Wynyard Park · Photo: Unknown author · Public domainMore households with dependent children than 97% of UK towns: 39%
With one-person households at 15%, Wynyard is behind 99% of UK towns on that count. The 2021 Census counted 4,040 residents in 1,475 households. Locally, 78% of households live in a detached house. Residents aged 65 and over are rarer here than in 95% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Wynyard’s people
A town of families
39% of Wynyard’s 1,475 households had dependent children in 2021, more than in 97% of UK towns and the highest share in County Durham. 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A town people move to
16% of residents gave a different address a year before the 2021 Census, 1.5 times the share across England’s towns. Students & newcomers ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Wynyard is younger than 77% of UK towns: a median age of 40.6
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
50–54 is the most common age band: nearly one in ten residents, 1.3 times the share across England’s towns. Census figures put residents aged 15 to 24 at 9.7% in Wynyard.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Wynyard, 40.6. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
16% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, more than in 97% 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%.
Managerial and professional jobs take in 54% of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 7.8% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). As a reference point, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns. Full-time students: 6.8% of the total.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Larger households than 98% of UK towns: 2.7 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.
In Wynyard, 2.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
2.2% of households have no car or van, below 99% 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
Across England’s towns, 24% of households live in a terraced house; in Wynyard, 7%. Locally, 4.4% of households live in a flat or apartment.
A higher share of residents born outside the UK than 67% of UK towns, at 8.5%
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
97% of residents have English as their main language, against 90% across England’s towns. The benchmark for residents born outside the UK across England’s towns: 18%. Most residents from abroad were born in the Middle East and Asia (5.6%) or in EU countries (1.2%).
Wynyard sits below 93% of UK towns for residents with no religion (31%)
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: 84% of Wynyard · County Durham’s towns 93% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Across England’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as White British is 73%; Wynyard has 84%. Residents who describe themselves as Christian are more common here than in four fifths of UK towns. As a yardstick, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. Muslims make up 3.9% of residents.
More married adults and civil partners than 99% of UK towns: 62%
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
With adults who have never married at 26%, Wynyard is behind 89% of UK towns on that count. Against that, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Unpaid carers: 7.7% of the total.
Degree-level qualifications: 51% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Wynyard, 51% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 7.8% have no qualification at all (18%). Many of the 17% whose highest qualification is A levels are students working towards a degree.
Of 530 UK towns its size (3,000 to 5,000 people), the 71st youngest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Ages run from 18.9 in Bailrigg to 64.6 in Milford on Sea. Nearest to Wynyard in age: Cringleford (40.4), Indian Queens, Fraddon and St Columb Road (40.4), Rendlesham (40.6) and Hugglescote (40.7).
5 of the 7 nearest towns are older than Wynyard
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wynyard | 4,040 | — | 40.6 | 12% | 39% |
| Billingham | 33,917 | 3.1 mi | 44.2 | 21% | 27% |
| Stillington | 1,407 | 3.5 mi | 40.4 | 15% | 36% |
| Sedgefield | 4,979 | 4.3 mi | 48.2 | 27% | 26% |
| Stockton-on-Tees | 84,824 | 4.4 mi | 40.6 | 19% | 28% |
| Fishburn | 2,387 | 4.7 mi | 45.4 | 19% | 25% |
| Trimdon | 2,835 | 5.4 mi | 44.5 | 21% | 28% |
| Hartlepool | 88,001 | 5.9 mi | 42.3 | 20% | 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 Wynyard’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 Wynyard’s residents
What is the population of Wynyard?
The 2021 Census counted 4,040 people in Wynyard’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Wynyard?
The median age was 40.6 at the 2021 Census, younger than 77% of UK towns. 9.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 12% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Wynyard?
84% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 93% across County Durham’s towns. 8.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Wynyard?
31% said they had no religion and 55% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 3.9% were Muslim and 5.1% didn’t answer.
Is Wynyard good for families?
39% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Wynyard’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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