Photo: Christine Johnstone · CC BY-SA 2.0Amble is older than 90% of UK towns: a median age of 51.1
Residents who describe themselves as White British: 98% here and 73% across England’s towns. There were 2,775 households in Amble at the 2021 Census, home to 5,852 residents. In Amble, just over a third of households live in a terraced house. This Northumberland town has fewer households with dependent children than 93% of UK towns, at 21%.
What the Census says about Amble’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Amble’s residents are under 51.1 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 27% are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Ages ↓
Many carers
665 residents gave unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age in 2021, 12% of those 5 and over: more than in 96% of UK towns. Relationships & caring ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Fewer young people than 83% of UK towns: 8.6% are 15 to 24
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
60–64 is the most common age band: nearly one in ten residents, 1.6 times the share across England’s towns. Residents aged 65 and over are more common here than in nearly four fifths of UK towns. On average, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Amble, 51.1. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Full-time students: 3.5%, a lower share than 95% 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 account for a quarter of Amble’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 31%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Across the comparison, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. Residents who moved in within the year: 7.3% of the total.
1.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, below 96% of UK towns
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.
Against a figure of 30% across England’s towns, the share of one-person households in Amble comes in at 34%. The benchmark for shared households of unrelated adults across England’s towns: 4.3%. Households average 2.1 people.
Only 8.4% of households live in a flat or apartment in Amble
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
With households in detached houses at 22%, Amble is behind just over two thirds of UK towns on that count. Higher than in 84% of UK towns: 23% of households have no car or van.
2.2% of residents were born outside the UK, below 98% 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
The share of residents whose main language is English tops 93% of UK towns: 99%. Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (0.9%), then in the Middle East and Asia (0.7%). Across England’s towns, residents born outside the UK come to 18%.
Amble: 58% of residents describe themselves as Christian, above 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: 98% of Amble · Northumberland’s towns 96% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Nothing unusual on residents with no religion: 37%, close to the figure across England’s towns. The wider picture: 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
12% of residents give unpaid care, a share 96% of UK towns don’t reach
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 31%, Amble is behind just over three fifths of UK towns on that count. 217 people care, unpaid, for 50 hours or more a week. At 48%, the share of married adults and civil partners is lower than in 51% of UK towns. Elsewhere, 8.7% of residents give unpaid care across England’s towns.
Degree-level qualifications: held by 24% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Amble, 24% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 21% have no qualification at all (18%).
83rd highest median age among 624 UK towns of 4,000 to 8,000
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 65.3 in Barton on Sea. Nearest to Amble in age: Brundall (51), Burry Port (51), Markfield (51.1) and Prestbury (51.1).
A younger town than 2 of the 7 around it: Amble
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amble | 5,852 | — | 51.1 | 27% | 21% |
| Warkworth | 1,412 | 1.3 mi | 63.1 | 46% | 11% |
| Hadston | 2,713 | 2.8 mi | 46.4 | 22% | 24% |
| South Broomhill | 1,520 | 3.1 mi | 39 | 12% | 16% |
| Shilbottle | 1,787 | 4.9 mi | 46.2 | 20% | 27% |
| Felton | 1,270 | 5.3 mi | 55 | 29% | 23% |
| Widdrington Station | 2,495 | 6.6 mi | 46.7 | 25% | 22% |
| Alnwick | 8,432 | 7.1 mi | 50.5 | 28% | 20% |
Health, work and homes have their own pages
What this data can and can’t tell you
- “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 Amble’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 Amble’s residents
What is the population of Amble?
The 2021 Census counted 5,852 people in Amble’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Amble?
The median age was 51.1 at the 2021 Census, older than 90% of UK towns. 8.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 27% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Amble?
98% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 96% across Northumberland’s towns. 2.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Amble?
37% said they had no religion and 58% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 4.6% didn’t answer.
Is Amble good for families?
21% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Amble’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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