Photo: Mark Bradshaw · CC BY-SA 2.5A higher share of residents who describe themselves as White British than 98% of UK towns, at 97%
The share of households without a car or van is 11%, against 24% across England’s towns. There were 150 households in Stamfordham at the 2021 Census, home to 353 residents. For Stamfordham, the census puts households in terraced houses at 39%. Households with dependent children are rarer here than in 79% of UK towns.
Stamfordham is older than 75% of UK towns: a median age of 48.2
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 55–59: 9.4% of residents, 1.4 times the share across England’s towns. The census found that 23% of residents are 65 or over in Stamfordham. On residents aged 15 to 24, Stamfordham sits higher than nearly four fifths of UK towns: 11%.
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. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Full-time students make up 3.6% in Stamfordham, less than in 94% 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%.
Against a figure of 11% across England’s towns, the share of residents who moved in within the year in Stamfordham comes in at 8%. Across England’s towns, 7.9% of adults are full-time students.
2.4 people per household, more 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.
Against a figure of 4.3% across England’s towns, the share of shared households of unrelated adults in Stamfordham comes in at 3.3%. The share of one-person households stands at 31%.
Stamfordham ranks below 90% of UK towns on households in detached houses: 12%
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
23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns, against 21% in Stamfordham.
Only 1.7% of Stamfordham’s residents were born outside the UK
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
Compared with 90% across England’s towns, 99% of residents have English as their main language here. The usual figure: 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (0.9%), then in the Middle East and Asia (0.6%).
A higher share of residents who describe themselves as Christian than 67% of UK towns, at 53%
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 Stamfordham · Northumberland’s towns 96% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The figure for residents with no religion is 38% in Stamfordham and 37% across England’s towns. Against that, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
53% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 81% of UK towns
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
Heavy unpaid care, 50 hours a week or more, falls to 11 residents. As a reference point, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Unpaid carers are more common here than in 89% of UK towns. Where nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns, Stamfordham has 29%.
Degree-level qualifications reach 35% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
35% of Stamfordham’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 16% have none (18%).
Stamfordham is younger than 4 of its 7 nearest neighbours
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stamfordham | 353 | — | 48.2 | 23% | 24% |
| Heddon-on-the-Wall | 1,300 | 4.7 mi | 58.2 | 37% | 17% |
| Ponteland | 10,149 | 4.8 mi | 52.5 | 32% | 25% |
| Wylam | 1,661 | 4.8 mi | 51.1 | 28% | 25% |
| Ovingham | 1,155 | 4.9 mi | 50.6 | 27% | 23% |
| Prudhoe | 10,285 | 5.7 mi | 45.7 | 21% | 27% |
| Throckley | 6,207 | 5.8 mi | 41.8 | 21% | 29% |
| Crawcrook and Greenside | 7,544 | 6.6 mi | 45.6 | 23% | 25% |
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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 Stamfordham’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 Stamfordham’s residents
What is the population of Stamfordham?
The 2021 Census counted 353 people in Stamfordham’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Stamfordham?
The median age was 48.2 at the 2021 Census. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 23% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Stamfordham?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 96% across Northumberland’s towns. 1.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Stamfordham?
38% said they had no religion and 53% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 8.7% didn’t answer.
Is Stamfordham good for families?
24% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Stamfordham’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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