Photo: Graham Robson · CC BY-SA 2.0Pegswood ranks below 98% of UK towns on shared households of unrelated adults: 1.2%
Residents who describe themselves as White British are more common here than in 99% of UK towns. In 2021, the Census found 3,302 residents in Pegswood, living in 1,550 households. On the census count, 3.1% of households live in a flat or apartment. 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns, against 35% here.
What the Census says about Pegswood’s people
Many carers
357 residents gave unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age in 2021, 11% of those 5 and over: more than in 91% of UK towns. Relationships & caring ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
A median age of 46.3: Pegswood is older than 64% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
55–59 is the most common age band: 9.2% of residents, 1.4 times the share across England’s towns. Locally, 21% of residents are 65 or over.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Pegswood, 46.3. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A lower share of full-time students than 54% of UK towns, at 4.7%
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%.
27% of Pegswood’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 30% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Across the comparison, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. For Pegswood, the census puts residents who moved in within the year at 8.6%.
Smaller households than 89% of UK towns: 2.1 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.
Families with dependent children are just over a quarter of households (England’s towns 29%), and 16% are someone 66 or over living alone (Northumberland’s towns 16%).
Pegswood: 23% of households have no car or van, above 82% 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
Pegswood sits close to the norm on households in terraced houses: 24%, about the same as across England’s towns. About one household in 4 lives without a car or van. Households in detached houses are rarer here than in 70% of UK towns.
Fewer residents born outside the UK 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
Residents whose main language is English make up 99%, against 90% across England’s towns. For comparison, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (1.5%) or in the Middle East and Asia (0.6%).
In Pegswood, 53% of residents describe themselves as Christian, more than in 73% 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: 98% of Pegswood · Northumberland’s towns 96% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Locally, just over two in five residents said they have no religion. To put it in context, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
A larger share of unpaid carers than 91% of UK towns: 11%
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
95 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. Unpaid carers make up 8.7% across England’s towns. At 43%, the share of married adults and civil partners is lower than in 78% of UK towns. Adults who have never married make up 33%, against 39% across England’s towns.
A degree-level qualification for 26% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Pegswood’s adults: 26% with a degree-level qualification and 19% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
Of 514 UK towns its size (2,500 to 4,000 people), the 226th youngest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
The youngest is Keele (20.6) and the oldest West Chiltington (63.1). Nearest to Pegswood in age: Shalford (46.2), Lydd (46.2), Shirland and Stonebroom (46.3) and St Martins (46.3).
5 of the 7 nearest towns are older than Pegswood
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pegswood | 3,302 | — | 46.3 | 21% | 26% |
| Morpeth | 14,419 | 2 mi | 50.8 | 29% | 24% |
| Stakeford | 8,197 | 2.6 mi | 48.7 | 25% | 22% |
| Ashington | 28,279 | 3.4 mi | 42.7 | 20% | 26% |
| Bedlington | 16,186 | 4 mi | 45.7 | 22% | 25% |
| Widdrington Station | 2,495 | 4.3 mi | 46.7 | 25% | 22% |
| Ellington | 2,131 | 4.6 mi | 55.2 | 31% | 19% |
| Lynemouth | 1,685 | 4.9 mi | 46.9 | 22% | 23% |
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 Pegswood’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 Pegswood’s residents
What is the population of Pegswood?
The 2021 Census counted 3,302 people in Pegswood’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Pegswood?
The median age was 46.3 at the 2021 Census, older than 64% of UK towns. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 21% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Pegswood?
98% 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 Pegswood?
41% said they had no religion and 53% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 4.5% didn’t answer.
Is Pegswood good for families?
26% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Pegswood’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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