Photo: M J Richardson · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Stannington is over 54.5, older than 96% of UK towns
Against a figure of 21% across England’s towns, the share of households in detached houses in Stannington comes in at 56%. Census day 2021: 435 residents and 202 households locally. In Stannington, 97% of residents describe themselves as White British. Shared households of unrelated adults are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns.
Stannington: 31% of residents are 65 or over, above 93% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 trails 92% of UK towns: 8%. As a yardstick, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Stannington ranks below 94% of UK towns on full-time students: 3.5%
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, nearly half of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 13% in routine and semi-routine work (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). Residents who moved in within the year are more common here than in 87% of UK towns. On average, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Fewer families than 81% of UK towns: 24% of households have children
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.
Households in Stannington hold 2.2 people on average (England’s towns: 2.4). On the census count, 30% of households are one person living alone. Typically, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns.
Households without a car or van: 11%, a lower share than 77% 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
12% of households live in a flat or apartment; across England’s towns the figure is 23%. Few places have so few households in terraced houses: 16% here, fewer than in 69% of UK towns. For comparison, nearly a quarter of households have no car or van across England’s towns.
Stannington ranks below 98% of UK towns on residents born outside the UK: 2.3%
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
Most residents from abroad were born in the Middle East and Asia (1.6%) or in EU countries (0.5%). As a reference point, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Higher than in 95% of UK towns: 99% of residents have English as their main language.
In Stannington, 56% of residents describe themselves as Christian, more than in 82% 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 Stannington · Northumberland’s towns 96% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents with no religion make up 40%, against 37% across England’s towns. By way of comparison, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
Stannington ranks below 98% of UK towns on adults who have never married: 22%
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
Married adults and civil partners: 56% here and 44% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership. Unpaid carers giving 50 hours or more a week: 11. 9.3% of residents give unpaid care, a lower share than in 51% of UK towns.
Qualified to degree level: 46% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 46% of Stannington’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 15% have no qualification (18%).
The towns around Stannington 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stannington | 435 | — | 54.5 | 31% | 24% |
| Bedlington | 16,186 | 3.6 mi | 45.7 | 22% | 25% |
| Cramlington | 28,846 | 3.8 mi | 45.8 | 23% | 26% |
| Morpeth | 14,419 | 3.8 mi | 50.8 | 29% | 24% |
| Dinnington | 2,366 | 4 mi | 43.1 | 23% | 26% |
| Seaton Burn | 1,354 | 4 mi | 45.2 | 20% | 25% |
| Wideopen | 9,150 | 4.6 mi | 46.2 | 26% | 23% |
| Stakeford | 8,197 | 4.8 mi | 48.7 | 25% | 22% |
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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 Stannington’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 Stannington’s residents
What is the population of Stannington?
The 2021 Census counted 435 people in Stannington’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Stannington?
The median age was 54.5 at the 2021 Census. 8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 31% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Stannington?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 96% across Northumberland’s towns. 2.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Stannington?
40% said they had no religion and 56% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.9% were Muslim and 3.6% didn’t answer.
Is Stannington good for families?
24% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Stannington’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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