Photo: Hugh Mortimer · CC BY-SA 2.0Sadberge is older than 97% of UK towns: a median age of 55.4
5.9% of households have no car or van; across England’s towns the figure is 24%. For Sadberge, the census puts households with dependent children at 19%. Fewer households in flats than in 96% of UK towns: 2.5%. The 2021 Census counted 676 residents in 322 households.
Sadberge ranks below 99% of UK towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 6.4%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 55–59: one in ten residents, 1.5 times the share across England’s towns. Across Sadberge, nearly a third of residents are 65 or over. As a yardstick, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
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.
Full-time students: 3.6%, a lower share than 93% 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%.
6.7% of residents lived at another address a year before the Census, against 11% across England’s towns. To put it in context, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
1.2% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, below 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.
At 2.1 people, the average household compares with 2.4 across England’s towns. Across the comparison, 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns. One-person households account for 32%.
More households in detached houses than 83% of UK towns: 44%
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
Few places have so few households in terraced houses: 20% here, fewer than in 53% of UK towns. Elsewhere, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
Only 3.4% of Sadberge’s residents were born outside the UK
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
The figure for residents whose main language is English is 99% in Sadberge and 90% across England’s towns. On average, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (1.6%), then in the Middle East and Asia (1%).
More residents who describe themselves as Christian than 98% of UK towns: 65%
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: 94% of Sadberge · County Durham’s towns 93% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Across England’s towns, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British; in Sadberge, 94%. Lower than in 95% of UK towns: 29% of residents said they have no religion. The comparison figure for residents who describe themselves as Christian is 46% across England’s towns. Leading the other groups after White British: Mixed or multiple (2.1%), Other White (1.8%) and Pakistani (0.9%).
25% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, below 92% 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
The share of unpaid carers tops two thirds of UK towns: 10%. Sadberge has more married adults and civil partners than 90% of UK towns, at 56%. Adults who have never married make up 39% across England’s towns. Heavy unpaid care, 50 hours a week or more, falls to 17 residents.
Adults qualified to degree level or above: 37%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
37% of Sadberge’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 16% have none (18%).
Every neighbour of Sadberge 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sadberge | 676 | — | 55.4 | 32% | 19% |
| Middleton St George | 4,756 | 2.2 mi | 46 | 22% | 28% |
| Darlington | 93,022 | 3.5 mi | 42.4 | 20% | 26% |
| Stillington | 1,407 | 4.5 mi | 40.4 | 15% | 36% |
| Egglescliffe | 10,250 | 4.9 mi | 46 | 23% | 28% |
| Hurworth-on-Tees | 2,667 | 5 mi | 50.5 | 29% | 25% |
| Stockton-on-Tees | 84,824 | 5.8 mi | 40.6 | 19% | 28% |
| Yarm | 9,601 | 5.9 mi | 46.6 | 24% | 26% |
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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 Sadberge’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 Sadberge’s residents
What is the population of Sadberge?
The 2021 Census counted 676 people in Sadberge’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Sadberge?
The median age was 55.4 at the 2021 Census. 6.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 32% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Sadberge?
94% 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 Sadberge?
29% said they had no religion and 65% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1% were Muslim and 4.3% didn’t answer.
Is Sadberge good for families?
19% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Sadberge’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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