Photo: Bill Henderson · CC BY-SA 2.0Haswell sits below 99% of UK towns for shared households of unrelated adults (1.1%)
With households in flats at 2.8%, Haswell is behind 94% of UK towns on that count. On one-person households, Haswell sits higher than 84% of UK towns: 34%. The village counted 1,185 residents and 540 households at the 2021 Census. 58% of residents describe themselves as Christian.
What the Census says about Haswell’s people
Many carers
134 residents gave unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age in 2021, 12% of those 5 and over: more than in 96% of UK towns. Relationships & caring ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Residents aged 65 and over: 19%, a lower share than 69% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
With a median age of 43.9, Haswell is younger than 55% of UK towns. For comparison, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. The census found that 10% of residents are aged 15 to 24 locally. In Lanchester, the oldest of County Durham’s towns by this measure, it is 32%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Residents who moved in within the year make up 5.9% in Haswell, less 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%.
5.6% of adults are full-time students; across England’s towns the figure is 7.9%. By way of comparison, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
2.2 people per household, fewer than in 78% 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.
26% of households have dependent children, against 29% across England’s towns.
Households without a car or van: 20%, a higher share than 74% 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
There is little gap on households in terraced houses: 24%, about the same as across England’s towns. Compared with other places, households in detached houses are common here: 32%, more than in 57% of UK towns. One household in every 5 has no car or van.
Only 5% of Haswell’s 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
98% of residents have English as their main language, against 90% across England’s towns. On average, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. The largest groups were born in EU countries (1.6%) and in Africa (1.4%).
A larger share of residents who describe themselves as White British than 75% of UK towns: 95%
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: 95% of Haswell · County Durham’s towns 93% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The next-largest groups, after White British, are Other White (1.9%), Mixed or multiple (1%) and Indian (0.9%). For comparison, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. Residents with no religion are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of UK towns.
12% of residents give unpaid care, more than in 96% 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 Haswell, just over a third of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, beside 39% across England’s towns. Against that, nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care across England’s towns. For 50 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week. The village has fewer married adults and civil partners than 75% of UK towns, at 44%.
Degree-level qualifications: held by 25% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Haswell, 25% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 25% have no qualification at all (18%).
2 in 7 nearby towns have a higher median age than Haswell
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haswell | 1,185 | — | 43.9 | 19% | 26% |
| South Hetton | 2,877 | 1.2 mi | 42.3 | 17% | 28% |
| Easington Lane | 4,170 | 1.9 mi | 35.8 | 13% | 33% |
| Shotton Colliery | 4,943 | 1.9 mi | 39.7 | 18% | 29% |
| Thornley | 2,543 | 2.4 mi | 45.1 | 21% | 26% |
| Murton | 7,239 | 2.6 mi | 42.7 | 20% | 27% |
| Hetton-le-Hole | 8,968 | 2.8 mi | 47.3 | 25% | 24% |
| Wheatley Hill | 3,148 | 2.9 mi | 43.4 | 21% | 24% |
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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 Haswell’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 Haswell’s residents
What is the population of Haswell?
The 2021 Census counted 1,185 people in Haswell’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Haswell?
The median age was 43.9 at the 2021 Census. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 19% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Haswell?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 93% across County Durham’s towns. 5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Haswell?
37% said they had no religion and 58% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 3.5% didn’t answer.
Is Haswell good for families?
26% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Haswell’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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