Hunwick Hall North West and North East Ranges · Photo: Ataffo · CC BY-SA 4.0Households in flats: 0.3%, a lower share than 99% of UK towns
In Hunwick, 14% of residents give unpaid care, beside 8.7% across England’s towns. On households in terraced houses, Hunwick sits higher than 96% of UK towns: 44%. The village had 657 residents in 293 households at the 2021 Census. For Hunwick, the census puts shared households of unrelated adults at 1%.
Only 7.2% of residents are aged 15 to 24 in Hunwick
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
50–54 is the most common age band: 9.6% of residents, 1.4 times the share across England’s towns. The median age in Hunwick is 47.2, higher than in 70% of UK towns. By way of comparison, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. Across Hunwick, just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Fewer full-time students than 98% of UK towns: 3.1%
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%.
The share of residents who moved in within the year trails 83% of UK towns: 7.1%. Full-time students make up 7.9% across England’s towns.
Only 27% of households are one person living alone in Hunwick
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.
In Hunwick the average household is 2.2 people, beside 2.4 across England’s towns. The comparison figure for one-person households is 30% across England’s towns. Here, 26% of households have dependent children.
Only 25% of households live in a detached house in Hunwick
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 24% across England’s towns, the share of households without a car or van in Hunwick comes in at 14%. Add to that, 0.3% of households live in a flat, less than in 99% of UK towns; 25% in a detached house, against 21% across England’s towns.
2.9% of residents were born outside the UK, fewer than in 92% 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
Residents whose main language is English: 99% here and 90% across England’s towns. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (1.1%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (0.6%). The share of residents born outside the UK across England’s towns is 18%.
98% of residents describe themselves as White British, more than in 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 Hunwick · County Durham’s towns 93% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
In Hunwick, 61% of residents describe themselves as Christian, beside 46% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, residents who describe themselves as White British come to 73%. Residents with no religion account for 34%.
More married adults and civil partners than 93% of UK towns: 57%
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
The share of adults who have never married is 27%, against 39% across England’s towns. Some 32 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. As a reference point, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Degree-level qualifications: 32% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
16% of Hunwick’s adults have no qualification (18% across England’s towns), and 32% have one at degree level (34%).
Nearby, 1 of 7 towns have older populations than Hunwick
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hunwick | 657 | — | 47.2 | 22% | 26% |
| Willington | 5,685 | 1.6 mi | 44.7 | 22% | 27% |
| Crook | 9,717 | 2.2 mi | 44.3 | 21% | 27% |
| Bishop Auckland | 23,359 | 2.9 mi | 44.4 | 21% | 27% |
| Toft Hill and High Etherley | 1,865 | 3.3 mi | 51 | 27% | 22% |
| Billy Row | 1,254 | 3.4 mi | 39.6 | 15% | 29% |
| Coundon and Leeholme | 2,522 | 3.5 mi | 41.1 | 20% | 27% |
| West Auckland | 3,107 | 4.2 mi | 45.9 | 23% | 27% |
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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 Hunwick’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 Hunwick’s residents
What is the population of Hunwick?
The 2021 Census counted 657 people in Hunwick’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Hunwick?
The median age was 47.2 at the 2021 Census. 7.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 22% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Hunwick?
98% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 93% across County Durham’s towns. 2.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Hunwick?
34% said they had no religion and 61% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 4.3% didn’t answer.
Is Hunwick good for families?
26% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Hunwick’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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