Photo: Ian S · CC BY-SA 2.0Stillington: 36% of households have dependent children, above 95% of UK towns
Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 57% here and 46% across England’s towns. At the 2021 Census, 1,407 people lived in Stillington, in 560 households. On the census count, 15% of residents are 65 or over. Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Stillington’s people
A village of families
36% of Stillington’s 560 households had dependent children in 2021, more than in 95% of UK towns. 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Younger than 78% of UK towns: half of Stillington is under 40.4
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
At 12%, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is in line with the figure across England’s towns. In Lanchester, the oldest of County Durham’s towns by this measure, it is 32%.
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.
A higher share of full-time students than 93% of UK towns, at 7.8%
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 Stillington, nearly one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier, beside 11% across England’s towns. Set beside that, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Bigger households than 90% of UK towns: 2.5 people each on average
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.
25% of households are one person living alone, against 30% across England’s towns. Census figures put shared households of unrelated adults at 1.6% in Stillington.
A village of terraces: 36% of households live in one
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
With households in detached houses at 31%, Stillington is ahead of 54% of UK towns on that count. Higher than in 51% of UK towns: 15% of households have no car or van. The benchmark for households in terraced houses across England’s towns: 24%.
3.1% born outside the UK, fewer than in 89% 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
Residents born abroad were most often born in the Middle East and Asia (1.2%), then in EU countries (1%). 99% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 89% of UK towns. Set beside that, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns.
Residents who describe themselves as White British: 95%, a higher share than 78% 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: 95% of Stillington · 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 36% in Stillington. The comparison figure for residents who describe themselves as White British is 73% across England’s towns. After White British, the largest groups are Other White (1.2%), Mixed or multiple (0.9%) and African (0.8%).
Adults who have never married make up 38% in Stillington, more than in 82% 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 giving 50 hours or more a week: 47. 10% of residents give unpaid care, more than in 73% of UK towns. The benchmark for adults who have never married across England’s towns: 39%.
Degree-level qualifications: 28% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Stillington counts 28% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 19% have no qualification (18%). A levels top the qualifications of 22%, many of them students on the way to a degree.
No nearby town is as young as Stillington
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stillington | 1,407 | — | 40.4 | 15% | 36% |
| Wynyard | 4,040 | 3.5 mi | 40.6 | 12% | 39% |
| Sedgefield | 4,979 | 3.7 mi | 48.2 | 27% | 26% |
| Stockton-on-Tees | 84,824 | 4.1 mi | 40.6 | 19% | 28% |
| Billingham | 33,917 | 5.4 mi | 44.2 | 21% | 27% |
| Fishburn | 2,387 | 5.4 mi | 45.4 | 19% | 25% |
| Bishop Middleham | 1,136 | 5.8 mi | 49 | 24% | 24% |
| Egglescliffe | 10,250 | 6.2 mi | 46 | 23% | 28% |
Health, work and homes have their own pages
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 Stillington’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 Stillington’s residents
What is the population of Stillington?
The 2021 Census counted 1,407 people in Stillington’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Stillington?
The median age was 40.4 at the 2021 Census. 12% of residents were 15 to 24 and 15% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Stillington?
95% 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 Stillington?
36% said they had no religion and 57% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 4.8% didn’t answer.
Is Stillington good for families?
36% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Stillington’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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