Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 17 h 17 min4:28 am – 9:44 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 16 min8:24 am – 3:40 pm
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People6,388 residentsin the Grangetown census areaMedian age 32.82,673 households28% of homes owner-occupied14% owned outright57% social rented, 15% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting14.9% unemployment rate50% of adults are economically active, 1,950 in work, 15% retiredMain industries: retail and wholesale 23%, health and social work 19%, administrative services 9%Getting to work: 9% work from home, 72% go by car, 7% take public transport, 12% walk or cycle79% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages15% of adults hold a degree or higher33% have no qualifications, 6% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 98%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 21°C, lows 12°CColdest month January: highs 8°C, lows 2°C586 mm of rain a year, 12 days with 10 mm or morewettest month August31 days of air frost, 9 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 spacesMillennium Greenpark · under a mile · 3 haEston Leisure Centresports ground · under a mile · 39 haWilton Golf Coursegolf course · 1.4 mi · 52 haThorntree Parkpark · 1.7 mi · 5 haFlatts Lane Woodland Country Parkpark · 2.8 mi · 41 haSmith's Dock Parkplaying field · 1.7 mi · 10 haSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes44 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 19704 of magnitude 3+, 0 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 3.0 on 23 Jan 20207 mi away, Stockton, County DurhamMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 16 May 202550 mi away, Litton, North YorkshireSource: 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 10 · PM2.5 5.6 · PM10 9.4 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within UK limits, above the WHO guideline for NO2 and PM2.5Source: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband99% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband100% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)Every premises can get at least 10 Mbit/s (the universal service obligation)2,886 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation10 m33 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 4 to 45 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalRedcar Primary Care Hospital3.3 miGP surgeryNormanby Medical Centre11 surgeries within 2 miles1.2 miPharmacyGrangetown Pharmacy11 pharmacies within 2 milesunder a mileDentistDental Surgery1.6 miSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi17 schools10 primary, 2 secondary, 2 independent, 2 special, 1 otherPrimaryGrangetown Primary Schoolages 2-11, 283 pupilsunder a milePrimarySt Mary's Catholic Primary Schoolages 2-11, 198 pupilsunder a mileSecondarySt Peter's Catholic Collegeages 11-16, 572 pupils1.1 miCollegeMiddlesbrough College3.4 miUniversityTeesside University3.7 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportTeesside International Airport MME13 miMajor airportNewcastle International Airport NCL38 miRailway stationSouth Bank1.3 miBus stationHartlepool Interchange7.7 miFerryTransporter Bridge North SidePort Clarence3.3 miBus stops39 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the TS6 postcode district.
