Photo: DS Pugh · CC BY-SA 2.0Copmanthorpe: 66% of households live in a detached house, above 98% of UK towns
By its share of households in flats (2%), Copmanthorpe is below 97% of UK towns. This North Yorkshire town is home to 3,671 residents in 1,573 households, by the 2021 Census. In Copmanthorpe, just over a fifth of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership. Fewer one-person households than in 90% of UK towns: 24%.
What the Census says about Copmanthorpe’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Copmanthorpe’s residents are under 50.3 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 29% are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
A median age of 50.3: Copmanthorpe is older than 86% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
8% of residents are aged 15 to 24; across England’s towns the figure is 12%. Census figures put residents aged 65 and over at 29% in Copmanthorpe.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Copmanthorpe, 50.3. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
In Copmanthorpe, 7.2% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 82% 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%.
4.6% of adults are full-time students, against 7.9% across England’s towns. The benchmark for residents who moved in within the year across England’s towns: 11%.
Larger households than 64% of UK towns: 2.3 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.
In Copmanthorpe, 2.2% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, beside 4.3% across England’s towns. 27% of households have dependent children.
A smaller share of households in terraced houses than 84% of UK towns: 12%
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
Across England’s towns, the share of households without a car or van is 24%; Copmanthorpe has 10%.
Residents whose main language is English: 99%, a higher share than 79% 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
7.3% of the town’s residents born abroad came in 2017 or later, set against 21% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, residents whose main language is English come to 90%. In Copmanthorpe, 4.9% of residents were born outside the UK.
In Copmanthorpe, 95% of residents describe themselves as White British, more than in 81% 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 Copmanthorpe · North Yorkshire’s towns 90% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Of the other groups, the largest are Other White (2.3%), Mixed or multiple (1%) and Chinese (0.4%). Copmanthorpe has more residents who describe themselves as Christian than just over two thirds of UK towns, at 53%. For residents who describe themselves as White British, the comparison across England’s towns is 73%. Asked about religion, 40% answered none, against 37% across England’s towns.
62% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 99% 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
Some 82 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. By way of comparison, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Little separates the share of unpaid carers here, 9%, from the figure across England’s towns.
A degree-level qualification for 46% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
With 46% of its adults qualified to degree level, Copmanthorpe compares with 34% across England’s towns; another 11% hold no qualification (18%).
Ranked by age, 114th oldest of 530 UK towns this size
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Bailrigg is the youngest (18.9); Milford on Sea the oldest (64.6). Nearest to Copmanthorpe in age: Haltwhistle (50.2), North Ferriby (50.2), Spixworth (50.3) and Caddington (50.3).
Around Copmanthorpe, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copmanthorpe | 3,671 | — | 50.3 | 29% | 27% |
| Bishopthorpe | 3,333 | 1.7 mi | 48.5 | 26% | 29% |
| York | 141,696 | 3.6 mi | 36 | 16% | 24% |
| Heslington | 1,787 | 4.1 mi | 19.8 | 9.9% | 22% |
| Upper Poppleton | 3,520 | 4.6 mi | 51.1 | 32% | 27% |
| Osbaldwick | 2,313 | 5.2 mi | 43.2 | 20% | 21% |
| Tadcaster | 6,339 | 5.5 mi | 49.4 | 25% | 23% |
| Skelton (York) | 1,380 | 5.7 mi | 48.4 | 28% | 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 Copmanthorpe’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 Copmanthorpe’s residents
What is the population of Copmanthorpe?
The 2021 Census counted 3,671 people in Copmanthorpe’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Copmanthorpe?
The median age was 50.3 at the 2021 Census, older than 86% of UK towns. 8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 29% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Copmanthorpe?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 90% across North Yorkshire’s towns. 4.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Copmanthorpe?
40% said they had no religion and 53% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 5.9% didn’t answer.
Is Copmanthorpe good for families?
27% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Copmanthorpe’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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