Photo: Chris Heaton · CC BY-SA 2.06.4% of residents are aged 15 to 24, fewer than in 99% of UK towns
21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns, against 54% in Beal. There were 211 households locally at the 2021 Census, home to 484 residents. The share of one-person households stands at 23%. Fewer households without a car or van than in 97% of UK towns: 6.3%.
A median age of 50.3: Beal is older than 86% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 50–54: one in ten residents, 1.5 times the share across England’s towns. Census figures put residents aged 65 and over at 23% in Beal.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
2.5% of adults are full-time students, below 99% 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%.
In Beal, just over a third of adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Lower than in 87% of UK towns: 6.9% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. Elsewhere, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Below 90% of UK towns: 22% of households have dependent children
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.
2.8% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home (England’s towns: 4.3%). To put it in context, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns.
In Beal, 1.4% of households live in a flat or apartment, fewer 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
16% of households live in a terraced house, against 24% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, the share of households in flats is 23%.
Beal ranks below 81% of UK towns on residents born outside the UK: 3.7%
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
Against a figure of 90% across England’s towns, the share of residents whose main language is English in Beal comes in at 99%. As a reference point, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (1.9%), then in Africa (1.2%).
Residents who describe themselves as Christian make up 57% in Beal, more than in 87% 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: 95% of Beal · North Yorkshire’s towns 90% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Compared with 37% across England’s towns, 36% of residents said they have no religion here. For residents who describe themselves as Christian, the comparison across England’s towns is 46%. Residents who describe themselves as White British account for 95%.
A higher share of married adults and civil partners than 97% of UK towns, at 59%
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
One in ten residents give unpaid care; across England’s towns the figure is 8.7%. Set beside that, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. The census found that 26% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership in Beal.
Adults with a degree-level qualification: 33%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 34% across England’s towns, 33% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 18% hold no qualification (18%).
No nearby town is as old as Beal
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beal | 484 | — | 50.3 | 23% | 22% |
| Eggborough | 2,440 | 2 mi | 39.1 | 18% | 31% |
| Knottingley | 9,516 | 2.6 mi | 38.7 | 18% | 28% |
| Byram | 1,436 | 2.8 mi | 45.9 | 25% | 23% |
| Monk Fryston and Hillam | 1,717 | 3 mi | 47.4 | 21% | 31% |
| Holmfield | 4,150 | 3.2 mi | 39.9 | 18% | 27% |
| Hambleton | 1,722 | 3.5 mi | 47.9 | 26% | 27% |
| Thorpe Willoughby | 3,482 | 4.4 mi | 43.9 | 22% | 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 Beal’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 Beal’s residents
What is the population of Beal?
The 2021 Census counted 484 people in Beal’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Beal?
The median age was 50.3 at the 2021 Census. 6.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 23% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Beal?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 90% across North Yorkshire’s towns. 3.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Beal?
36% said they had no religion and 57% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5.6% didn’t answer.
Is Beal good for families?
22% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Beal’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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