Photo: Ben Brooksbank · CC BY-SA 2.0Fewer shared households of unrelated adults than 99% of UK towns: 1.1%
Across England’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as Christian is 46%; Catterick has 56%. Just over one in ten households have no car or van. At 3.5%, the share of households in flats is lower than in 91% of UK towns. In 2021, the Census found 2,718 residents in the town, living in 1,066 households.
What the Census says about Catterick’s people
Fewer people than in 2011
ONS mid-year estimates put Catterick at 3,300 in 2011 and 2,800 in 2024, down 15%, against 10% for England: slower growth than in 99% of UK towns. Since 2011 ↓
Younger than most towns
Half of Catterick’s residents are under 37.9 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 14% are 15 to 24 and 20% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
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.
Catterick changed by −15% from 2011 to 2024, slower than 99% of UK towns
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Catterick’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 3,300 people in 2011; 2,800 in 2024.
By age, the 65 and over group changed most (+24%) and the 16 to 29 group least (−37%).
Younger than 89% of UK towns: half of Catterick is under 37.9
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
A fifth of residents are 65 or over; across England’s towns the figure is 18%. Locally, 14% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Catterick, 37.9. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 114 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Catterick is a garrison town: service personnel living in barracks count as residents.
Fewer full-time students than 84% of UK towns: 4%
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 nearly a third of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 23% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). Compared with other places, residents who moved in within the year are common here: 13%, more than in 95% of UK towns. For comparison, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Catterick households average 2.2 people, smaller than in 66% 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.
Catterick has more households with dependent children than 52% of UK towns, at 27%. Locally, 30% of households are one person living alone.
A town of detached houses: 32% of households live in one
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
19% of households live in a terraced house, against 24% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 21% of households live in a detached house.
Residents whose main language is English: 99%, a higher share than 89% 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 residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (2.9%) and in Africa (1.1%). Measured more widely, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Lower than in 51% of UK towns: 6.3% of residents were born outside the UK. Across England’s towns, 21% of those born abroad arrived in 2017 or later; here, 18%.
Catterick: 95% of residents describe themselves as White British, above 77% 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: 95% of Catterick · North Yorkshire’s towns 90% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Catterick sits close to the norm on residents with no religion: 37%, about the same as across England’s towns. Against that, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. After White British, the most common groups are Other White (1.3%), Mixed or multiple (1%) and African (0.9%).
Above 69% of UK towns: 36% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership
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
Unpaid carers: 8.1%, near enough the figure across England’s towns. The usual figure: nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. For Catterick, the census puts married adults and civil partners at 45%.
26% of adults are qualified to degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Catterick counts 26% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 15% have no qualification (18%).
34th youngest of 514 UK towns of 2,500 to 4,000 people
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Keele is the youngest (20.6); West Chiltington the oldest (63.1). Nearest to Catterick in age: Llanharry (37.7), Halling (37.8), Tangmere (37.9) and Papworth Everard (38.1).
Of the 7 towns nearest Catterick, 6 are older
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 | 2,718 | — | 37.9 | 20% | 27% |
| Scorton | 1,011 | 1.7 mi | 50.6 | 28% | 28% |
| Brompton-on-Swale | 1,899 | 1.8 mi | 50.6 | 25% | 24% |
| Catterick Garrison | 14,212 | 3.2 mi | 29.8 | 8.4% | 41% |
| Richmond | 8,076 | 4.6 mi | 51.9 | 29% | 21% |
| Leeming Bar | 1,063 | 5.7 mi | 43.4 | 22% | 26% |
| Aiskew | 1,759 | 6 mi | 47.2 | 21% | 28% |
| Bedale | 3,289 | 6.4 mi | 50.1 | 27% | 21% |
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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’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’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 2,718 people in 2021, against 2,718 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’s residents
What is the population of Catterick?
The 2021 Census counted 2,718 people in Catterick’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 2,800 people in mid-2024, 15% fewer than in 2011.
What is the average age in Catterick?
The median age was 37.9 at the 2021 Census, younger than 89% of UK towns. 14% of residents were 15 to 24 and 20% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Catterick?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 90% across North Yorkshire’s towns. 6.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Catterick?
37% said they had no religion and 56% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 4.7% didn’t answer.
Is Catterick good for families?
27% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Catterick’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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