Photo: Robert Graham · CC BY-SA 2.0More terraced houses than 98% of UK towns: 54% of households
29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns, against 23% in Tantobie. Here, 17% of households live in a detached house. Few places have as many residents who describe themselves as White British: 95% here, more than in 81% of UK towns. In 2021, the Census found 933 residents locally, living in 430 households.
Tantobie sits below 87% of UK towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (8.4%)
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. To put it in context, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. For Tantobie, the census puts residents aged 65 and over at 18%. Half of the village’s residents are over 44.5, older than in 50% of UK towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Below 60% of UK towns: 4.6% of adults are full-time students
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, the share of residents who moved in within the year is 11%; Tantobie has 12%. The wider picture: 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
35% of households are one person living alone, more than in 86% 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.
Shared households of unrelated adults make up 2.8%, against 4.3% across England’s towns. Typically, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns.
In Tantobie, 3.2% of households live in a flat or apartment, fewer than in 92% of UK towns
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 Tantobie comes in at 20%. Across England’s towns, the share of households in flats is 23%.
2.9% born outside the UK, fewer than in 92% 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
100% of residents have English as their main language (England’s towns: 90%). The usual figure: 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in the Middle East and Asia (1.1%) and in EU countries (0.9%).
41% said they have no religion, more than in 52% 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 Tantobie · County Durham’s towns 93% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Beyond White British, the biggest groups are Other White (2.1%), Bangladeshi (1.1%) and Mixed or multiple (0.5%). The comparison figure for residents with no religion is 37% across England’s towns. Compared with 46% across England’s towns, 50% of residents describe themselves as Christian here.
In Tantobie, 42% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, fewer than in 83% 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: 8.5%, near enough the figure across England’s towns. The usual figure: 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Adults who have never married account for 35%.
Among adults, 28% hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 28% of adults in Tantobie, 34% across England’s towns; 18% have no qualification, against 18%.
Tantobie and its 7 nearest towns: 5 of them are older
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tantobie | 933 | — | 44.5 | 18% | 23% |
| Tanfield Lea | 2,399 | 0.8 mi | 48.7 | 24% | 24% |
| Dipton | 2,653 | 1.2 mi | 45.2 | 23% | 27% |
| Burnopfield | 2,998 | 1.3 mi | 45.9 | 24% | 25% |
| Annfield Plain | 7,786 | 1.9 mi | 42 | 20% | 25% |
| Stanley | 19,423 | 1.9 mi | 42 | 20% | 27% |
| Rowlands Gill | 5,254 | 2.6 mi | 49 | 26% | 24% |
| Sunniside | 3,422 | 3.2 mi | 45.1 | 24% | 28% |
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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 Tantobie’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 Tantobie’s residents
What is the population of Tantobie?
The 2021 Census counted 933 people in Tantobie’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Tantobie?
The median age was 44.5 at the 2021 Census. 8.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 18% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Tantobie?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 93% across County Durham’s towns. 2.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Tantobie?
41% said they had no religion and 50% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1.7% were Muslim and 6.2% didn’t answer.
Is Tantobie good for families?
23% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Tantobie’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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