Photo: Michael Hanselmann @ http://www.michaelhanselmann.de/bilder.htm · CC BY-SA 2.5A median age of 66.1: Bamburgh is older than 99% of UK towns
44% of households are one person living alone (England’s towns: 30%). There were 118 households in Bamburgh at the 2021 Census, home to 212 residents. Locally, nearly a quarter of residents said they have no religion. On married adults and civil partners, Bamburgh sits higher than 92% of UK towns: 57%.
54% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 99% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Across England’s towns, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 12%; Bamburgh has 4.2%. 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
55% women, 45% men
About 83 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.
2% of adults are full-time students, fewer than in 99% 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%.
Compared with 11% across England’s towns, 6.6% of residents lived at another address a year earlier here. The usual figure: 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
A smaller share of households with dependent children than 99% of UK towns: 10%
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.
Across England’s towns, households average 2.4 people; in Bamburgh, 1.8. On average, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns.
Above 76% of UK towns: 17% of households live in a flat or apartment
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
Compared with 21% across England’s towns, 36% of households live in a detached house here. Across Bamburgh, 20% of households have no car or van. Few places have as many households in terraced houses: 23% here, more than in just over three fifths of UK towns.
Residents born outside the UK make up 2.8% in Bamburgh, less than in 93% 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
Across England’s towns, the share of residents whose main language is English is 90%; Bamburgh has 100%. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (1.4%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.9%). The usual figure: 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns.
70% of residents describe themselves as Christian, more than in 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: 97% of Bamburgh · Northumberland’s towns 96% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 97%, against 73% across England’s towns. Next after White British come Other White (0.9%), Mixed or multiple (0.9%) and Caribbean (0.5%). To put it in context, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
A lower share of adults who have never married than 99% of UK towns, at 19%
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
At 7.7%, unpaid carers sit close to the figure across England’s towns. For 8 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week. Elsewhere, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Degree-level qualifications: held by 33% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 33% of adults in Bamburgh (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 17% (England’s towns: 18%).
Bamburgh is older than every town around it
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bamburgh | 212 | — | 66.1 | 54% | 10% |
| Seahouses and North Sunderland | 1,678 | 3 mi | 57.9 | 37% | 14% |
| Belford | 1,314 | 4.5 mi | 55 | 31% | 18% |
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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 Bamburgh’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 Bamburgh’s residents
What is the population of Bamburgh?
The 2021 Census counted 212 people in Bamburgh’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Bamburgh?
The median age was 66.1 at the 2021 Census. 4.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 54% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Bamburgh?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 96% across Northumberland’s towns. 2.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Bamburgh?
24% said they had no religion and 70% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 3.8% didn’t answer.
Is Bamburgh good for families?
10% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Bamburgh’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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