Photo: Robert Graham · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 37: Newfield is younger than 92% of UK towns
97% of residents describe themselves as White British; across England’s towns the figure is 73%. The 2021 Census put Newfield’s population at 1,529, in 668 households. The census found that 0.9% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home locally. At 43%, the share of households in terraced houses is higher than in 96% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Newfield’s people
Younger than most towns
Half of Newfield’s residents are under 37 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 11% are 15 to 24 and 14% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
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).
14% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 92% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 11% here and 12% across England’s towns. To put it in context, 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 95 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Only 6.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier in Newfield
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%.
In Newfield, 36% of adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 22% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. 5.5% of adults are full-time students, more than in 75% of UK towns. Across the comparison, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
32% of households have dependent children, a share 86% of UK towns don’t reach
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.
One-person households make up 28%, against 30% across England’s towns. Across the comparison, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns. The average household has 2.3 people.
A lower share of households in flats than 99% of UK towns, at 0.6%
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
By its share of households in detached houses (33%), Newfield is above three fifths of UK towns. On average, nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns. For Newfield, the census puts households without a car or van at 14%.
In Newfield, 2.3% of residents were born outside the UK, fewer than in 98% 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
Where nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns, Newfield has 99%. On average, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (1.2%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.5%).
Residents with no religion: 47%, a higher share than 87% 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: 97% of Newfield · County Durham’s towns 93% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 48% here and 46% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, residents with no religion come to 37%.
Newfield: 36% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, above 72% 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
38 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. Elsewhere, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. At 46%, the share of married adults and civil partners is lower than in 61% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, 8.7% of residents give unpaid care; in Newfield, 9.7%.
Adults qualified to degree level or above: 32%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
14% of Newfield’s adults have no qualification (18% across England’s towns), and 32% have one at degree level (34%).
Newfield is younger than 6 of its 7 nearest neighbours
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newfield | 1,529 | — | 37 | 14% | 32% |
| Whitehill | 1,679 | 0.7 mi | 36.8 | 14% | 28% |
| Pelton and Ouston | 7,305 | 1 mi | 46.5 | 23% | 25% |
| Urpeth | 2,048 | 1.5 mi | 46.5 | 19% | 25% |
| Chester-le-Street | 23,554 | 1.7 mi | 48.6 | 25% | 24% |
| Kibblesworth | 1,500 | 2.6 mi | 41.5 | 20% | 31% |
| Birtley | 13,840 | 2.8 mi | 42.4 | 20% | 29% |
| Stanley | 19,423 | 2.9 mi | 42 | 20% | 27% |
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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 Newfield’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 Newfield’s residents
What is the population of Newfield?
The 2021 Census counted 1,529 people in Newfield’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Newfield?
The median age was 37 at the 2021 Census. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 14% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Newfield?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 93% across County Durham’s towns. 2.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Newfield?
47% said they had no religion and 48% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.5% were Muslim and 3.6% didn’t answer.
Is Newfield good for families?
32% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Newfield’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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