Photo: Mike Faherty · CC BY-SA 2.0A smaller share of households without a car or van than 98% of UK towns: 5.9%
Where 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns, Stockton has 22%. The village’s 632 households held 1,504 residents at the 2021 Census. 53% of adults are married or in a civil partnership. Compared with other places, residents who describe themselves as Christian are common here: 54%, more than in just over three quarters of UK towns.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 11% in Stockton, more than in 79% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 50–54: 8.9% of residents, 1.3 times the share across England’s towns. Here, 18% of residents are 65 or over. The median age in Stockton is 43.9, lower than in 55% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
5.6% of adults are full-time students, a share 77% of UK towns don’t reach
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%.
Across England’s towns, 33% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine work; in Stockton, 40% and 20%. For full-time students, the comparison across England’s towns is 7.9%. In Stockton, 7.8% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Stockton households average 2.4 people, larger than in 73% of UK towns
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Warwickshire’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
Across England’s towns, the share of shared households of unrelated adults is 4.3%; Stockton has 2.2%. Locally, 28% of households have dependent children.
5.7% of households live in a flat or apartment, below 80% 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
The share of households in detached houses is 37%, against 21% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, the share of households in flats is 23%. In Stockton, 25% of households live in a terraced house.
A larger share of residents whose main language is English than 82% of UK towns: 99%
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
Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (2.5%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.2%). 4.9% of residents were born outside the UK, fewer than in 66% of UK towns. The usual figure: nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 94% in Stockton, more than in 67% 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: 94% of Stockton · Warwickshire’s towns 81% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Of the other groups, the largest are Other White (2.5%), Mixed or multiple (2.2%) and Chinese (0.3%). The usual figure: 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 37% of residents said they have no religion; in Stockton, 41%.
33% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, a share 56% of UK towns don’t reach
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 37 residents. Across England’s towns, adults who have never married come to 39%. Unpaid carers are about as common here as across England’s towns, at 9.3%.
The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 36%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 18% of adults have no qualification; in Stockton, 14%, while 36% hold one at degree level (34%).
Among its 7 nearest neighbours, 3 are older than Stockton
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stockton | 1,504 | — | 43.9 | 18% | 28% |
| Long Itchington | 2,500 | 1.4 mi | 42.8 | 20% | 31% |
| Southam | 8,103 | 1.7 mi | 42 | 20% | 27% |
| Napton on the Hill | 1,063 | 2.4 mi | 46.6 | 22% | 28% |
| Bishop's Itchington | 2,530 | 4.8 mi | 42.6 | 19% | 30% |
| Harbury | 2,751 | 4.9 mi | 48.4 | 28% | 26% |
| Dunchurch | 2,603 | 5.6 mi | 46.7 | 26% | 29% |
| Radford Semele | 2,301 | 5.8 mi | 42.6 | 22% | 30% |
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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.
- “Warwickshire’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Warwickshire (or England), summed the same way as Stockton’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 Stockton’s residents
What is the population of Stockton?
The 2021 Census counted 1,504 people in Stockton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Stockton?
The median age was 43.9 at the 2021 Census. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 18% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Stockton?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 81% across Warwickshire’s towns. 4.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Stockton?
41% said they had no religion and 54% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 4.4% didn’t answer.
Is Stockton good for families?
28% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Stockton’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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