Photo: Christine Johnstone · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 98% of UK towns: half of Mickleton is over 57.1
Against a figure of 39% across England’s towns, the share of adults who have never married in Mickleton comes in at 22%. At the same time, residents who describe themselves as White British are more common here than in 99% of UK towns. The village counted 388 residents and 187 households at the 2021 Census. The census found that 43% of households live in a detached house in the village.
Mickleton sits above 96% of UK towns for residents aged 65 and over (33%)
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
70–74 is the most common age band: 12% of residents, 2.5 times the share across England’s towns. Against that, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. In Mickleton, 8% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
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.
In Mickleton, 3.5% of adults are full-time students, fewer than in 95% 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%.
Managerial and professional jobs take in two in five adults here, routine and semi-routine work 16% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). The usual figure: 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. Locally, 7.2% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
Households with dependent children: 18%, a lower share than 97% 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.
The figure for one-person households is 32% in Mickleton and 30% across England’s towns. Meanwhile, fewer shared households of unrelated adults than in 88% of UK towns: 1.6%. Against that, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns. The average household has 2 people.
36% of households live in a terraced house, a share 91% of UK towns don’t reach
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 are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns. Typically, 24% of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns. On the census count, just over one in ten households have no car or van.
A lower share of residents born outside the UK than 99% of UK towns, at 2.1%
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
Where 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns, Mickleton has 99%. Across England’s towns, the share of residents born outside the UK is 18%. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (1.6%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.3%).
Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 51%, a higher share than 60% 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 Mickleton · County Durham’s towns 93% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns, against 40% in Mickleton. Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 46% across England’s towns, for comparison.
57% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 93% 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
11% of residents give unpaid care, against 8.7% across England’s towns. To put it in context, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Degree-level qualifications: 41% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 34% across England’s towns, 41% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 14% hold no qualification (18%).
Every neighbour of Mickleton has a younger population
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mickleton | 388 | — | 57.1 | 33% | 18% |
| Startforth | 1,391 | 6.6 mi | 38.3 | 23% | 22% |
| Barnard Castle | 5,783 | 6.8 mi | 51.8 | 30% | 20% |
| Cockfield | 1,351 | 9.7 mi | 51.2 | 27% | 21% |
| Stanhope | 1,575 | 9.8 mi | 53.9 | 32% | 20% |
| Staindrop | 1,339 | 10 mi | 51.8 | 29% | 22% |
| Wolsingham | 2,428 | 10.9 mi | 52.1 | 30% | 23% |
| Evenwood | 1,587 | 11.6 mi | 46.5 | 23% | 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 Mickleton’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 Mickleton’s residents
What is the population of Mickleton?
The 2021 Census counted 388 people in Mickleton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Mickleton?
The median age was 57.1 at the 2021 Census. 8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 33% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Mickleton?
98% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 93% across County Durham’s towns. 2.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Mickleton?
40% said they had no religion and 51% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 7.7% didn’t answer.
Is Mickleton good for families?
18% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Mickleton’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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