Photo: Pauline E · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 56.2: Castleton is older than 97% of UK towns
A household here has 2 people on average; across England’s towns, 2.4. Meanwhile, residents who describe themselves as White British are more common here than in 96% of UK towns. In 2021, the Census found 544 residents in Castleton, living in 263 households. On the census count, 17% of households have dependent children.
Castleton ranks below 99% of UK towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 6.3%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 60–64: one in ten residents, 1.8 times the share across England’s towns. Few places have as many residents aged 65 and over: 33% here, more than in 96% of UK towns. Measured more widely, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Full-time students: 3.2%, a lower share than 98% 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%.
Managerial and professional jobs account for 44% of Castleton’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 17%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. 5.7% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, a lower share than in 98% of UK towns. On average, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Castleton sits above 90% of UK towns for one-person households (36%)
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 53% of UK towns. By way of comparison, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns.
Castleton ranks above 88% of UK towns on households in terraced houses: 34%
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
7.9% of households live in a flat or apartment, against 23% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, the share of households in terraced houses is 24%. The share of households without a car or van stands at 13%. On households in detached houses, Castleton sits higher than 52% of UK towns: 30%.
A larger share of residents whose main language is English than 89% of UK towns: 99%
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 (3.3%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (0.7%). Lower than in 63% of UK towns: 5.1% of residents were born outside the UK. The usual figure: 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
In Castleton, 57% of residents describe themselves as Christian, more than in 88% 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 Castleton · North Yorkshire’s towns 90% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Besides White British, the main groups are Other White (2.4%), Chinese (0.2%) and African (0.2%). Across the comparison, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. 35% of residents said they have no religion, fewer than in 83% of UK towns.
A lower share of adults who have never married than 98% of UK towns, at 22%
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
The figure for married adults and civil partners is 58% in Castleton and 44% across England’s towns. Just over one in ten residents give unpaid care. The benchmark for adults who have never married across England’s towns: 39%.
Degree-level qualifications: 43% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 43% of adults in Castleton (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 14% (England’s towns: 18%).
Every neighbour of Castleton has a younger population
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castleton | 544 | — | 56.2 | 33% | 17% |
| Lingdale | 1,323 | 5.2 mi | 48 | 24% | 22% |
| Boosbeck | 1,124 | 5.9 mi | 40.5 | 16% | 31% |
| Loftus | 4,273 | 6.6 mi | 44.8 | 23% | 25% |
| Guisborough | 18,091 | 6.7 mi | 49 | 27% | 24% |
| Skelton (Redcar and Cleveland) | 6,895 | 7 mi | 44.6 | 21% | 28% |
| Carlin How | 1,196 | 7.1 mi | 41 | 18% | 26% |
| Brotton | 5,399 | 7.2 mi | 46.9 | 24% | 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 Castleton’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 Castleton’s residents
What is the population of Castleton?
The 2021 Census counted 544 people in Castleton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Castleton?
The median age was 56.2 at the 2021 Census. 6.3% of residents were 15 to 24 and 33% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Castleton?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 90% across North Yorkshire’s towns. 5.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Castleton?
35% said they had no religion and 57% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.6% didn’t answer.
Is Castleton good for families?
17% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Castleton’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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