Photo: David Dixon · CC BY-SA 2.0Ellington is older than 97% of UK towns: a median age of 55.2
Against a figure of 29% across England’s towns, the share of households with dependent children in Ellington comes in at 19%. At the 2021 Census Ellington was home to 2,131 people in 984 households. Married adults and civil partners: 58% of the total. Fewer households in flats than in 85% of UK towns: 4.5%.
What the Census says about Ellington’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Ellington’s residents are under 55.2 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 31% are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
31% of Ellington is 65 or over, a higher share than 92% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Set against 12% across England’s towns, 7.9% of residents are aged 15 to 24 in Ellington. Typically, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
2.9% of adults are full-time students, below 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%.
In Ellington, a third of adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Here, 6.7% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. Full-time students: 7.9% across England’s towns, for comparison.
Shared households of unrelated adults: 1%, a lower share than 99% 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.
At 2.2 people, the average household compares with 2.4 across England’s towns. For comparison, 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns. Across Ellington, just over a quarter of households are one person living alone.
A lower share of households without a car or van than 84% of UK towns, at 9.6%
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
On households in terraced houses, 24% here is much the same as across England’s towns. 30% of households live in a detached house, a higher share than in 53% of UK towns.
In Ellington, 1.7% of residents were born outside the UK, fewer than in 99% 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
Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (0.9%), then in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (0.4%). Across England’s towns, residents born outside the UK come to 18%. Against a figure of 90% across England’s towns, the share of residents whose main language is English in Ellington comes in at 100%.
Residents who describe themselves as White British: 99%, a higher share than 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: 99% of Ellington · Northumberland’s towns 96% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 61%, above 95% of UK towns. By way of comparison, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. In Ellington, a third of residents said they have no religion.
Ellington sits below 93% of UK towns for adults who have never married (25%)
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
11% of residents give unpaid care, against 8.7% across England’s towns. The benchmark for adults who have never married across England’s towns: 39%.
Degree-level qualifications: held by 28% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
16% of Ellington’s adults have no qualification (18% across England’s towns), and 28% have one at degree level (34%).
Every nearby town is younger than Ellington
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ellington | 2,131 | — | 55.2 | 31% | 19% |
| Lynemouth | 1,685 | 1 mi | 46.9 | 22% | 23% |
| Widdrington Station | 2,495 | 2.3 mi | 46.7 | 25% | 22% |
| Ashington | 28,279 | 3 mi | 42.7 | 20% | 26% |
| Newbiggin-by-the-Sea | 5,951 | 3.1 mi | 48.7 | 26% | 22% |
| Stakeford | 8,197 | 4.3 mi | 48.7 | 25% | 22% |
| Pegswood | 3,302 | 4.6 mi | 46.3 | 21% | 26% |
| Hadston | 2,713 | 5 mi | 46.4 | 22% | 24% |
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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 Ellington’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 Ellington’s residents
What is the population of Ellington?
The 2021 Census counted 2,131 people in Ellington’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Ellington?
The median age was 55.2 at the 2021 Census. 7.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 31% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Ellington?
99% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 96% across Northumberland’s towns. 1.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Ellington?
33% said they had no religion and 61% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 5% didn’t answer.
Is Ellington good for families?
19% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Ellington’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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