Photo: marty bell · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 53.5: Wolviston is older than 94% of UK towns
The share of residents with no religion is 29%, against 37% across England’s towns. At 20%, the share of households with dependent children is lower than in 95% of UK towns. 840 residents in 379 households: that is Wolviston at the 2021 Census. In Wolviston, 63% of adults are married or in a civil partnership.
Residents aged 65 and over: 31%, a higher share than 92% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Against a figure of 12% across England’s towns, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in Wolviston comes in at 8.9%. On average, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s 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.
Wolviston ranks above 91% of UK towns on full-time students: 6.9%
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%.
Compared with 11% across England’s towns, one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier here. By way of comparison, 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.
Households here average 2.2 people, below 67% 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.
One-person households make up 29%, against 30% across England’s towns. In Wolviston, 2.4% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
More households in detached houses than 93% of UK towns: 54%
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, the share of households in flats is 23%; Wolviston has 5.3%. The share of households without a car or van stands at 10%. A quarter of households live in a terraced house, a higher share than in 68% of UK towns. For comparison, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
Above 99% of UK towns: 100% of residents have English as their main language
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
The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in the Middle East and Asia (1.6%) and in EU countries (1.4%). Wolviston has fewer residents born outside the UK than just over four fifths of UK towns, at 3.7%. The share of residents whose main language is English across England’s towns is 90%.
Wolviston: 66% of residents describe themselves as Christian, above 99% 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: 96% of Wolviston · County Durham’s towns 93% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
After White British, the most common groups are Other White (1.4%), Indian (1.2%) and Mixed or multiple (0.6%). Residents who describe themselves as White British are more common here than in 86% of UK towns. The usual figure: 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
21% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, below 99% 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
23 residents give 50 hours or more of unpaid care each week. Wolviston has more unpaid carers than 90% of UK towns, at 11%. To put it in context, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
43% of adults have qualifications at degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
43% of Wolviston’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 11% have none (18%). For 19%, A levels are the highest qualification so far, many of them students still working towards a degree.
Every neighbour of Wolviston has a younger population
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wolviston | 840 | — | 53.5 | 31% | 20% |
| Billingham | 33,917 | 1 mi | 44.2 | 21% | 27% |
| Wynyard | 4,040 | 2.2 mi | 40.6 | 12% | 39% |
| Stockton-on-Tees | 84,824 | 3.7 mi | 40.6 | 19% | 28% |
| Stillington | 1,407 | 5 mi | 40.4 | 15% | 36% |
| Hartlepool | 88,001 | 5 mi | 42.3 | 20% | 28% |
| Thornaby-on-Tees | 23,352 | 5.6 mi | 39.5 | 19% | 28% |
| Middlesbrough | 148,232 | 6 mi | 37.5 | 17% | 30% |
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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 Wolviston’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 Wolviston’s residents
What is the population of Wolviston?
The 2021 Census counted 840 people in Wolviston’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Wolviston?
The median age was 53.5 at the 2021 Census. 8.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 31% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Wolviston?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 93% across County Durham’s towns. 3.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Wolviston?
29% said they had no religion and 66% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 3.8% didn’t answer.
Is Wolviston good for families?
20% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Wolviston’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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