Photo: David Dixon · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 98% of UK towns: half of Embleton is over 58
1.7% of households live in a flat or apartment (England’s towns: 23%). In 2021, the Census found 350 residents in Embleton, living in 175 households. Households with dependent children account for 15%. Fewer shared households of unrelated adults than in 99% of UK towns: 0.6%.
Residents aged 65 and over: 39%, a higher share than 99% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Against a figure of 12% across England’s towns, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in Embleton comes in at 5.4%. Measured more widely, 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 94 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A lower share of full-time students than 92% of UK towns, at 3.7%
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 Embleton, 36% of adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 23% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Locally, 6.3% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. Across England’s towns, full-time students come to 7.9%.
Smaller households than 97% of UK towns: 2 people on average
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.
Compared with 30% across England’s towns, 31% of households are one person living alone here.
A lower share of households without a car or van than 84% of UK towns, at 9.7%
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 36%, Embleton is ahead of 68% of UK towns on that count. For comparison, 24% of households have no car or van across England’s towns. Across Embleton, nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house.
99% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 91% 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
5.8% of residents were born outside the UK, against 18% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, the share of residents whose main language is English is 90%. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (2.9%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.4%).
Residents with no religion make up 23% in Embleton, less than in 98% 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: 95% of Embleton · Northumberland’s towns 96% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
In Embleton, 70% of residents describe themselves as Christian, beside 46% across England’s towns. The wider picture: 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. On the census count, 95% of residents describe themselves as White British.
Fewer adults who have never married than 99% of UK towns: 21%
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
Here 56% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, where the figure across England’s towns is 44%. As a yardstick, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. In Embleton, just over one in ten residents give unpaid care.
Degree-level qualifications reach 34% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 34% across England’s towns, 34% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 19% hold no qualification (18%).
1 of the 7 nearest towns are older than Embleton
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Embleton | 350 | — | 58 | 39% | 15% |
| Longhoughton | 1,173 | 4.6 mi | 45.5 | 18% | 30% |
| Seahouses and North Sunderland | 1,678 | 5.6 mi | 57.9 | 37% | 14% |
| Alnwick | 8,432 | 6.6 mi | 50.5 | 28% | 20% |
| Shilbottle | 1,787 | 8.9 mi | 46.2 | 20% | 27% |
| Belford | 1,314 | 10.2 mi | 55 | 31% | 18% |
| Warkworth | 1,412 | 10.9 mi | 63.1 | 46% | 11% |
| Amble | 5,852 | 11.7 mi | 51.1 | 27% | 21% |
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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 Embleton’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 Embleton’s residents
What is the population of Embleton?
The 2021 Census counted 350 people in Embleton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Embleton?
The median age was 58 at the 2021 Census. 5.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 39% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Embleton?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 96% across Northumberland’s towns. 5.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Embleton?
23% said they had no religion and 70% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5.4% didn’t answer.
Is Embleton good for families?
15% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Embleton’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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