Photo: Gerald England · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 99% of UK towns: half of Warkworth is over 63.1
Compared with 4.3% across England’s towns, 1.1% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home here. At 32%, the share of residents with no religion is lower than in 90% of UK towns. Warkworth had 1,412 residents in 710 households at the 2021 Census. Here, 11% of households have dependent children.
What the Census says about Warkworth’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Warkworth’s residents are under 63.1 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 46% are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Ages ↓
Many carers
194 residents gave unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age in 2021, 14% of those 5 and over: more than in 99% of UK towns. Relationships & caring ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
46% of residents are 65 or over, a share 99% of UK towns don’t reach
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Here 4.6% of residents are aged 15 to 24, where the figure across England’s towns is 12%. Set beside that, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 87 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.
1.1% of adults are full-time students, fewer than in 99% 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%.
The figure for residents who moved in within the year is 7.5% in Warkworth and 11% across England’s towns. Typically, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Households here average 2 people, below 99% 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.
32% of households are one person living alone; across England’s towns the figure is 30%.
A village of detached houses: 45% of households live in one
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
Households in flats make up 7.1%, against 23% across England’s towns. The share of households in terraced houses stands at 13%. Warkworth has fewer households without a car or van than 70% of UK towns, at 12%. To put it in context, 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
Warkworth ranks above 99% of UK towns on residents whose main language is English: 100%
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 two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (1.5%) and in Africa (1.4%). Fewer residents born outside the UK than in 88% of UK towns: 3.3%. For residents whose main language is English, the comparison across England’s towns is 90%.
A higher White British share than 99% of UK towns: 98% 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: 98% of Warkworth · Northumberland’s towns 96% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
64% of residents describe themselves as Christian, against 46% across England’s towns. Against that, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns.
Below 99% of UK towns: 17% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership
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
Across England’s towns, the share of unpaid carers is 8.7%; Warkworth has 14%. The share of married adults and civil partners stands at 62%. Against that, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Adults qualified to degree level or above: 44%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Warkworth counts 44% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 15% have no qualification (18%).
No nearby town is as old as Warkworth
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warkworth | 1,412 | — | 63.1 | 46% | 11% |
| Amble | 5,852 | 1.3 mi | 51.1 | 27% | 21% |
| South Broomhill | 1,520 | 3.1 mi | 39 | 12% | 16% |
| Hadston | 2,713 | 3.4 mi | 46.4 | 22% | 24% |
| Shilbottle | 1,787 | 3.5 mi | 46.2 | 20% | 27% |
| Felton | 1,270 | 4.6 mi | 55 | 29% | 23% |
| Alnwick | 8,432 | 5.8 mi | 50.5 | 28% | 20% |
| Longhoughton | 1,173 | 6.4 mi | 45.5 | 18% | 30% |
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 Warkworth’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 Warkworth’s residents
What is the population of Warkworth?
The 2021 Census counted 1,412 people in Warkworth’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Warkworth?
The median age was 63.1 at the 2021 Census. 4.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 46% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Warkworth?
98% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 96% across Northumberland’s towns. 3.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Warkworth?
32% said they had no religion and 64% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 2.9% didn’t answer.
Is Warkworth good for families?
11% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Warkworth’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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