Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 17 h 16 min4:30 am – 9:46 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 16 min8:26 am – 3:42 pm
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People7,497 residentsin the North Richmondshire census areaMedian age 54.43,398 households73% of homes owner-occupied48% owned outright7% social rented, 20% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting2.2% unemployment rate57% of adults are economically active, 3,629 in work, 33% retiredMain industries: retail and wholesale 12%, health and social work 11%, construction 9%Getting to work: 38% work from home, 55% go by car, 5% walk or cycle32% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages41% of adults hold a degree or higher14% have no qualifications, 6% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 100%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 21°C, lows 11°CColdest month January: highs 7°C, lows 1°C673 mm of rain a year, 17 days with 10 mm or morewettest month August56 days of air frost, 6 summer days above 25°C in a typical yearSource: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991-2020 averages, 2 km grid (highs and lows from the 12 km grid)
Parks and green spacesTown Greenpark · within reachThe Greenpark · 1.9 miLow Greenpark · 2.5 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes43 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 19705 of magnitude 3+, 1 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 4.0 on 9 Aug 197032 mi away, Kirkby StephenMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 13 Sep 202633 mi away, Sedbergh, CumbriaSource: British Geological Survey earthquake database
Flood riskRivers and sea: no mapped risk within 500 m of the centreSource: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea
Air qualityNO2 3.5 · PM2.5 5.0 · PM10 9.3 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within the WHO guidelines for all threeSource: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband58% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband81% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)0.6% cannot get a decent connection (below the 10 Mbit/s universal service obligation)3,488 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation80 m262 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 45 to 91 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalWest Park Hospital3.4 miGP surgeryDoctors Lane Surgery1.6 miPharmacyRowlands Pharmacy3.3 miDentistSmile At West Park3.7 miSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi1 school1 primaryPrimaryHigh Coniscliffe CofE Primary Schoolages 4-11, 96 pupils1.3 miSecondaryHummersknott Academyages 11-16, 1,215 pupils2.8 miCollegeDarlington College5.0 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportTeesside International Airport MME9.4 miMajor airportNewcastle International Airport NCL36 miRailway stationNorth RoadDarlington4.6 miBus stationSt Johns RC School YardBishop Auckland9.4 miFerryTransporter Bridge South SideMiddlesbrough18 miBus stops2 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the DL2 postcode district.
