Photo: Richard West · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Beadnell is over 63.7, older than 99% of UK towns
A quarter of residents said they have no religion, against 37% across England’s towns. Census day 2021: 338 residents and 186 households in Beadnell. On the census count, 10% of households have dependent children. More unpaid carers than in 98% of UK towns: 12%.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 99% of UK towns, at 48%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
With residents aged 15 to 24 at 5.7%, Beadnell is behind 99% of UK towns on that count. Across the comparison, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 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.
Below 99% of UK towns: 2.6% of adults are full-time students
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%.
In Beadnell, 38% of adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 18% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Nearly one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier, a higher share than in 55% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, 7.9% of adults are full-time students.
More one-person households than 97% of UK towns: 38%
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 Beadnell, 1.8. The wider picture: 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. Shared households of unrelated adults are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns.
In Beadnell, 6.6% of households live in a terraced house, fewer than in 96% 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
In Beadnell, 38% of households live in a detached house, beside 21% across England’s towns. Fewer households in flats than in 68% of UK towns: 7.7%. Across England’s towns, households in terraced houses come to 24%. On the census count, 13% of households have no car or van.
2.7% born outside the UK, fewer than in 95% 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
The largest groups were born in EU countries (1.8%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.6%). Across England’s towns, 18% of residents were born outside the UK. Few places have as many residents whose main language is English: 98% here, more than in 61% of UK towns.
A higher White British share than 99% of UK towns: 98% 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: 98% of Beadnell · Northumberland’s towns 96% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Against a figure of 46% across England’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as Christian in Beadnell comes in at 69%. Across England’s towns, residents who describe themselves as White British come to 73%.
Below 97% of UK towns: 23% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership
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
9 residents give 50 hours or more of unpaid care each week. By way of comparison, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. At 57%, the share of married adults and civil partners is higher than in 93% of UK towns.
35% of adults have a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Beadnell’s adults: 35% with a degree-level qualification and 20% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
Every nearby town is younger than Beadnell
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beadnell | 338 | — | 63.7 | 48% | 10% |
| Seahouses and North Sunderland | 1,678 | 1.8 mi | 57.9 | 37% | 14% |
| Belford | 1,314 | 8.3 mi | 55 | 31% | 18% |
| Longhoughton | 1,173 | 8.6 mi | 45.5 | 18% | 30% |
| Alnwick | 8,432 | 10.5 mi | 50.5 | 28% | 20% |
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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 Beadnell’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 Beadnell’s residents
What is the population of Beadnell?
The 2021 Census counted 338 people in Beadnell’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Beadnell?
The median age was 63.7 at the 2021 Census. 5.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 48% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Beadnell?
98% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 96% across Northumberland’s towns. 2.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Beadnell?
25% said they had no religion and 69% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5.3% didn’t answer.
Is Beadnell good for families?
10% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Beadnell’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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