Photo: Oliver Dixon · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 92% of UK towns: half of Redburn is over 52.1
Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns. The 2021 Census counted 296 residents in 134 households. Across Redburn, nearly three in five residents describe themselves as Christian. Where 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns, Redburn has 22%.
A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of UK towns: 4.3%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Residents aged 65 and over: 28%, above 85% of UK towns. Against that, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 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.
Redburn ranks below 89% of UK towns on residents who moved in within the year: 6.7%
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%.
By class, 30% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 28% in routine and semi-routine work (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). To put it in context, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns. Full-time students are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns.
2.2 people per household, fewer than in 73% 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.
Where 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns, Redburn has 3%. One-person households account for 30%.
Households without a car or van: 14%, a lower share than 58% 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
Just over a fifth of households live in a terraced house, against 24% across England’s towns. Households in detached houses: 29% of the total.
Redburn ranks below 94% of UK towns on residents born outside the UK: 2.7%
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 share of residents whose main language is English stands at 98%. Across England’s towns, residents born outside the UK come to 18%.
A higher White British share than 91% of UK towns: 96% of residents
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 Redburn · Northumberland’s towns 96% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
36% of residents said they have no religion (England’s towns: 37%). To put it in context, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns.
More married adults and civil partners than 82% of UK towns: 54%
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
For 10 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week. Typically, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. 30% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, fewer than in 69% of UK towns. Where 8.7% of residents give unpaid care across England’s towns, Redburn has 9.8%.
Among adults, 30% hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 30% of Redburn’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 18% have no qualification (18%).
The towns around Redburn are all younger
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Redburn | 296 | — | 52.1 | 28% | 22% |
| Haltwhistle | 3,646 | 4.1 mi | 50.2 | 28% | 21% |
| Haydon Bridge | 1,229 | 4.4 mi | 48.4 | 24% | 23% |
| Acomb | 1,155 | 10.1 mi | 51.2 | 30% | 23% |
| Hexham | 10,945 | 10.2 mi | 51.8 | 29% | 22% |
| Alston | 1,075 | 11.7 mi | 51.1 | 26% | 20% |
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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 Redburn’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 Redburn’s residents
What is the population of Redburn?
The 2021 Census counted 296 people in Redburn’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Redburn?
The median age was 52.1 at the 2021 Census. 4.3% of residents were 15 to 24 and 28% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Redburn?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 96% across Northumberland’s towns. 2.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Redburn?
36% said they had no religion and 59% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 4.8% didn’t answer.
Is Redburn good for families?
22% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Redburn’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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