Photo: Martin Dawes · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 52.3: Longnewton is older than 93% of UK towns
Nearly a quarter of households are one person living alone, against 30% across England’s towns. Longnewton had 810 residents in 345 households at the 2021 Census. In Longnewton, 0.6% of households live in a flat or apartment. Few places have as many married adults and civil partners: 63% here, more than in 99% of UK towns.
In Longnewton, 31% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 92% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 8.1% in Longnewton and 12% across England’s towns. On average, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
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.
A smaller share of residents who moved in within the year than 99% of UK towns: 5.5%
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%.
By class, 48% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 14% in routine and semi-routine work (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). Higher than in 52% of UK towns: 4.9% of adults are full-time students. Against that, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
A lower share of shared households of unrelated adults than 99% of UK towns, at 0.9%
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 2.3 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. Still, on households with dependent children, Longnewton sits lower than 88% of UK towns: 22%. Across England’s towns, 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
Households in detached houses: 60%, a higher share than 97% 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
7.8% of households have no car or van, against 24% across England’s towns. The comparison figure for households in detached houses is 21% across England’s towns. Households in terraced houses account for 17%.
2.5% of residents were born outside the UK, fewer than in 96% 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
Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (0.8%) or in the Middle East and Asia (0.6%). 100% of residents have English as their main language, a higher share than in 99% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, residents born outside the UK come to 18%.
Longnewton sits below 97% of UK towns for residents with no religion (25%)
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 Longnewton · County Durham’s towns 93% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Other than White British, most residents describe themselves as Pakistani (1.9%), Mixed or multiple (0.9%) and Other White (0.5%). Residents with no religion: 37% across England’s towns, for comparison. 96% of residents describe themselves as White British, a higher share than in 83% of UK towns. Against a figure of 46% across England’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as Christian in Longnewton comes in at 67%.
23% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, fewer than in 97% 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
Unpaid carers giving 50 hours or more a week: 19. Nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care, fewer than in 54% of UK towns. Measured more widely, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
44% of adults hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
11% of Longnewton’s adults have no qualification (18% across England’s towns), and 44% have one at degree level (34%).
Longnewton is older than every town around it
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Longnewton | 810 | — | 52.3 | 31% | 22% |
| Egglescliffe | 10,250 | 2.5 mi | 46 | 23% | 28% |
| Middleton St George | 4,756 | 2.8 mi | 46 | 22% | 28% |
| Stockton-on-Tees | 84,824 | 3.7 mi | 40.6 | 19% | 28% |
| Yarm | 9,601 | 3.8 mi | 46.6 | 24% | 26% |
| Ingleby Barwick | 23,380 | 4 mi | 38.2 | 11% | 43% |
| Stillington | 1,407 | 4.4 mi | 40.4 | 15% | 36% |
| Thornaby-on-Tees | 23,352 | 4.6 mi | 39.5 | 19% | 28% |
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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 Longnewton’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 Longnewton’s residents
What is the population of Longnewton?
The 2021 Census counted 810 people in Longnewton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Longnewton?
The median age was 52.3 at the 2021 Census. 8.1% of residents were 15 to 24 and 31% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Longnewton?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 93% across County Durham’s towns. 2.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Longnewton?
25% said they had no religion and 67% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 2.4% were Muslim and 4.6% didn’t answer.
Is Longnewton good for families?
22% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Longnewton’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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