Photo: Cpl Ian Forsyth RLC · OGL v1.0Catterick Garrison is younger than 99% of UK towns: a median age of 29.8
The figure for one-person households is 22% in Catterick Garrison and 30% across England’s towns. The town’s 4,642 households held 14,212 residents at the 2021 Census. In Catterick Garrison, 43% of residents describe themselves as Christian. More households in terraced houses than in 77% of UK towns: 28%.
What the Census says about Catterick Garrison’s people
A town of families
41% of Catterick Garrison’s 4,642 households had dependent children in 2021, more than in 98% of UK towns. 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Younger than most towns
Half of Catterick Garrison’s residents are under 29.8 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 18% are 15 to 24 and 8.4% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
Fewer people than in 2011
ONS mid-year estimates put Catterick Garrison at 16,400 in 2011 and 14,400 in 2024, down 12%, against 10% for England: slower growth than in 99% of UK towns. Since 2011 ↓
A town people move to
21% of residents gave a different address a year before the 2021 Census, 1.9 times the share across England’s towns. Students & newcomers ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area) and ONS mid-year population estimates.
−12% since 2011: slower than 99% of UK towns
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Catterick Garrison’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 16,400 people in 2011; 14,400 in 2024.
The 65 and over group saw the biggest change (+46%), the 16 to 29 group the smallest (−39%).
Catterick Garrison ranks below 99% of UK towns on residents aged 65 and over: 8.4%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 25–29: just over one in ten residents, 1.7 times the share across England’s towns. Typically, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. Residents aged 15 to 24 are more common here than in 98% of UK towns.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Catterick Garrison, 29.8. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
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.
Residents who moved in within the year make up 21% in Catterick Garrison, more than in 99% 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%.
Across England’s towns, the share of full-time students is 7.9%; Catterick Garrison has 4.5%. Typically, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
A larger share of households with dependent children than 98% of UK towns: 41%
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 figure for shared households of unrelated adults is 2.5% in Catterick Garrison and 4.3% across England’s towns. For comparison, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns. Each household has 2.6 people on average.
Only 18% of households live in a detached house in Catterick Garrison
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 figure for households in flats is 9% in Catterick Garrison and 23% across England’s towns. For Catterick Garrison, the census puts households without a car or van at 14%. By way of comparison, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
19% of residents were born outside the UK, more than in 91% of UK towns
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
Among those born abroad, the share arriving in 2017 or later is 36% (England’s towns: 21%). Across the comparison, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Residents whose main language is English: 90% of the total.
A lower White British share than 82% of UK towns: 83% of residents
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: 83% of Catterick Garrison · North Yorkshire’s towns 90% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Beyond White British, the biggest groups are Other White (2.2%), Mixed or multiple (1.6%) and African (0.8%). Against that, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. The figure for residents with no religion is 42% in Catterick Garrison and 37% across England’s towns.
6.7% of residents give unpaid care, below 98% 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
Married adults and civil partners: 44%, near enough the figure across England’s towns. The usual figure: nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care across England’s towns. Locally, 41% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership.
The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 23%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 18% of adults have no qualification; in Catterick Garrison, 16%, while 23% hold one at degree level (34%).
Ranked by age, 5th youngest of 360 UK towns this size
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Aberystwyth (25), the youngest, and Sidmouth (60.4), the oldest. Nearest to Catterick Garrison in age: Stoke Gifford (27.8), Tidworth (28.4), Penryn (30.3) and Tilbury (32.5).
Every nearby town is older than Catterick Garrison
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catterick Garrison | 14,212 | — | 29.8 | 8.4% | 41% |
| Brompton-on-Swale | 1,899 | 2.4 mi | 50.6 | 25% | 24% |
| Richmond | 8,076 | 2.4 mi | 51.9 | 29% | 21% |
| Catterick | 2,718 | 3.2 mi | 37.9 | 20% | 27% |
| Scorton | 1,011 | 4.3 mi | 50.6 | 28% | 28% |
| Leyburn | 2,414 | 6.3 mi | 57.7 | 37% | 15% |
| Aiskew | 1,759 | 7.7 mi | 47.2 | 21% | 28% |
| Leeming Bar | 1,063 | 7.9 mi | 43.4 | 22% | 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 Catterick Garrison’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out. The population trend compares with the whole county and nation.
- Estimates since 2021 are modelled. The ONS builds mid-year estimates from the Census, births, deaths and migration records. Catterick Garrison’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 14,086 people in 2021, against 14,212 in the built-up area.
- 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 Catterick Garrison’s residents
What is the population of Catterick Garrison?
The 2021 Census counted 14,212 people in Catterick Garrison’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 14,400 people in mid-2024, 12% fewer than in 2011.
What is the average age in Catterick Garrison?
The median age was 29.8 at the 2021 Census, younger than 99% of UK towns. 18% of residents were 15 to 24 and 8.4% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Catterick Garrison?
83% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 90% across North Yorkshire’s towns. 19% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Catterick Garrison?
42% said they had no religion and 43% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.4% were Muslim and 4.6% didn’t answer.
Is Catterick Garrison good for families?
41% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Catterick Garrison’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) · ONS mid-year population estimates for 2021 LSOAs, mid-2011 to mid-2024. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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