Photo: Chris Morgan · CC BY-SA 2.0More terraced houses than 99% of UK towns: 65% of households
One-person households make up 40%, against 30% across England’s towns. At the 2021 Census, 1,685 people lived in Lynemouth, in 821 households. The share of households without a car or van stands at 27%. Few places have so few shared households of unrelated adults: 1.5% here, fewer than in 93% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Lynemouth’s people
Many carers
205 residents gave unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age in 2021, 13% of those 5 and over: more than in 99% of UK towns. Relationships & caring ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Half of Lynemouth is over 46.9, older than 68% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 60–64: nearly one in ten residents, 1.5 times the share across England’s towns. The census found that one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24 in Lynemouth. Compared with other places, residents aged 65 and over are common here: 22%, more than in 51% of UK towns.
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.
3.7% of adults are full-time students, below 91% 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%.
Residents who moved in within the year: 6%, below 97% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, 7.9% of adults are full-time students.
Households here average 2.1 people, below 95% 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.
Set against 29% across England’s towns, 23% of households have dependent children in Lynemouth.
Below 99% of UK towns: 3.2% of households live in a detached house
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 flats: 5.8%, below 79% of UK towns. The usual figure: 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
Fewer residents born abroad than 96% of UK towns: 2.6%
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
Across England’s towns, nine in ten residents have English as their main language; in Lynemouth, 99%. Set beside that, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (1.1%), then in the Middle East and Asia (1%).
In Lynemouth, 97% of residents describe themselves as White British, more than in 96% 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: 97% of Lynemouth · Northumberland’s towns 96% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
46% of residents said they have no religion (England’s towns: 37%). Meanwhile, at 47%, the share of residents who describe themselves as Christian is lower than in 69% of UK towns. For residents who describe themselves as White British, the comparison across England’s towns is 73%. Of the other groups, the largest are Other White (1.3%), Mixed or multiple (0.4%) and Chinese (0.3%).
Lynemouth sits above 99% of UK towns for unpaid carers (13%)
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 figure for adults who have never married is 38% in Lynemouth and 39% across England’s towns. Measured more widely, nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care across England’s towns. In Lynemouth, 37% of adults are married or in a civil partnership.
Degree-level qualifications reach 17% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
27% of Lynemouth’s adults have no qualification (18% across England’s towns), and 17% have one at degree level (34%).
3 in 7 nearby towns have a higher median age than Lynemouth
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lynemouth | 1,685 | — | 46.9 | 22% | 23% |
| Ellington | 2,131 | 1 mi | 55.2 | 31% | 19% |
| Newbiggin-by-the-Sea | 5,951 | 2.2 mi | 48.7 | 26% | 22% |
| Ashington | 28,279 | 2.6 mi | 42.7 | 20% | 26% |
| Widdrington Station | 2,495 | 3.4 mi | 46.7 | 25% | 22% |
| Stakeford | 8,197 | 4 mi | 48.7 | 25% | 22% |
| Pegswood | 3,302 | 4.9 mi | 46.3 | 21% | 26% |
| Bedlington | 16,186 | 5.8 mi | 45.7 | 22% | 25% |
Health, work and homes have their own pages
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 Lynemouth’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 Lynemouth’s residents
What is the population of Lynemouth?
The 2021 Census counted 1,685 people in Lynemouth’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Lynemouth?
The median age was 46.9 at the 2021 Census. 9.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 22% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Lynemouth?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 96% across Northumberland’s towns. 2.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Lynemouth?
46% said they had no religion and 47% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 4.7% didn’t answer.
Is Lynemouth good for families?
23% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Lynemouth’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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