Photo: Rose and Trev Clough · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 52.4: Hayton is older than 93% of UK towns
Households in flats: 1.2%, below 99% of UK towns. The 2021 Census put Hayton’s population at 570, in 244 households. Census figures put households in detached houses at 60% in the village. More residents who describe themselves as White British than in four fifths of UK towns: 95%.
In Hayton, 29% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 88% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Higher than in 54% of UK towns: 9.9% of residents are aged 15 to 24. Elsewhere, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. In Grange-over-Sands, the oldest of Cumbria’s towns by this measure, it is 47%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
13% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, more than in 93% 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%.
Across England’s towns, 33% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine work; in Hayton, 41% and 15%. For residents who moved in within the year, the comparison across England’s towns is 11%. Here, 5.7% of adults are full-time students.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
A lower share of one-person households than 89% of UK towns, at 24%
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Cumbria’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
By its share of households with dependent children (25%), Hayton is below 72% of UK towns. Elsewhere, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. Here, 1.6% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
Only 6% of households have no car or van in Hayton
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 terraced houses is 6.9%, against 24% across England’s towns. Every 17th household or so has no car or van.
99% of residents have English as their main language, a share 90% of UK towns don’t reach
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
Residents born outside the UK: 4.6%, below 70% of UK towns. The largest groups were born in EU countries (1.6%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.2%).
62% of residents describe themselves as Christian, a share 97% of UK towns don’t reach
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: 95% of Hayton · Cumbria’s towns 95% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Here a third of residents said they have no religion, where the figure across England’s towns is 37%. After White British, the most common groups are Other White (2.3%), Chinese (1.1%) and Arab (0.9%). The benchmark for residents who describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns: 46%.
66% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, a share 99% 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
Unpaid care takes 50 hours a week or more for 9 people. 21% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, a lower share than in 99% of UK towns. Against that, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
A degree-level qualification for 40% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Hayton, 40% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 9.6% have no qualification at all (18%).
Hayton is younger than 2 of its 7 nearest neighbours
Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.
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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.
- “Cumbria’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Cumbria (or England), summed the same way as Hayton’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 Hayton’s residents
What is the population of Hayton?
The 2021 Census counted 570 people in Hayton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Hayton?
The median age was 52.4 at the 2021 Census. 9.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 29% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Hayton?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 95% across Cumbria’s towns. 4.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Hayton?
33% said they had no religion and 62% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.9% were Muslim and 3.7% didn’t answer.
Is Hayton good for families?
25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Hayton’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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