Photo: Trevor Littlewood · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of New Brancepeth is under 37.9, younger than 89% of UK towns
Compared with 24% across England’s towns, 38% of households live in a terraced house here. More households without a car or van than in 97% of UK towns: 33%. 1,280 residents in 572 households: that is New Brancepeth at the 2021 Census. Census figures put married adults and civil partners at 35% in the village.
What the Census says about New Brancepeth’s people
Younger than most towns
Half of New Brancepeth’s residents are under 37.9 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 12% are 15 to 24 and 14% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
Many carers
148 residents gave unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age in 2021, 12% of those 5 and over: more than in 98% of UK towns. Relationships & caring ↓
More with no religion than most
47% of residents answered “no religion” in 2021 and 48% Christian, against 37% and 46% across England’s towns. Ethnicity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Residents aged 65 and over: 14%, a lower share than 92% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 35–39: one in ten residents, 1.5 times the share across England’s towns. On residents aged 15 to 24, New Brancepeth sits higher than 92% of UK towns: 12%. The wider picture: 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
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.
Residents who moved in within the year make up 6.9% in New Brancepeth, less than in 85% 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%.
The share of full-time students is 5.8%, against 7.9% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
34% of households are one person living alone, more than in 79% 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.
At 29%, households with dependent children sit close to the figure across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, the share of one-person households is 30%. Locally, 2.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
Only 1.8% of households live in a flat or apartment in New Brancepeth
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
Just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns, against 12% in New Brancepeth. The comparison figure for households in flats is 23% across England’s towns.
New Brancepeth sits below 86% of UK towns for residents born outside the UK (3.4%)
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
Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (2%) and in Africa (0.7%). Few places have as many residents whose main language is English: 99% here, more than in 85% of UK towns. Typically, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns.
In New Brancepeth, 96% of residents describe themselves as White British, more than in 93% 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: 96% of New Brancepeth · County Durham’s towns 93% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Where 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns, New Brancepeth has 47%. Across England’s towns, residents who describe themselves as White British come to 73%. For New Brancepeth, the census puts residents who describe themselves as Christian at 48%.
12% of residents give unpaid care, a share 98% of UK towns don’t reach
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
Against a figure of 39% across England’s towns, the share of adults who have never married in New Brancepeth comes in at 47%. 59 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. To put it in context, 8.7% of residents give unpaid care across England’s towns.
Qualified to degree level: 20% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
New Brancepeth’s adults: 20% with a degree-level qualification and 27% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
6 in 7 nearby towns have a higher median age than New Brancepeth
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Brancepeth | 1,280 | — | 37.9 | 14% | 29% |
| Ushaw Moor and Bearpark | 6,483 | 0.9 mi | 40.8 | 17% | 27% |
| Brandon | 9,508 | 1.5 mi | 42.6 | 20% | 26% |
| Langley Park | 4,031 | 2.3 mi | 45.4 | 20% | 25% |
| Esh Winning | 3,877 | 2.5 mi | 45.4 | 22% | 25% |
| Witton Gilbert | 2,525 | 2.9 mi | 45.3 | 24% | 27% |
| Durham | 50,502 | 3.3 mi | 31.4 | 17% | 22% |
| Sacriston | 5,186 | 3.7 mi | 41.9 | 19% | 28% |
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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 New Brancepeth’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 New Brancepeth’s residents
What is the population of New Brancepeth?
The 2021 Census counted 1,280 people in New Brancepeth’s built-up area.
What is the average age in New Brancepeth?
The median age was 37.9 at the 2021 Census. 12% of residents were 15 to 24 and 14% were 65 or over.
How diverse is New Brancepeth?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 93% across County Durham’s towns. 3.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in New Brancepeth?
47% said they had no religion and 48% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 4.3% didn’t answer.
Is New Brancepeth good for families?
29% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on New Brancepeth’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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