Photo: Humphrey Bolton · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 58: Austwick is older than 98% of UK towns
29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns, against 19% in Austwick. At 6.1%, the share of households without a car or van is lower than in 97% of UK towns. The village had 520 residents in 229 households at the 2021 Census. Across Austwick, 34% of residents said they have no religion.
More residents aged 65 and over than 97% of UK towns: 36%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Against a figure of 12% across England’s towns, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in Austwick comes in at 10%. As a yardstick, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Residents who moved in within the year: 6.8%, a lower share than 89% 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%.
The share of full-time students is 5.2%, against 7.9% across England’s towns. To put it in context, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Smaller households than 73% of UK towns: 2.2 people on average
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.
Against a figure of 4.3% across England’s towns, the share of shared households of unrelated adults in Austwick comes in at 2.2%. One-person households: 28% of the total.
More households in detached houses than 94% of UK towns: 55%
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
Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns. To put it in context, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns. On the census count, 12% of households live in a terraced house.
3.1% of residents were born outside the UK, fewer than in 90% 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
Here 99% of residents have English as their main language, where the figure across England’s towns is 90%. Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (2.3%) or in the Middle East and Asia (0.4%). On average, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns.
Austwick ranks above 95% of UK towns on residents who describe themselves as Christian: 61%
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 Austwick · North Yorkshire’s towns 90% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Set against 73% across England’s towns, 95% of residents describe themselves as White British in Austwick. For comparison, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
A larger share of married adults and civil partners than 99% of UK towns: 61%
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
22% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership (England’s towns: 39%). Locally, 9.2% of residents give unpaid care. Measured more widely, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Degree-level qualifications: held by 50% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 50% of adults in Austwick, 34% across England’s towns; 9.6% have no qualification, against 18%.
Around Austwick, 1 of 6 towns have a higher median age
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austwick | 520 | — | 58 | 36% | 19% |
| Giggleswick | 1,075 | 3.9 mi | 54.2 | 33% | 18% |
| Settle | 2,710 | 4.4 mi | 58.2 | 37% | 14% |
| Ingleton | 1,751 | 5.2 mi | 51.2 | 30% | 20% |
| High Bentham | 1,701 | 6.3 mi | 48.5 | 25% | 22% |
| Hellifield | 1,478 | 9.1 mi | 49.6 | 27% | 24% |
| Kirkby Lonsdale | 1,965 | 11.7 mi | 54.8 | 35% | 19% |
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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.
- “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 Austwick’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 Austwick’s residents
What is the population of Austwick?
The 2021 Census counted 520 people in Austwick’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Austwick?
The median age was 58 at the 2021 Census. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 36% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Austwick?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 90% across North Yorkshire’s towns. 3.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Austwick?
34% said they had no religion and 61% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 4.3% didn’t answer.
Is Austwick good for families?
19% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Austwick’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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