Photo: Chris Heaton · CC BY-SA 2.0In Cononley, 1.2% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, fewer than in 98% of UK towns
Young people aged 15 to 24 make up 7.8% of residents, against 12% across England’s towns. The census found that three in five adults are married or in a civil partnership in Cononley. At 35%, the share of households in terraced houses is higher than in 90% of UK towns. Census day 2021: 807 residents and 343 households in the village.
A median age of 48.2: Cononley is older than 75% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 60–64: nearly one in ten residents, 1.5 times the share across England’s towns. In Cononley, nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
In Cononley, 14% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, more than in 96% 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 take in 49% of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 13% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). Residents who moved in within the year make up 11% across England’s towns. On the census count, 4.9% of adults are full-time students.
Only 27% of households in Cononley are one person living alone
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.
In Cononley the average household is 2.4 people, beside 2.4 across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 30% of households are one person living alone.
Fewer households in flats than 77% of UK towns: 6.2%
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 without a car or van: 12%, below 72% of UK towns. On average, 23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns. Census figures put households in detached houses at 31% in Cononley.
Cononley sits above 94% of UK towns for residents whose main language is English (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
Set against 18% across England’s towns, 3.8% of residents were born outside the UK in Cononley. As a yardstick, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. The largest groups were born in the Middle East and Asia (1.5%) and in EU countries (0.9%).
More residents who describe themselves as Christian than 78% of UK towns: 54%
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: 94% of Cononley · North Yorkshire’s towns 90% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Just over two in five residents said they have no religion (England’s towns: 37%). Across the comparison, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Residents who describe themselves as White British: 94% of the total.
Adults who have never married make up 23% in Cononley, less than in 97% 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 share of unpaid carers is 11%, against 8.7% across England’s towns. To put it in context, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Heavy unpaid care, 50 hours a week or more, falls to 16 residents.
A degree-level qualification for 52% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 34% of adults have a degree-level qualification; in Cononley, 52%, and 9.5% have none, against 18%.
Around Cononley, 2 of 7 towns have a higher median age
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cononley | 807 | — | 48.2 | 24% | 27% |
| Low Bradley | 1,203 | 1.3 mi | 55.9 | 33% | 21% |
| Cross Hills | 4,809 | 1.7 mi | 47.8 | 27% | 27% |
| Carleton-in-Craven | 1,060 | 2 mi | 50.8 | 25% | 23% |
| Sutton-in-Craven | 2,719 | 2.2 mi | 46.6 | 24% | 27% |
| Cowling | 1,439 | 2.5 mi | 38 | 13% | 34% |
| Skipton | 15,050 | 2.7 mi | 45.9 | 24% | 23% |
| Steeton | 5,019 | 2.9 mi | 42.6 | 20% | 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 Cononley’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 Cononley’s residents
What is the population of Cononley?
The 2021 Census counted 807 people in Cononley’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Cononley?
The median age was 48.2 at the 2021 Census. 7.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 24% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Cononley?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 90% across North Yorkshire’s towns. 3.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Cononley?
41% said they had no religion and 54% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1.2% were Muslim and 3% didn’t answer.
Is Cononley good for families?
27% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Cononley’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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