Photo: Chris Heaton · CC BY-SA 2.0Few flats: only 0.3% of households in Appleton Roebuck live in one
Against a figure of 44% across England’s towns, the share of married adults and civil partners in Appleton Roebuck comes in at 65%. By contrast, the village has fewer households without a car or van than 99% of UK towns, at 4.2%. At the 2021 Census, 870 people lived in the village, in 336 households. The census found that 20% of households are one person living alone here.
A median age of 47.6: Appleton Roebuck is older than 72% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 55–59 than any other five-year age: nearly one in ten residents, 1.3 times the share across England’s towns. Census figures put residents aged 15 to 24 at 9.2% in Appleton Roebuck. 21% of residents are 65 or over, a lower share than in 57% of UK towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Appleton Roebuck sits below 95% of UK towns for residents who moved in within the year (6.3%)
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%.
Full-time students: 5% here and 7.9% across England’s towns. The benchmark for residents who moved in within the year across England’s towns: 11%.
Families with children: 33% of households, more than in 88% of UK towns
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.
Across England’s towns, 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home; in Appleton Roebuck, 2.1%. A household here holds 2.6 people on average. By way of comparison, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns.
In Appleton Roebuck, 67% of households live in a detached house, more than in 99% 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
Across England’s towns, nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house; in Appleton Roebuck, 11%. On average, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
In Appleton Roebuck, 99% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 98% 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
Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in the Middle East and Asia (1.2%) and in EU countries (1%). Residents whose main language is English make up 90% across England’s towns. Few places have so few residents born outside the UK: 3.8% here, fewer than in 80% of UK towns.
Above 93% of UK towns: 59% of residents describe themselves as Christian
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: 96% of Appleton Roebuck · North Yorkshire’s towns 90% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
96% of residents describe themselves as White British; across England’s towns the figure is 73%. Across England’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as Christian is 46%. Here, just over a third of residents said they have no religion.
Appleton Roebuck sits below 99% of UK towns for adults who have never married (21%)
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
At 8.4%, unpaid carers sit close to the figure across England’s towns. For comparison, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. 7 residents give 50 hours or more of unpaid care each week.
The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 48%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
11% of Appleton Roebuck’s adults have no qualification (18% across England’s towns), and 48% have one at degree level (34%).
Of the 7 towns nearest Appleton Roebuck, 5 are older
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appleton Roebuck | 870 | — | 47.6 | 21% | 33% |
| Copmanthorpe | 3,671 | 3 mi | 50.3 | 29% | 27% |
| Cawood | 1,501 | 3.2 mi | 48.3 | 24% | 26% |
| Church Fenton | 1,643 | 4 mi | 38.3 | 12% | 40% |
| Bishopthorpe | 3,333 | 4 mi | 48.5 | 26% | 29% |
| Tadcaster | 6,339 | 4.3 mi | 49.4 | 25% | 23% |
| Riccall | 2,388 | 5 mi | 47.7 | 25% | 27% |
| York | 141,696 | 6.4 mi | 36 | 16% | 24% |
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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 Appleton Roebuck’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 Appleton Roebuck’s residents
What is the population of Appleton Roebuck?
The 2021 Census counted 870 people in Appleton Roebuck’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Appleton Roebuck?
The median age was 47.6 at the 2021 Census. 9.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 21% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Appleton Roebuck?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 90% across North Yorkshire’s towns. 3.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Appleton Roebuck?
35% said they had no religion and 59% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 4.4% didn’t answer.
Is Appleton Roebuck good for families?
33% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Appleton Roebuck’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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