Photo: Malcolm Neal · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Staindrop is over 51.8, older than 91% of UK towns
97% of residents describe themselves as White British, against 73% across England’s towns. By contrast, on households with dependent children, Staindrop sits lower than 90% of UK towns: 22%. The village had 1,339 residents in 627 households at the 2021 Census. Households in flats: 3.2% of the total.
What the Census says about Staindrop’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Staindrop’s residents are under 51.8 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 29% are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Ages ↓
Many carers
147 residents gave unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age in 2021, 11% of those 5 and over: more than in 92% of UK towns. Relationships & caring ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
29% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 88% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Compared with 12% across England’s towns, 9.2% of residents are aged 15 to 24 here. By way of comparison, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 87 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.
4.6% of adults are full-time students, below 59% 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%.
Across England’s towns, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier; in Staindrop, 9.7%. To put it in context, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Shared households of unrelated adults make up 0.8% in Staindrop, less than in 99% 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.
In Staindrop the average household is 2.2 people, beside 2.4 across England’s towns. The census found that 33% of households are one person living alone locally. Against that, 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns.
A higher share of households in terraced houses than 95% of UK towns, at 41%
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
Against a figure of 24% across England’s towns, the share of households without a car or van in Staindrop comes in at 15%. Locally, 28% of households live in a detached house.
Fewer residents born outside the UK than 90% of UK towns: 3.1%
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
By its share of residents whose main language is English (99%), Staindrop is above 98% of UK towns. The largest groups were born in EU countries (1.5%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.6%). Across England’s towns, the share of residents born outside the UK is 18%.
Staindrop sits above 96% of UK towns for residents who describe themselves as Christian (61%)
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 Staindrop · County Durham’s towns 93% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Asked about religion, 32% answered none, against 37% across England’s towns. After White British, the largest groups are Mixed or multiple (1.1%), Other White (1%) and Chinese (0.4%). Across the comparison, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
In Staindrop, 27% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, fewer than in 87% 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 make up 11%, against 8.7% across England’s towns. Census figures put married adults and civil partners at 52% in Staindrop. Against that, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Degree-level qualifications reach 35% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
With 35% of its adults qualified to degree level, Staindrop compares with 34% across England’s towns; another 18% hold no qualification (18%).
Among its 7 nearest neighbours, 1 are older than Staindrop
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staindrop | 1,339 | — | 51.8 | 29% | 22% |
| Cockfield | 1,351 | 2.2 mi | 51.2 | 27% | 21% |
| Evenwood | 1,587 | 3.4 mi | 46.5 | 23% | 23% |
| Gainford | 1,127 | 3.6 mi | 53.5 | 31% | 24% |
| West Auckland | 3,107 | 4.8 mi | 45.9 | 23% | 27% |
| Barnard Castle | 5,783 | 5.1 mi | 51.8 | 30% | 20% |
| Toft Hill and High Etherley | 1,865 | 5.3 mi | 51 | 27% | 22% |
| Startforth | 1,391 | 5.8 mi | 38.3 | 23% | 22% |
Health, work and homes have their own pages
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 Staindrop’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 Staindrop’s residents
What is the population of Staindrop?
The 2021 Census counted 1,339 people in Staindrop’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Staindrop?
The median age was 51.8 at the 2021 Census. 9.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 29% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Staindrop?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 93% across County Durham’s towns. 3.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Staindrop?
32% said they had no religion and 61% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 5.5% didn’t answer.
Is Staindrop good for families?
22% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Staindrop’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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