the 7 towns nearby
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Esh Winning | 3,877 | — | 45.4 | 22% | 25% |
| Langley Park | 4,031 | 2.3 mi | 45.4 | 20% | 25% |
| New Brancepeth | 1,280 | 2.5 mi | 37.9 | 14% | 29% |
| Billy Row | 1,254 | 2.9 mi | 39.6 | 15% | 29% |
| Ushaw Moor and Bearpark | 6,483 | 3 mi | 40.8 | 17% | 27% |
| Lanchester | 3,510 | 3.7 mi | 52.2 | 32% | 23% |
| Brandon | 9,508 | 3.7 mi | 42.6 | 20% | 26% |
| Burnhope | 1,465 | 3.7 mi | 43.9 | 21% | 27% |
Health, work and homes have their own pages
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 Esh Winning’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 Esh Winning’s residents
What is the population of Esh Winning?
The 2021 Census counted 3,877 people in Esh Winning’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Esh Winning?
The median age was 45.4 at the 2021 Census, older than 57% of UK towns. 9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 22% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Esh Winning?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 93% across County Durham’s towns. 2.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Esh Winning?
40% said they had no religion and 54% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.5% were Muslim and 4.9% didn’t answer.
Is Esh Winning good for families?
25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Esh Winning’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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