Photo: Anthony Foster · CC BY-SA 2.0Shared households of unrelated adults make up 1.4% in Prudhoe, less than in 95% of UK towns
Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 96%, against 73% across England’s towns. Prudhoe is home to 10,285 residents in 4,574 households, by the 2021 Census. The census found that just over a fifth of households have no car or van here. A quarter of households live in a detached house, a lower share than in 63% of UK towns.
A +1% change since 2011: slower than 81% of UK towns
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Prudhoe’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 10,900 people in 2011; 11,000 in 2024.
No year added more people than mid-2023 to mid-2024: 170. The 65 and over age group moved most (+40%); the 0 to 15 group moved least (−15%).
Older than 59% of UK towns: half of Prudhoe is over 45.7
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 21%, against 18% across England’s towns. Compared with other places, residents aged 15 to 24 are common here: 11%, more than in 80% of UK towns.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Prudhoe, 45.7. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Fewer residents who moved in within the year than 89% of UK towns: 6.8%
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%.
6.1% of adults are full-time students (England’s towns: 7.9%). Against that, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Prudhoe households average 2.2 people, smaller than in 68% 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.
One-person households make up 32%, against 30% across England’s towns. 27% of households have dependent children, a lower share than in 51% of UK towns.
Households in flats: 8.8%, a lower share than 61% 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
Where 24% of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns, Prudhoe has 22%. Across England’s towns, 23% of households live in a flat or apartment.
3.6% of residents were born outside the UK, below 84% 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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (1.7%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1%). At 99%, the share of residents whose main language is English is higher than in 72% of UK towns. The benchmark for residents born outside the UK across England’s towns: 18%. 14% of the town’s residents born abroad came in 2017 or later, set against 21% across England’s towns.
A higher share of residents who describe themselves as Christian than 66% of UK towns, at 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: 96% of Prudhoe · Northumberland’s towns 96% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Other than White British, most residents describe themselves as Other White (1.6%), Mixed or multiple (0.7%) and Indian (0.5%). Just over two in five residents said they have no religion, more than in 51% of UK towns. Typically, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
Prudhoe ranks below 54% of UK towns on adults who have never married: 32%
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
290 residents give 50 hours or more of unpaid care each week. More married adults and civil partners than in 51% of UK towns: 48%. Across England’s towns, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership. There is little gap on unpaid carers: 9.4%, about the same as across England’s towns.
28% of adults have qualifications at degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 34% across England’s towns, 28% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 17% hold no qualification (18%).
166th highest median age among 455 UK towns of 7,000 to 14,000
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Stoke Gifford is the youngest (27.8); Seaton the oldest (61). Nearest to Prudhoe in age: Radlett (45.6), Cranleigh (45.6), Royal Wootton Bassett (45.7) and Hayle (45.7).
Prudhoe sits below 5 of its 7 closest neighbours on median age
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prudhoe | 10,285 | — | 45.7 | 21% | 27% |
| Ovingham | 1,155 | 0.9 mi | 50.6 | 27% | 23% |
| Wylam | 1,661 | 1.8 mi | 51.1 | 28% | 25% |
| Stocksfield | 1,944 | 2.2 mi | 54 | 32% | 23% |
| Crawcrook and Greenside | 7,544 | 2.7 mi | 45.6 | 23% | 25% |
| Chopwell | 2,530 | 3.2 mi | 43.6 | 22% | 20% |
| Heddon-on-the-Wall | 1,300 | 3.4 mi | 58.2 | 37% | 17% |
| High Spen | 1,933 | 3.5 mi | 49 | 24% | 25% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- The Census was taken in a lockdown, in term time. 21 March 2021 fell in term time, and students were asked to give their term-time address, so most were counted where they study. Some may have been living with family that day.
- “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 Prudhoe’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out. The population trend compares with the whole county and nation.
- Estimates since 2021 are modelled. The ONS builds mid-year estimates from the Census, births, deaths and migration records. Prudhoe’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 10,738 people in 2021, against 10,285 in the built-up area.
- 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 Prudhoe’s residents
What is the population of Prudhoe?
The 2021 Census counted 10,285 people in Prudhoe’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 11,000 people in mid-2024, about as many as in 2011.
What is the average age in Prudhoe?
The median age was 45.7 at the 2021 Census, older than 59% of UK towns. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 21% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Prudhoe?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 96% across Northumberland’s towns. 3.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Prudhoe?
41% said they had no religion and 52% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 5.3% didn’t answer.
Is Prudhoe good for families?
27% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Prudhoe’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) · ONS mid-year population estimates for 2021 LSOAs, mid-2011 to mid-2024. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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