Photo: Chris Heaton · CC BY-SA 2.0Boroughbridge is older than 79% of UK towns: a median age of 48.8
Across England’s towns, 29% of households have dependent children; in Boroughbridge, 24%. There were 1,372 households here at the 2021 Census, home to 3,064 residents. Here, 27% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership. Households without a car or van are rarer here than in 71% of UK towns.
In Boroughbridge, 8.6% of residents are aged 15 to 24, fewer than in 85% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
26% of residents are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. The largest age band is 55–59: 7.8% of residents. Measured more widely, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Boroughbridge, 48.8. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 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.
Full-time students: 4%, a lower share than 84% 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%.
Just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year before the Census, against 11% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, full-time students come to 7.9%.
2.2 people per household, fewer than in 81% of UK towns
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.
Here 31% of households are one person living alone, where the figure across England’s towns is 30%. 2.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
Households in detached houses make up 36% in Boroughbridge, more than in 68% 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
Compared with 24% across England’s towns, just over a fifth of households live in a terraced house here. Across England’s towns, households in detached houses come to 21%. For Boroughbridge, the census puts households in flats at 14%.
Below 66% of UK towns: 97% of residents have English as their main language
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
Compared with 18% across England’s towns, 7.1% of residents were born outside the UK here. For residents whose main language is English, the comparison across England’s towns is 90%. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (4.5%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (0.9%).
Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 54%, a higher share than 74% 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 Boroughbridge · North Yorkshire’s towns 90% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
In Boroughbridge, 94% of residents describe themselves as White British, beside 73% across England’s towns. Census figures put residents with no religion at 38% here. Elsewhere, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
Married adults and civil partners make up 51% in Boroughbridge, more than in 70% 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: 8.8%, about the same as across England’s towns. To put it in context, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. 71 residents give 50 hours or more of unpaid care each week.
31% of adults have qualifications at degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 34% across England’s towns, 31% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 18% hold no qualification (18%).
514 UK towns of 2,500 to 4,000 people: this is the 180th oldest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
The youngest is Keele (20.6) and the oldest West Chiltington (63.1). Nearest to Boroughbridge in age: Tollesbury (48.7), St Asaph (48.7), Kirkheaton (48.8) and Claydon (48.8).
Median age: 1 of the 7 towns around Boroughbridge are older
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boroughbridge | 3,064 | — | 48.8 | 26% | 24% |
| Langthorpe | 1,294 | 0.5 mi | 45.8 | 20% | 29% |
| Dishforth | 1,266 | 4.1 mi | 33.8 | 8.8% | 45% |
| Ripon | 16,593 | 6.1 mi | 46.5 | 25% | 25% |
| Knaresborough | 15,781 | 6.3 mi | 48.6 | 25% | 26% |
| Killinghall | 1,476 | 8.4 mi | 43.5 | 21% | 35% |
| Easingwold | 5,036 | 8.6 mi | 51.8 | 31% | 20% |
| Harrogate | 75,522 | 8.9 mi | 44.5 | 21% | 25% |
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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 Boroughbridge’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 Boroughbridge’s residents
What is the population of Boroughbridge?
The 2021 Census counted 3,064 people in Boroughbridge’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Boroughbridge?
The median age was 48.8 at the 2021 Census, older than 79% of UK towns. 8.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 26% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Boroughbridge?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 90% across North Yorkshire’s towns. 7.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Boroughbridge?
38% said they had no religion and 54% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.5% were Muslim and 7.2% didn’t answer.
Is Boroughbridge good for families?
24% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Boroughbridge’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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