Photo: DS Pugh · CC BY-SA 2.0A lower share of one-person households than 99% of UK towns, at 14%
Compared with 39% across England’s towns, just over a fifth of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership here. There were 135 households in Bilbrough at the 2021 Census, home to 348 residents. Here, 7.3% of households live in a terraced house. With a median age of 50.7, Bilbrough is older than 88% of UK towns.
A larger share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 92% of UK towns: 12%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 55–59: just over one in ten residents, 1.7 times the share across England’s towns. On residents aged 65 and over, Bilbrough sits lower than 54% of UK towns: 21%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A lower share of residents who moved in within the year than 85% of UK towns, at 6.9%
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%.
Managerial and professional jobs take in 56% of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 8.6% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). Set beside that, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns. Full-time students: 5.5% of the total.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Larger households than 93% of UK towns: 2.5 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.
Shared households of unrelated adults are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns. Census figures put households with dependent children at 30% in Bilbrough.
Households without a car or van: 2.2%, a lower share than 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
Households in detached houses: 72% here and 21% across England’s towns. Compared with other places, households in flats are scarce here: 0.7%, fewer than in 99% of UK towns. Elsewhere, 24% of households have no car or van across England’s towns.
In Bilbrough, 100% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 99% 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
5.5% of residents were born outside the UK, against 18% across England’s towns. Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (1.7%) or in the Middle East and Asia (1.7%). To put it in context, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
Bilbrough sits below 96% of UK towns for residents with no religion (27%)
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: 93% of Bilbrough · North Yorkshire’s towns 90% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Besides White British, the main groups are Other White (3.5%), Indian (2.3%) and Mixed or multiple (0.6%). Compared with other places, residents who describe themselves as Christian are common here: 63%, more than in 97% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, residents with no religion come to 37%. Set against 73% across England’s towns, 93% of residents describe themselves as White British in Bilbrough.
In Bilbrough, 68% 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
2 residents care, unpaid, for at least 50 hours a week. On unpaid carers, Bilbrough sits lower than 94% of UK towns: 7.2%. Against that, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Degree-level qualifications: held by 55% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 55% of adults in Bilbrough, 34% across England’s towns; 5.8% have no qualification, against 18%.
Older than Bilbrough: 1 of the 7 towns nearby
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bilbrough | 348 | — | 50.7 | 21% | 30% |
| Copmanthorpe | 3,671 | 2.2 mi | 50.3 | 29% | 27% |
| Tadcaster | 6,339 | 3.5 mi | 49.4 | 25% | 23% |
| Bishopthorpe | 3,333 | 3.8 mi | 48.5 | 26% | 29% |
| Upper Poppleton | 3,520 | 5.1 mi | 51.1 | 32% | 27% |
| York | 141,696 | 5.2 mi | 36 | 16% | 24% |
| Tockwith | 1,788 | 5.4 mi | 44.3 | 20% | 31% |
| Thorp Arch | 1,782 | 5.6 mi | 38.9 | 15% | 27% |
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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 Bilbrough’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 Bilbrough’s residents
What is the population of Bilbrough?
The 2021 Census counted 348 people in Bilbrough’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Bilbrough?
The median age was 50.7 at the 2021 Census. 12% of residents were 15 to 24 and 21% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Bilbrough?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 90% across North Yorkshire’s towns. 5.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Bilbrough?
27% said they had no religion and 63% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5.8% didn’t answer.
Is Bilbrough good for families?
30% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Bilbrough’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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