Photo: Graham Robson · CC BY-SA 2.0Hepscott is older than 99% of UK towns: a median age of 59.7
Set against 8.7% across England’s towns, 13% of residents give unpaid care in Hepscott. The village counted 403 residents and 178 households at the 2021 Census. Census figures put shared households of unrelated adults at 0.6% here. At 6.2%, the share of households in terraced houses is lower than in 97% of UK towns.
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 99% of UK towns: 40%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
55–59 is the most common age band: one in ten residents, 1.6 times the share across England’s towns. For Hepscott, the census puts residents aged 15 to 24 at 9.1%. Set beside that, 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.
Hepscott sits below 79% of UK towns for full-time students (4.1%)
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 take in 56% of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 7.7% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). For comparison, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. Residents who moved in within the year: a tenth of the total.
Hepscott sits below 97% of UK towns for households with dependent children (19%)
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, 22% of households are one person living alone here. Across England’s towns, 29% of households have dependent children. The average household has 2.2 people.
Households without a car or van: 2.8%, a lower share than 99% 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
Households in detached houses: 81%, above 99% of UK towns. To put it in context, nearly a quarter of households have no car or van across England’s towns.
A higher share of residents whose main language is English than 86% of UK towns, at 99%
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 the Middle East and Asia (3%) and in EU countries (1%). Compared with other places, residents born outside the UK are scarce here: 5.2%, fewer than in 62% of UK towns. The usual figure: 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
60% of residents describe themselves as Christian, more than in 94% 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: 94% of Hepscott · Northumberland’s towns 96% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Of the other groups, the largest are Indian (2.5%), Other White (2%) and Pakistani (1.5%). Lower than in 91% of UK towns: 31% of residents said they have no religion. As a yardstick, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Where 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns, Hepscott has 94%.
Above 99% of UK towns: 69% of adults are married or in 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
The share of adults who have never married is 16%, against 39% across England’s towns. Set beside that, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. 18 people care, unpaid, for 50 hours or more a week.
Adults with a degree-level qualification: 57%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Hepscott counts 57% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 7.5% have no qualification (18%).
Every nearby town is younger than Hepscott
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hepscott | 403 | — | 59.7 | 40% | 19% |
| Morpeth | 14,419 | 1.8 mi | 50.8 | 29% | 24% |
| Pegswood | 3,302 | 2 mi | 46.3 | 21% | 26% |
| Stakeford | 8,197 | 2.6 mi | 48.7 | 25% | 22% |
| Bedlington | 16,186 | 2.8 mi | 45.7 | 22% | 25% |
| Ashington | 28,279 | 4 mi | 42.7 | 20% | 26% |
| Cramlington | 28,846 | 5.3 mi | 45.8 | 23% | 26% |
| Blyth | 39,731 | 5.4 mi | 41.6 | 20% | 27% |
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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 Hepscott’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 Hepscott’s residents
What is the population of Hepscott?
The 2021 Census counted 403 people in Hepscott’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Hepscott?
The median age was 59.7 at the 2021 Census. 9.1% of residents were 15 to 24 and 40% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Hepscott?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 96% across Northumberland’s towns. 5.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Hepscott?
31% said they had no religion and 60% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1.5% were Muslim and 5.5% didn’t answer.
Is Hepscott good for families?
19% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Hepscott’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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