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Roughly one resident in 6 is aged 15 to 24. This town in North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber has a population of 14,212.
Easy on the wallet, harder on other counts. Buying a home costs less than in most towns (A): homes sell for a median £180,500, about 3.5 times local household income. Walkability is a strength too: on the way to work, 27% walk, cycle or take a bus or train. What counts against it is schools: primary results beat 1% of towns in England; secondary results beat 45% of towns in England. Overall, that makes a B, better than 57% of UK towns. Its other grades sit near the middle: B− for safety and B for hazard risk.
Figures: prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · commuting, Census 2021 · crime, police.uk, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026 · flood risk, Environment Agency. Catterick Garrison is a military garrison town: most residents serve or work for the armed forces and live in service housing, so it keeps its grades but isn’t ranked against other towns.
ONS publishes one rent for all of North Yorkshire, so this town's Cost Grade uses house prices and council tax only.
The 3 things Catterick Garrison does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far Catterick Garrison is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Historic England lists 16 buildings inside Catterick Garrison’s built-up area, 1 of them Grade I.
4% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Catterick Garrison.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 15% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
15% of workers worked mainly from home, lower than both North Yorkshire’s towns (27%) and England’s towns (31%). In 2026, 2.8% of 16 to 64s were claiming unemployment benefits. Work in town: 53% of resident commuters. There are 0.6 jobs in Catterick Garrison for each resident in work.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Secondary results at the 3 secondary schools within 3 km: an Attainment 8 score of 45.9, with 42% at grade 5 or above in English and maths. Of its 6 schools, two are shown below, each with the reason. Some 1,574 pupils attend Catterick Garrison’s five primaries and one secondary.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catterick Garrison, Le Cateau Community Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 424 | D |
| Risedale SchoolLargest secondary schoolSecondary | Secondary | 467 | D− |
Half of Catterick Garrison is older than 29.8, half younger. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 18% of residents, higher than both North Yorkshire’s towns (12%) and England’s towns (12%). The share of residents under 15 is 21%.
44% women, 56% men
About 77 women for every 100 men. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Catterick Garrison is a garrison town: service personnel living in barracks count as residents.
| Catterick Garrison | North Yorkshire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 16% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 18% | 12% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 34% | 24% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 19% | 27% | 25% |
| 65+ | 8.4% | 22% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 16% | 18% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 7.9% | 6.4% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 23% | 18% | 17% |
| Degree level | 23% | 32% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · North Yorkshire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Home ownership stands at 47% of households. Behind the median of £180,500: 439 standard sales inside Catterick Garrison’s built-up area, September 2023 to August 2026. Private rents average £849 a month across the North Yorkshire council area.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £270,000 | 107 |
| Semi-detached | £179,995 | 208 |
| Terraced | £135,000 | 107 |
| Flat or maisonette | £93,500 | 17 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
The pre-1919 share of homes is 4%. Catterick Garrison’s listed buildings include Hipswell Hall, Grade I. Relative to its size, Catterick Garrison keeps 11 listed buildings per 10,000 residents, lower than both North Yorkshire’s towns (59) and England’s towns (39).
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
The nearest A&E to Catterick Garrison is Darlington Memorial Hospital, 12.3 miles away. At the census, 3.2% of residents said their health was bad or very bad, below both North Yorkshire’s towns (5.5%) and England’s towns (5.2%), and 14% of residents in Catterick Garrison live with a disability. Women here live to 80.6 on average and men to 77.3 (2019–23).
| Census 2021 | Catterick Garrison | North Yorkshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 87% | 81% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 3.2% | 5.5% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 14% | 19% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · Young towns look healthier on these answers, which aren’t adjusted for age; the Health Grade uses measures that are, such as life expectancy and early deaths.
Violence and sexual offences accounted for three fifths of recorded crime. Violent crime ran at 26.9 per 1,000 residents a year, above both North Yorkshire’s towns (19.7) and England’s towns (22). Catterick Garrison logged 620 reported offences in a year (to August 2026), plus 174 complaints of anti-social conduct. Among the 645 UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people, Catterick Garrison has less crime per resident than 78% of them.
Not gradedAnti-social behaviour, shoplifting and other theft are shown but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident.
data.police.uk street-level crime · points inside the ONS built-up-area boundary · OGL · The police category of violence and sexual offences includes harassment and stalking.
Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Catterick Garrison. Best known first.
Castle · English HeritageRichmond Castle1.6 km outside town, to the northwest
MuseumGreen Howards Museum1.8 km outside town, to the northwest · 50K visitors a year
Abbey or priory · English HeritageEasby Abbey1.4 km outside town, to the north
MuseumRichmondshire Museum1.8 km outside town, to the northwestPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
16 listed buildings in Catterick Garrison, 1 of them Grade I.
Church of St John: Photo: David Rogers · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Army Education Centre, Catterick Garrison: Photo: Luke Shaw · CC BY-SA 2.0
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catterick Garrison | 14,212 | — | B | A | B− | C− |
| Brompton-on-Swale | 1,899 | 2.4 | — | B+ | B | B− |
| Richmond | 8,076 | 2.4 | B+ | B | C+ | B |
| Catterick | 2,718 | 3.2 | A | A− | A | B− |
| Scorton | 1,011 | 4.3 | — | B− | A | B− |
| Leyburn | 2,414 | 6.3 | — | C+ | A | B+ |
| Aiskew | 1,759 | 7.7 | — | B | B+ | B |
| Leeming Bar | 1,063 | 7.9 | — | A− | C− | B+ |
Brompton-on-Swale, Scorton, Leyburn, Aiskew and Leeming Bar have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Against all UK towns, most of them smaller, it grades B−.
Homes cost less than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £180,500, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: flats £93,500, terraced houses £135,000, semi-detached houses £179,995 and detached houses £270,000.
Town in North Yorkshire, England
Catterick Garrison is a built-up area of 14,212 people, in the Richmondshire council area. TownRatings uses ONS’s 2022 built-up areas as towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a council district, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from ONS geography and Census 2021
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · HM Land Registry Price Paid (standard sales, September 2023 to August 2026) · ONS Price Index of Private Rents (August 2026, by council) · MHCLG and Welsh Government council tax, Band D 2026–27 (with parish precepts in England) · data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS small-area life expectancy and healthy life expectancy, 2019 to 2023 (England and Wales), OHID Fingertips small-area indicators (England) and Census 2021 health, adjusted for age · ONS small-area income estimates (financial year ending 2023) · DWP claimant count via Nomis (January to August 2026) · Historic England, National Heritage List for England (listed buildings, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, battlefields, World Heritage Sites), October 2026, inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary · Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties by build period (31 March 2025) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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