Barlby Hall · Photo: Chris Heaton · CC BY-SA 2.0Fewer flats than 93% of UK towns: 3.1% of households
1.5% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, against 4.3% across England’s towns. At the 2021 Census Barlby was home to 3,499 people in 1,495 households. In Barlby, 12% of households live in a terraced house. On one-person households, Barlby sits lower than 81% of UK towns: 26%.
What the Census says about Barlby’s people
Growing faster than most
ONS mid-year estimates put Barlby at 2,900 in 2011 and 3,600 in 2024, up 25%, against 10% for England: faster growth than in 91% of UK towns. Since 2011 ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area) and ONS mid-year population estimates.
Growth of +25% since 2011 puts Barlby ahead of 91% of UK towns
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Barlby’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 2,900 people in 2011; 3,600 in 2024.
Change by age ran from +61% for the 65 and over to +9% for the 45 to 64. The largest rise in a single year came from mid-2019 to mid-2020: 140 people.
A median age of 40.2: Barlby is younger than 79% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 30–34 than any other five-year age: nearly one in ten residents. Few places have so few residents aged 65 and over: 19% here, fewer than in 72% of UK towns. 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24, against 12% across England’s towns.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Barlby, 40.2. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
9.2% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, more than in 60% 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 or semi-routine work; Barlby has 32% and 28%. The share of residents who moved in within the year across England’s towns is 11%. Locally, 4.7% of adults are full-time students.
Larger households than 63% of UK towns: 2.3 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.
Across England’s towns, the share of households with dependent children is 29%; Barlby has 28%.
Households in detached houses: 40%, a higher share than 76% 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
Households without a car or van make up 11%, against 24% across England’s towns. Set beside that, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
Barlby sits below 66% of UK towns for residents born outside the UK (4.8%)
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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
15% of those born abroad arrived in 2017 or later, against 21% across England’s towns. Elsewhere, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (3%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.9%).
A higher share of residents who describe themselves as White British than 76% of UK towns, at 95%
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 Barlby · North Yorkshire’s towns 90% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents with no religion make up 44%, against 37% across England’s towns. Elsewhere, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. Leading the other groups after White British: Other White (3%), Mixed or multiple (0.9%) and Chinese (0.5%).
49% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 57% 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
There is little gap on unpaid carers: 8.6%, about the same as across England’s towns. Against that, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. 87 residents give 50 hours or more of unpaid care each week.
28% of adults have qualifications at degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 28% of adults in Barlby, 34% across England’s towns; 16% have no qualification, against 18%.
Of 749 UK towns its size (2,500 to 5,000 people), the 93rd youngest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
The youngest is Bailrigg (18.9) and the oldest Milford on Sea (64.6). Nearest to Barlby in age: Weldon (40), Penllergaer (40.1), Woodford Halse (40.2) and Iver (40.2).
Barlby sits below 6 of its 7 closest neighbours on 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barlby | 3,499 | — | 40.2 | 19% | 28% |
| Selby | 19,480 | 1.9 mi | 39.4 | 17% | 28% |
| Riccall | 2,388 | 2.3 mi | 47.7 | 25% | 27% |
| Brayton | 4,092 | 3.1 mi | 45.9 | 25% | 29% |
| North Duffield | 1,305 | 3.6 mi | 46.8 | 21% | 28% |
| Hemingbrough | 1,874 | 3.6 mi | 46.1 | 19% | 30% |
| Thorpe Willoughby | 3,482 | 4 mi | 43.9 | 22% | 26% |
| Cawood | 1,501 | 4.3 mi | 48.3 | 24% | 26% |
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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 Barlby’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out. The population trend compares with the whole county and nation.
- Estimates since 2021 are modelled. The ONS builds mid-year estimates from the Census, births, deaths and migration records. Barlby’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 3,499 people in 2021, against 3,499 in the built-up area.
- 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 Barlby’s residents
What is the population of Barlby?
The 2021 Census counted 3,499 people in Barlby’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 3,600 people in mid-2024, 25% more than in 2011.
What is the average age in Barlby?
The median age was 40.2 at the 2021 Census, younger than 79% of UK towns. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 19% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Barlby?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 90% across North Yorkshire’s towns. 4.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Barlby?
44% said they had no religion and 50% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 5.6% didn’t answer.
Is Barlby good for families?
28% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Barlby’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) · ONS mid-year population estimates for 2021 LSOAs, mid-2011 to mid-2024. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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