Photo: Graham Robson · CC BY-SA 2.0Shared households of unrelated adults: 1.4%, a lower share than 94% of UK towns
Where 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns, Cramlington has 97%. More households without a car or van than in 70% of UK towns: 19%. The town had 28,846 residents and 12,815 households at the 2021 Census, with a median age of 45.8 (older than three fifths of UK towns). Nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over.
A +8% change since 2011: Cramlington grew faster than 54% of UK towns
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Cramlington’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 29,400 people in 2011; 31,900 in 2024.
Growth was strongest among the 65 and over (+55%) and weakest among the 45 to 64 (−4%). The steepest year was mid-2023 to mid-2024, up 730 people.
Cramlington is older than 60% of UK towns: a median age of 45.8
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 10% here and 12% across England’s towns. In Corbridge, the oldest of Northumberland’s towns by this measure, it is 38%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Cramlington, 45.8. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
7.4% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 78% 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 nearly a third of Cramlington’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 25%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. For comparison, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns. The share of full-time students stands at 5%.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
2.2 people per household, fewer than in 68% 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.
The figure for households with dependent children is 26% in Cramlington and 29% across England’s towns. One-person households account for 31%.
23% of households live in a detached house, below 66% 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
The figure for households in flats is 12% in Cramlington and 23% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, the share of households in detached houses is 21%. Here, 25% of households live in a terraced house.
Residents born outside the UK: 2.8%, a lower share than 94% 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
Where just over a fifth of those born abroad across England’s towns arrived in 2017 or later, here the share is 17%. Typically, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Locally, 99% of residents have English as their main language.
More residents with no religion than 67% of UK towns: 43%
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 Cramlington · Northumberland’s towns 96% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Of the other groups, the largest are Other White (1.1%), Mixed or multiple (0.9%) and Indian (0.2%). As a yardstick, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. Set against 46% across England’s towns, half of residents describe themselves as Christian in Cramlington.
10% of residents give unpaid care, a share 68% 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
855 residents give 50 hours or more of unpaid care each week. Against that, nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership; in Cramlington, 49%.
Degree level: the highest qualification of 26% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 26% of Cramlington’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 17% have no qualification (18%).
From a median age of 41 in Cramlington Town & Beaconhill to 54 in Cramlington South
The town’s 3 neighbourhoods (ONS middle-layer areas with 500+ residents inside it, named by the House of Commons Library), youngest first. Census 2021.
Cramlington South is the oldest area, with 34% aged 65 or over; Cramlington Town & Beaconhill the youngest (median age 41). Families with children are most common in Cramlington North & East (29% of households).
Ranked by age, 52nd oldest of 240 UK towns this size
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Ages run from 31.1 in Egham to 56.2 in Rustington. Nearest to Cramlington in age: Sedgley (45.7), Chandler's Ford (45.7), Bingley (45.8) and Locks Heath (45.8).
Median age: 3 of the 7 towns around Cramlington are older
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cramlington | 28,846 | — | 45.8 | 23% | 26% |
| Seghill | 2,799 | 1.9 mi | 48.2 | 25% | 20% |
| Dudley | 4,799 | 2 mi | 44.2 | 21% | 25% |
| New Hartley | 1,764 | 2.3 mi | 46.8 | 22% | 28% |
| Seaton Delaval | 8,012 | 2.5 mi | 46.5 | 23% | 22% |
| Seaton Burn | 1,354 | 2.6 mi | 45.2 | 20% | 25% |
| Blyth | 39,731 | 3.2 mi | 41.6 | 20% | 27% |
| Killingworth | 12,180 | 3.3 mi | 43.6 | 21% | 26% |
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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 Cramlington’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out. The population trend compares with the whole county and nation.
- Estimates since 2021 are modelled. The ONS builds mid-year estimates from the Census, births, deaths and migration records. Cramlington’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 30,080 people in 2021, against 28,846 in the built-up area.
- 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 Cramlington’s residents
What is the population of Cramlington?
The 2021 Census counted 28,846 people in Cramlington’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 31,900 people in mid-2024, 8% more than in 2011.
What is the average age in Cramlington?
The median age was 45.8 at the 2021 Census, older than 60% of UK towns. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 23% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Cramlington?
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 Cramlington?
43% said they had no religion and 50% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.5% were Muslim and 5% didn’t answer.
Is Cramlington good for families?
26% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Families are most common in Cramlington North & East (29% of households). Schools are on Cramlington’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) · ONS mid-year population estimates for 2021 LSOAs, mid-2011 to mid-2024 · House of Commons Library MSOA names. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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