Photo: Andrew Curtis · CC BY-SA 2.098% of residents describe themselves as White British, a share 99% of UK towns don’t reach
Households in terraced houses: 45%, above 96% of UK towns. 8.6% of residents are aged 15 to 24, fewer than in 85% of UK towns. Census day 2021: 1,229 residents and 551 households in Haydon Bridge. Locally, nearly a quarter of households have dependent children.
Older than 76% of UK towns: half of Haydon Bridge is over 48.4
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
24% of residents are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. In Corbridge, the oldest of Northumberland’s towns by this measure, it is 38%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Fewer full-time students than 87% of UK towns: 3.9%
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%.
29% of Haydon Bridge’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 29% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, full-time students come to 7.9%. The census found that just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier here.
Haydon Bridge households average 2.2 people, smaller than in 76% 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.
Against a figure of 30% across England’s towns, the share of one-person households in Haydon Bridge comes in at 32%. On the census count, 2% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
A smaller share of households in detached houses than 82% of UK towns: 16%
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 24% across England’s towns, 17% of households have no car or van here. Nearly one in ten households live in a flat, less than in 65% of UK towns; 16% in a detached house, against 21% across England’s towns.
Fewer residents born outside the UK than 99% of UK towns: 2.1%
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
Against a figure of 90% across England’s towns, the share of residents whose main language is English in Haydon Bridge comes in at 99%. To put it in context, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (1.3%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.4%).
A larger share of residents who describe themselves as Christian than 65% of UK towns: 52%
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 Haydon Bridge · Northumberland’s towns 96% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The share of residents with no religion is 40%, against 37% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, residents who describe themselves as Christian come to 46%.
47% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, fewer than in 57% of UK towns
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
On unpaid carers, 8.7% here is much the same as across England’s towns. The benchmark for married adults and civil partners across England’s towns: 44%. Heavy unpaid care, 50 hours a week or more, falls to 31 residents.
Degree-level qualifications: held by 31% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Haydon Bridge, 31% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 20% have no qualification at all (18%).
Every nearby town is older than Haydon Bridge
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haydon Bridge | 1,229 | — | 48.4 | 24% | 23% |
| Acomb | 1,155 | 5.7 mi | 51.2 | 30% | 23% |
| Hexham | 10,945 | 5.7 mi | 51.8 | 29% | 22% |
| Haltwhistle | 3,646 | 8.6 mi | 50.2 | 28% | 21% |
| Corbridge | 2,888 | 9.4 mi | 57.9 | 38% | 17% |
| Bellingham | 1,031 | 11.8 mi | 52 | 30% | 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 Haydon Bridge’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 Haydon Bridge’s residents
What is the population of Haydon Bridge?
The 2021 Census counted 1,229 people in Haydon Bridge’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Haydon Bridge?
The median age was 48.4 at the 2021 Census. 8.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 24% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Haydon Bridge?
98% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 96% across Northumberland’s towns. 2.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Haydon Bridge?
40% said they had no religion and 52% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 7.1% didn’t answer.
Is Haydon Bridge good for families?
23% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Haydon Bridge’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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