Photo: Chemical Engineer · CC BY-SA 4.0Older than 94% of UK towns: half of Barkston Ash is over 53.2
Against a figure of 23% across England’s towns, the share of households in flats in Barkston Ash comes in at 1.3%. Shared households of unrelated adults are rarer here than in 97% of UK towns. The 2021 Census counted 360 residents in 154 households. The share of households without a car or van stands at 3.9%.
More residents aged 65 and over than 92% of UK towns: 30%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
With residents aged 15 to 24 at 8.4%, Barkston Ash is behind 88% of UK towns on that count. As a yardstick, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Barkston Ash sits below 84% of UK towns for residents who moved in within the year (7%)
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%.
By class, 43% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 13% in routine and semi-routine work (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). The share of residents who moved in within the year across England’s towns is 11%. 4.4% of adults are full-time students.
A lower share of one-person households than 96% of UK towns, at 21%
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.
A household here has 2.4 people on average; across England’s towns, 2.4. By way of comparison, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. The census found that 27% of households have dependent children in Barkston Ash.
66% of households live in a detached house, a share 98% of UK towns don’t reach
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
Terraced houses are home to nearly one in ten households, against 24% across England’s towns. At the same time, 1.3% of households live in a flat, less than in 99% of UK towns; 66% in a detached house, against 21% across England’s towns.
In Barkston Ash, 99% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 82% 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
The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (2.8%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.4%). The share of residents whose main language is English across England’s towns is 90%. 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns, against 5.6% in Barkston Ash.
In Barkston Ash, 59% of residents describe themselves as Christian, more than in 93% of UK towns
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: 94% of Barkston Ash · North Yorkshire’s towns 90% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
32% of residents said they have no religion; across England’s towns the figure is 37%. Residents who describe themselves as White British: 94% of the total. As a yardstick, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
64% 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
Some 9 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. As a yardstick, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Few places have so few adults who have never married: 20% here, fewer than in 99% of UK towns. At 8.8%, the share of unpaid carers is in line with the figure across England’s towns.
Qualified to degree level: 39% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 39% of adults in Barkston Ash, 34% across England’s towns; 13% have no qualification, against 18%.
Every neighbour of Barkston Ash has a younger population
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barkston Ash | 360 | — | 53.2 | 30% | 27% |
| Church Fenton | 1,643 | 1.6 mi | 38.3 | 12% | 40% |
| Sherburn in Elmet | 8,569 | 1.7 mi | 39.1 | 17% | 30% |
| South Milford | 2,409 | 2.9 mi | 40.8 | 17% | 32% |
| Micklefield | 2,064 | 3.5 mi | 38 | 17% | 28% |
| Aberford | 1,551 | 3.7 mi | 46.4 | 21% | 30% |
| Monk Fryston and Hillam | 1,717 | 4.2 mi | 47.4 | 21% | 31% |
| Tadcaster | 6,339 | 4.6 mi | 49.4 | 25% | 23% |
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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 Barkston Ash’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 Barkston Ash’s residents
What is the population of Barkston Ash?
The 2021 Census counted 360 people in Barkston Ash’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Barkston Ash?
The median age was 53.2 at the 2021 Census. 8.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 30% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Barkston Ash?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 90% across North Yorkshire’s towns. 5.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Barkston Ash?
32% said they had no religion and 59% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 7.2% didn’t answer.
Is Barkston Ash good for families?
27% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Barkston Ash’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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