Photo: Bill Henderson · CC BY-SA 2.0Only 1.8% of households live in a flat or apartment in Wingate
The share of shared households of unrelated adults trails 95% of UK towns: 1.4%. Few places have as many residents who describe themselves as White British: 98% here, more than in 98% of UK towns. At the 2021 Census, 5,033 people lived in Wingate, in 2,265 households. The census found that 27% of households live in a terraced house locally.
What the Census says about Wingate’s people
Many carers
540 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) and ONS mid-year population estimates.
Faster growth than 62% of UK towns: Wingate changed by +10% since 2011
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Wingate’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 5,300 people in 2011; 5,800 in 2024.
Growth was strongest among the 65 and over (+39%) and weakest among the 16 to 29 (+2%). In one year, mid-2022 to mid-2023, the population rose by 250, the most of any year.
Younger than 79% of UK towns: half of Wingate is under 40.3
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns, against 17% in Wingate. More residents aged 15 to 24 than in 89% of UK towns: 11%. No age band is larger than 55–59: 7.8% of residents.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Wingate, 40.3. The typical town is 44.4.
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.
Full-time students: 5.5%, a higher share than 75% 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%.
In Wingate, nearly a quarter of adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 31% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. For comparison, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. The census found that 9.3% of residents lived at another address a year earlier in the town.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Smaller households than 69% of UK towns: 2.2 people 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.
Wingate sits close to the norm on households with dependent children: 29%, about the same as across England’s towns. Census figures put one-person households at 31% here.
More car-free households than 79% of UK towns: 22% in Wingate
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
Across England’s towns, 21% of households live in a detached house; in Wingate, 25%. At the same time, every 5th household or so has no car or van.
2.4% of residents were born outside the UK, fewer than in 97% 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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Of residents born abroad, 20% arrived in 2017 or later, against 21% across England’s towns. In Wingate, 99% of residents have English as their main language. Across England’s towns, 18% of residents were born outside the UK.
A larger share of residents who describe themselves as Christian than 89% of UK towns: 58%
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: 98% of Wingate · County Durham’s towns 93% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
By its share of residents with no religion (38%), Wingate is below 67% of UK towns. Measured more widely, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
In Wingate, 11% of residents give unpaid care, more than in 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
Married people and civil partners make up 42% of adults, against 44% across England’s towns. 40% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership. The benchmark for unpaid carers across England’s towns: 8.7%.
Degree-level qualifications: held by 24% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Wingate counts 24% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 24% have no qualification (18%).
Among 516 UK towns of 4,000 to 7,000 people, the 88th youngest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Bailrigg (18.9), the youngest, and Barton on Sea (65.3), the oldest. Nearest to Wingate in age: Woodford Halse (40.2), Blaenavon (40.2), Rawdon (40.3) and Upton (40.3).
Nearby, 6 of 7 towns have older populations than Wingate
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wingate | 5,033 | — | 40.3 | 17% | 29% |
| Trimdon Colliery | 1,788 | 1.2 mi | 43.4 | 20% | 26% |
| Wheatley Hill | 3,148 | 1.8 mi | 43.4 | 21% | 24% |
| Trimdon Grange | 1,233 | 2.2 mi | 46.6 | 21% | 25% |
| Shotton Colliery | 4,943 | 2.2 mi | 39.7 | 18% | 29% |
| Peterlee | 19,750 | 2.6 mi | 41.1 | 19% | 30% |
| Thornley | 2,543 | 2.9 mi | 45.1 | 21% | 26% |
| Trimdon | 2,835 | 2.9 mi | 44.5 | 21% | 28% |
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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 Wingate’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out. The population trend compares with the whole county and nation.
- Estimates since 2021 are modelled. The ONS builds mid-year estimates from the Census, births, deaths and migration records. Wingate’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 5,332 people in 2021, against 5,033 in the built-up area.
- 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 Wingate’s residents
What is the population of Wingate?
The 2021 Census counted 5,033 people in Wingate’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 5,800 people in mid-2024, 10% more than in 2011.
What is the average age in Wingate?
The median age was 40.3 at the 2021 Census, younger than 79% of UK towns. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 17% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Wingate?
98% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 93% across County Durham’s towns. 2.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Wingate?
38% said they had no religion and 58% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 3.9% didn’t answer.
Is Wingate good for families?
29% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Wingate’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) · ONS mid-year population estimates for 2021 LSOAs, mid-2011 to mid-2024. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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