Photo: DS Pugh · CC BY-SA 2.0Households without a car or van make up 4% in Cliffe, less than in 99% of UK towns
One-person households make up 17%, against 30% across England’s towns. On households in detached houses, Cliffe sits higher than 98% of UK towns: 64%. 661 residents in 269 households: that is Cliffe at the 2021 Census. Locally, 63% of adults are married or in a civil partnership.
Cliffe sits below 88% of UK towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (8.4%)
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
With a median age of 47.9, Cliffe is older than nearly three quarters of UK towns. Elsewhere, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. In Cliffe, 22% of residents are 65 or over. 60–64 is the most common age band: 11% of residents, 1.9 times the share across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A smaller share of full-time students than 90% of UK towns: 3.8%
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, a third of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine work; in Cliffe, 40% and 19%. Nearly one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 53% of UK towns. For full-time students, the comparison across England’s towns is 7.9%.
Larger households than 82% of UK towns: 2.4 people on average
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.
Where 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns, Cliffe has 2.2%. What’s more, a quarter of households have dependent children, a lower share than in 69% of UK towns.
Cliffe ranks below 99% of UK towns on households in flats: 1.1%
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
Households in terraced houses: 13%, below nearly four fifths of UK towns. The benchmark for households in flats across England’s towns: 23%.
A larger share of residents whose main language is English than 90% 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
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (2.4%) and in Africa (1.2%). Residents born outside the UK are rarer here than in 70% of UK towns.
Cliffe ranks above 97% of UK towns on residents who describe themselves as White British: 97%
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 Cliffe · North Yorkshire’s towns 90% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The figure for residents who describe themselves as Christian is 58% in Cliffe and 46% across England’s towns. The share of residents who describe themselves as White British across England’s towns is 73%. In Cliffe, 37% of residents said they have no religion.
24% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, fewer than in 95% 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
The number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 10. As a yardstick, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Higher than in 54% of UK towns: 9.5% of residents give unpaid care.
Degree-level qualifications: held by 34% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
34% of Cliffe’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 12% have none (18%).
Every nearby town is younger than Cliffe
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cliffe | 661 | — | 47.9 | 22% | 25% |
| Hemingbrough | 1,874 | 1.4 mi | 46.1 | 19% | 30% |
| Barlby | 3,499 | 2.3 mi | 40.2 | 19% | 28% |
| North Duffield | 1,305 | 3.1 mi | 46.8 | 21% | 28% |
| Selby | 19,480 | 3.1 mi | 39.4 | 17% | 28% |
| Camblesforth | 1,557 | 4.1 mi | 47.6 | 23% | 25% |
| Brayton | 4,092 | 4.2 mi | 45.9 | 25% | 29% |
| Riccall | 2,388 | 4.3 mi | 47.7 | 25% | 27% |
Health, work and homes have their own pages
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 Cliffe’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 Cliffe’s residents
What is the population of Cliffe?
The 2021 Census counted 661 people in Cliffe’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Cliffe?
The median age was 47.9 at the 2021 Census. 8.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 22% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Cliffe?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 90% across North Yorkshire’s towns. 4.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Cliffe?
37% said they had no religion and 58% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 4.6% didn’t answer.
Is Cliffe good for families?
25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Cliffe’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.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.