Photo: Chris Heaton · CC BY-SA 2.0A higher share of households with dependent children than 94% of UK towns, at 36%
The figure for households in detached houses is 62% in Alne and 21% across England’s towns. The village’s 205 households held 594 residents at the 2021 Census. The share of residents who describe themselves as Christian stands at 59%. Adults who have never married are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns.
Alne is older than 90% of UK towns: a median age of 51.2
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 60–64, with just over one in ten residents, 1.9 times the share across England’s towns. In Alne, 7.2% 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.
Full-time students make up 3.9% in Alne, less than in 86% 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, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier; in Alne, 14%. To put it in context, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Only 18% of households in Alne are one person living alone
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against North Yorkshire’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
By its share of shared households of unrelated adults (2%), Alne is below 72% of UK towns. As a yardstick, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. Households here average 2.6 people each.
Below 99% of UK towns: 4.9% of households have no car or van
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
Across England’s towns, 23% of households live in a flat or apartment; in Alne, 1%. The wider picture: 24% of households have no car or van across England’s towns. The share of households in terraced houses stands at 12%.
Residents whose main language is English: 100%, a higher share than 99% of UK towns
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 make up 3.9%, against 18% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, the share of residents whose main language is English is 90%. The largest groups were born in EU countries (1.3%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (0.8%).
A higher White British share than 98% of UK towns: 97% 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: 97% of Alne · North Yorkshire’s towns 90% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The share of residents with no religion trails 93% of UK towns: 31%. On average, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns.
61% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 99% of UK towns
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 13 people. Fewer unpaid carers than in 88% of UK towns: 7.8%. Across England’s towns, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership.
Degree-level qualifications: 46% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Alne, 46% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 15% have no qualification at all (18%).
Among its 7 nearest neighbours, 2 are older than Alne
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alne | 594 | — | 51.2 | 23% | 36% |
| Easingwold | 5,036 | 3.5 mi | 51.8 | 31% | 20% |
| Huby (Hambleton) | 1,056 | 4.4 mi | 46.3 | 22% | 30% |
| Boroughbridge | 3,064 | 6.2 mi | 48.8 | 26% | 24% |
| Langthorpe | 1,294 | 6.4 mi | 45.8 | 20% | 29% |
| Skelton (York) | 1,380 | 7.5 mi | 48.4 | 28% | 26% |
| Wigginton | 1,422 | 7.6 mi | 51.4 | 28% | 26% |
| Upper Poppleton | 3,520 | 8 mi | 51.1 | 32% | 27% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- “North Yorkshire’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in North Yorkshire (or England), summed the same way as Alne’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 Alne’s residents
What is the population of Alne?
The 2021 Census counted 594 people in Alne’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Alne?
The median age was 51.2 at the 2021 Census. 7.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 23% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Alne?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 90% across North Yorkshire’s towns. 3.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Alne?
31% said they had no religion and 59% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 9.8% didn’t answer.
Is Alne good for families?
36% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Alne’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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