Photo: Robert Graham · CC BY-SA 2.0Households in terraced houses: 55%, a higher share than 98% of UK towns
Here 30% of households have no car or van, where the figure across England’s towns is 24%. Three in five residents describe themselves as Christian. Higher than in 91% of UK towns: 36% of households are one person living alone. The 2021 Census counted 3,339 residents in 1,572 households.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 9.2%, a lower share than 69% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 55–59, with 7.9% of residents. Half of Leadgate’s residents are under 43.2, younger than in three in five UK towns. As a reference point, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. In Leadgate, 20% of residents are 65 or over, beside 18% across England’s towns.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Leadgate, 43.2. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A smaller share of residents who moved in within the year than 93% of UK towns: 6.4%
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%.
Just over a fifth of Leadgate’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 35% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Set beside that, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns. On the census count, 4.4% of adults are full-time students.
2.1 people per household, fewer 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.
Households with dependent children: 25% here and 29% across England’s towns. Shared households of unrelated adults account for 2.2%.
Only 6.7% of households live in a detached house in Leadgate
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
Households in flats: 3.8% here and 23% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 21% of households live in a detached house.
Residents born outside the UK: 4.5%, a lower share than 71% 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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Residents whose main language is English: 98% here and 90% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 18% of residents were born outside the UK.
More residents who describe themselves as White British than 82% of UK towns: 96%
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: 96% of Leadgate · County Durham’s towns 93% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Leading the other groups after White British: Other White (2.8%), Mixed or multiple (0.6%) and Chinese (0.3%). 35% of residents said they have no religion, a lower share than in 83% of UK towns. The wider picture: 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns.
41% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, fewer than in 90% 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
Here 37% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, where the figure across England’s towns is 39%. What’s more, at 11%, the share of unpaid carers is higher than in 88% of UK towns. For married adults and civil partners, the comparison across England’s towns is 44%. Unpaid carers giving 50 hours or more a week: 142.
Degree level: the highest qualification of 21% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Leadgate counts 21% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 24% have no qualification (18%).
749 UK towns of 2,500 to 5,000 people: this is the 181st youngest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Ages run from 18.9 in Bailrigg to 64.6 in Milford on Sea. Nearest to Leadgate in age: Southminster (43.1), Stokenchurch (43.1), Elmswell (43.2) and Saxmundham (43.2).
5 in 7 nearby towns have a higher median age than Leadgate
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leadgate | 3,339 | — | 43.2 | 20% | 25% |
| Consett | 29,874 | 1.4 mi | 42.7 | 19% | 28% |
| Medomsley | 1,216 | 1.6 mi | 49.6 | 25% | 25% |
| Dipton | 2,653 | 2.5 mi | 45.2 | 23% | 27% |
| Annfield Plain | 7,786 | 2.6 mi | 42 | 20% | 25% |
| Blackhall Mill | 1,528 | 2.9 mi | 47.3 | 25% | 23% |
| Castleside | 1,532 | 3.2 mi | 50.3 | 27% | 24% |
| Lanchester | 3,510 | 3.6 mi | 52.2 | 32% | 23% |
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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 Leadgate’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 Leadgate’s residents
What is the population of Leadgate?
The 2021 Census counted 3,339 people in Leadgate’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Leadgate?
The median age was 43.2 at the 2021 Census, younger than 60% of UK towns. 9.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 20% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Leadgate?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 93% across County Durham’s towns. 4.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Leadgate?
35% said they had no religion and 60% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.4% were Muslim and 4.4% didn’t answer.
Is Leadgate good for families?
25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Leadgate’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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