Photo: Martin Dawes · CC BY-SA 2.0More households in terraced houses than 99% of UK towns: 79%
Flats are home to 1.5% of households, against 23% across England’s towns. The census found that 36% of adults are married or in a civil partnership in Carlin How. 1.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, fewer than in 97% of UK towns. Its 540 households held 1,196 residents at the 2021 Census.
What the Census says about Carlin How’s people
More with no religion than most
47% of residents answered “no religion” in 2021 and 46% Christian, against 37% and 46% across England’s towns. Ethnicity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Younger than 75% of UK towns: half of Carlin How is under 41
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Residents aged 15 to 24 are about as common here as across England’s towns: 12%. Here, 18% of residents are 65 or over.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Full-time students make up 6.4% in Carlin How, more than in 88% 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 Carlin How, 14% of adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 40% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. As a yardstick, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. Across Carlin How, 8% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
A larger share of one-person households than 95% of UK towns: 37%
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.
The typical household size is 2.2 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. The usual figure: 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. Census figures put households with dependent children at 26% in Carlin How.
Carlin How sits below 97% of UK towns for households in detached houses (7.1%)
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
The share of households without a car or van is 32%, against 24% across England’s towns. Still, 1.5% of households live in a flat, less than in 98% of UK towns; 7.1% in a detached house, against 21% across England’s towns.
Below 94% of UK towns: 2.8% of 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
With residents whose main language is English at 99%, Carlin How is ahead of 77% of UK towns on that count. Residents born outside the UK make up 18% across England’s towns. The largest groups were born in the Middle East and Asia (1.3%) and in EU countries (1%).
97% of residents describe themselves as White British, more than in 96% 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: 97% of Carlin How · North Yorkshire’s towns 90% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Behind White British, the largest groups are Other White (0.4%), Chinese (0.3%) and Mixed or multiple (0.3%). At 47%, the share of residents with no religion is higher than in 86% of UK towns. For residents who describe themselves as White British, the comparison across England’s towns is 73%. Residents who describe themselves as Christian are about as common here as across England’s towns, at 46%.
Carlin How sits above 96% of UK towns for adults who have never married (45%)
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
Students and young renters account for much of that. 11% of residents give unpaid care.
17% of adults hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 34% of adults have a degree-level qualification; in Carlin How, 17%, and 30% have none, against 18%. A levels top the qualifications of 17%, many of them students on the way to a degree.
Among its 7 nearest neighbours, 6 are older than Carlin How
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlin How | 1,196 | — | 41 | 18% | 26% |
| Loftus | 4,273 | 1 mi | 44.8 | 23% | 25% |
| Brotton | 5,399 | 1.4 mi | 46.9 | 24% | 26% |
| Lingdale | 1,323 | 2.8 mi | 48 | 24% | 22% |
| Skelton (Redcar and Cleveland) | 6,895 | 2.9 mi | 44.6 | 21% | 28% |
| Boosbeck | 1,124 | 3.3 mi | 40.5 | 16% | 31% |
| Saltburn-by-the-Sea | 5,874 | 3.3 mi | 53.5 | 32% | 19% |
| Marske-by-the-Sea | 7,576 | 5 mi | 53.9 | 33% | 19% |
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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 Carlin How’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 Carlin How’s residents
What is the population of Carlin How?
The 2021 Census counted 1,196 people in Carlin How’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Carlin How?
The median age was 41 at the 2021 Census. 12% of residents were 15 to 24 and 18% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Carlin How?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 90% across North Yorkshire’s towns. 2.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Carlin How?
47% said they had no religion and 46% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5.3% didn’t answer.
Is Carlin How good for families?
26% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Carlin How’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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