Photo: Christine Johnstone · CC BY-SA 2.0Residents aged 15 to 24: 7.2%, a lower share than 98% of UK towns
23% of households have dependent children (England’s towns: 29%). At the 2021 Census, 1,436 people lived in Byram, in 676 households. For Byram, the census puts shared households of unrelated adults at 1.3%. More residents who describe themselves as White British than in 84% of UK towns: 96%.
25% of Byram is 65 or over, a higher share than 72% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Half of Byram’s residents are over 45.9, older than in 61% of UK towns. To put it in context, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. In Filey, the oldest of North Yorkshire’s towns by this measure, it is 38%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Byram sits below 94% of UK towns for full-time students (3.5%)
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 a quarter of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 34% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). Across the comparison, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. Residents who moved in within the year: 8.5% of the total.
One-person households make up 35% in Byram, more than in 86% 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.
At 2.1 people, the average household compares with 2.4 across England’s towns. One-person households: 30% across England’s towns, for comparison.
Households in terraced houses: 8.9%, a lower share than 91% 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, 16% of households have no car or van here. Just over one in ten households live in a flat, less than in 50% of UK towns; 32% in a detached house, against 21% across England’s towns.
Only 3.5% of Byram’s residents were born outside the UK
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 largest groups were born in EU countries (2.1%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.4%). Against that, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. The figure for residents whose main language is English is 98% in Byram and 90% across England’s towns.
A higher share of residents who describe themselves as Christian than 79% of UK towns, at 55%
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: 96% of Byram · North Yorkshire’s towns 90% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Across England’s towns, the share of residents with no religion is 37%; Byram has 39%. After White British, the most common groups are Other White (2.7%), Mixed or multiple (0.6%) and Indian (0.4%). The wider picture: 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
A larger share of unpaid carers than 88% of UK towns: 11%
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
49 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. At 35%, the share of adults who have never married is higher than in 67% of UK towns. For comparison, nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care across England’s towns. Here 45% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, where the figure across England’s towns is 44%.
20% of adults hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 34% across England’s towns, 20% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 24% hold no qualification (18%).
Nearby, 2 of 7 towns have older populations than Byram
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Byram | 1,436 | — | 45.9 | 25% | 23% |
| Holmfield | 4,150 | 0.9 mi | 39.9 | 18% | 27% |
| Knottingley | 9,516 | 1.4 mi | 38.7 | 18% | 28% |
| Monk Fryston and Hillam | 1,717 | 2.7 mi | 47.4 | 21% | 31% |
| Pontefract | 32,982 | 2.9 mi | 41.2 | 19% | 28% |
| Darrington | 1,194 | 3.3 mi | 54.1 | 32% | 22% |
| Castleford | 45,363 | 3.3 mi | 38.7 | 16% | 29% |
| South Milford | 2,409 | 3.7 mi | 40.8 | 17% | 32% |
Health, work and homes have their own pages
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 Byram’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 Byram’s residents
What is the population of Byram?
The 2021 Census counted 1,436 people in Byram’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Byram?
The median age was 45.9 at the 2021 Census. 7.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 25% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Byram?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 90% across North Yorkshire’s towns. 3.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Byram?
39% said they had no religion and 55% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 5.3% didn’t answer.
Is Byram good for families?
23% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Byram’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.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.