Photo: Anthony Parkes · CC BY-SA 2.0Evenwood ranks below 99% of UK towns on shared households of unrelated adults: 1.1%
One-person households make up 36%, against 30% across England’s towns. Census day 2021: 1,587 residents and 732 households in Evenwood. In Evenwood, 60% of households live in a terraced house. More residents who describe themselves as Christian than in 81% of UK towns: 55%.
What the Census says about Evenwood’s people
Many carers
186 residents gave unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age in 2021, 12% of those 5 and over: more than in 98% of UK towns. Relationships & caring ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Evenwood is older than 65% of UK towns: a median age of 46.5
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Against a figure of 18% across England’s towns, the share of residents aged 65 and over in Evenwood comes in at 23%. For Evenwood, the census puts residents aged 15 to 24 at 9.9%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 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.
Below 60% of UK towns: 8.2% of residents lived at another address a year earlier
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 Evenwood, 14% of adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 40% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. As a reference point, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns. Census figures put full-time students at 4.8% here.
Evenwood ranks below 86% of UK towns on households with dependent children: 23%
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.
The typical household size is 2.1 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. Across the comparison, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns.
Only 1.2% of households live in a flat or apartment in Evenwood
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
With households in detached houses at 8.7%, Evenwood is behind 96% of UK towns on that count. Measured more widely, nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns. Households without a car or van account for 24%.
Residents born outside the UK make up 2% in Evenwood, less than in 99% of UK towns
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
100% of residents have English as their main language, against 90% across England’s towns. The comparison figure for residents born outside the UK is 18% across England’s towns. By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (1%) and in Africa (0.4%).
Evenwood: 98% of residents describe themselves as White British, above 99% 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 Evenwood · County Durham’s towns 93% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Asked about religion, 39% answered none, against 37% across England’s towns. Against that, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns.
12% of residents give unpaid care, a share 98% of UK towns don’t reach
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
Compared with 39% across England’s towns, 36% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership here. Set beside that, nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care across England’s towns. In Evenwood, 42% of adults are married or in a civil partnership.
Adults with a degree-level qualification: 17%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Evenwood’s adults: 17% with a degree-level qualification and 31% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
Around Evenwood, 4 of 7 towns have a higher median age
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evenwood | 1,587 | — | 46.5 | 23% | 23% |
| West Auckland | 3,107 | 1.6 mi | 45.9 | 23% | 27% |
| Cockfield | 1,351 | 2 mi | 51.2 | 27% | 21% |
| Toft Hill and High Etherley | 1,865 | 2 mi | 51 | 27% | 22% |
| Staindrop | 1,339 | 3.4 mi | 51.8 | 29% | 22% |
| Bishop Auckland | 23,359 | 3.8 mi | 44.4 | 21% | 27% |
| Shildon | 9,650 | 4.7 mi | 42.9 | 20% | 24% |
| Gainford | 1,127 | 5.2 mi | 53.5 | 31% | 24% |
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 Evenwood’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 Evenwood’s residents
What is the population of Evenwood?
The 2021 Census counted 1,587 people in Evenwood’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Evenwood?
The median age was 46.5 at the 2021 Census. 9.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 23% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Evenwood?
98% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 93% across County Durham’s towns. 2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Evenwood?
39% said they had no religion and 55% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 5.4% didn’t answer.
Is Evenwood good for families?
23% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Evenwood’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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