Photo: Chris Morgan · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 93% of UK towns: half of Acklington is over 52.6
0.8% of households live in a terraced house (England’s towns: 24%). The 2021 Census put Acklington’s population at 303, in 127 households. The census found that 22% of households are one person living alone here. Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 78% of UK towns, at 26%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Nothing unusual on residents aged 15 to 24: 12%, close to the figure across England’s towns. To put it in context, 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.
Residents who moved in within the year: 6.6%, a lower share than 90% 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%.
Across England’s towns, the share of full-time students is 7.9%; Acklington has 6.5%. Set beside that, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Fewer shared households of unrelated adults than 99% of UK towns: 0.8%
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Northumberland’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
Households with dependent children: 23%, below 86% of UK towns. Typically, 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns. Average household size: 2.4 people.
Acklington sits below 99% of UK towns for households without a car or van (2.4%)
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
21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns, against 49% in Acklington. Across England’s towns, 24% of households have no car or van.
Residents born outside the UK make up 2.3% in Acklington, less 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%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (1.3%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.3%). The wider picture: 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Compared with other places, residents whose main language is English are common here: 100%, more than in 99% of UK towns.
A higher White British share than 97% of UK towns: 97% of residents
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: 97% of Acklington · Northumberland’s towns 96% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The share of residents who describe themselves as Christian is 63%, against 46% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, residents who describe themselves as White British come to 73%. Residents with no religion account for 33%.
More married adults and civil partners than 99% of UK towns: 64%
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
Some 13 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. The comparison figure for married adults and civil partners is 44% across England’s towns. Compared with other places, unpaid carers are common here: 12%, more than in 97% of UK towns. Adults who have never married: 22%, below 98% of UK towns.
29% of adults have qualifications at degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
29% of Acklington’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 11% have none (18%). Many still at university: 20% list A levels as their highest qualification.
Among its 7 nearest neighbours, 2 are older than Acklington
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acklington | 303 | — | 52.6 | 26% | 23% |
| South Broomhill | 1,520 | 1 mi | 39 | 12% | 16% |
| Hadston | 2,713 | 1.9 mi | 46.4 | 22% | 24% |
| Warkworth | 1,412 | 2.2 mi | 63.1 | 46% | 11% |
| Amble | 5,852 | 2.5 mi | 51.1 | 27% | 21% |
| Felton | 1,270 | 3 mi | 55 | 29% | 23% |
| Shilbottle | 1,787 | 4.7 mi | 46.2 | 20% | 27% |
| Widdrington Station | 2,495 | 5 mi | 46.7 | 25% | 22% |
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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.
- “Northumberland’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Northumberland (or England), summed the same way as Acklington’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 Acklington’s residents
What is the population of Acklington?
The 2021 Census counted 303 people in Acklington’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Acklington?
The median age was 52.6 at the 2021 Census. 12% of residents were 15 to 24 and 26% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Acklington?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 96% across Northumberland’s towns. 2.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Acklington?
33% said they had no religion and 63% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 3% didn’t answer.
Is Acklington good for families?
23% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Acklington’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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