Photo: Pit-yacker · CC BY 2.5A smaller share of households in flats than 99% of UK towns: 0.7%
Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 61% here and 46% across England’s towns. In 2021, the Census found 333 residents in Witton Park, living in 140 households. On the census count, 64% of households live in a terraced house. Lower than in 92% of UK towns: 8.1% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
Only 20% of residents are 65 or over in Witton Park
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
With a median age of 45.1, Witton Park is older than 54% of UK towns. Typically, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. The biggest five-year age group is 10–14, with 9.9% of residents, 1.6 times the share 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.
Witton Park sits below 99% of UK towns for full-time students (1.9%)
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%.
Nearly one in ten residents lived at another address a year before the Census, against 11% across England’s towns. Measured more widely, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
In Witton Park, 26% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 82% 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: 4.3%, near enough the figure across England’s towns. Witton Park has more households with dependent children than 74% of UK towns, at 30%. Households average 2.4 people.
Households without a car or van: 14%, a lower share than 56% 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
Households in detached houses: 29% of the total. Every 7th household or so has no car or van.
3.9% born outside the UK, fewer than in 79% 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
Compared with 90% across England’s towns, 99% of residents have English as their main language here. By way of comparison, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. The largest groups were born in EU countries (1.8%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.9%).
Residents with no religion make up 32% in Witton Park, less than in 89% 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 Witton Park · County Durham’s towns 93% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Besides White British, the main groups are Other White (1.8%), African (1.5%) and Mixed or multiple (1.2%). Elsewhere, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. Few places have as many residents who describe themselves as White British: 95% here, more than in 72% of UK towns.
Witton Park sits above 81% of UK towns for unpaid carers (11%)
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
Compared with 39% across England’s towns, nearly a third of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership here. Married adults and civil partners are more common here than in nearly three fifths of UK towns. Elsewhere, 8.7% of residents give unpaid care across England’s towns. Unpaid care takes 50 hours a week or more for 11 people.
26% of adults have a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 18% of adults have no qualification; in Witton Park, 25%, while 26% hold one at degree level (34%).
Of the 7 towns nearest Witton Park, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Witton Park | 333 | — | 45.1 | 20% | 30% |
| Toft Hill and High Etherley | 1,865 | 1.2 mi | 51 | 27% | 22% |
| Bishop Auckland | 23,359 | 2.4 mi | 44.4 | 21% | 27% |
| West Auckland | 3,107 | 2.5 mi | 45.9 | 23% | 27% |
| Crook | 9,717 | 3.2 mi | 44.3 | 21% | 27% |
| Evenwood | 1,587 | 3.2 mi | 46.5 | 23% | 23% |
| Willington | 5,685 | 3.7 mi | 44.7 | 22% | 27% |
| Coundon and Leeholme | 2,522 | 4.1 mi | 41.1 | 20% | 27% |
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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 Witton Park’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 Witton Park’s residents
What is the population of Witton Park?
The 2021 Census counted 333 people in Witton Park’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Witton Park?
The median age was 45.1 at the 2021 Census. 8.1% of residents were 15 to 24 and 20% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Witton Park?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 93% across County Durham’s towns. 3.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Witton Park?
32% said they had no religion and 61% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6% didn’t answer.
Is Witton Park good for families?
30% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Witton Park’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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