Photo: Mark Anderson · CC BY-SA 2.0Only 0.5% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home in Darley
The share of households without a car or van is 5%, against 24% across England’s towns. Adults who have never married are rarer here than in 95% of UK towns. 841 residents in 371 households: that is Darley at the 2021 Census. Here, 0.6% of households live in a flat or apartment.
A median age of 50.8: Darley is older than 89% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The share of residents aged 65 and over is 27%, against 18% across England’s towns. Higher than in 68% of UK towns: 10% of residents are aged 15 to 24. The biggest five-year age group is 50–54, with nearly one in ten residents.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 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.
Above 65% of UK towns: 5.2% of adults are full-time students
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%.
Residents who moved in within the year are about as common here as across England’s towns, at 11%. Across the comparison, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
A lower share of one-person households than 89% of UK towns, at 24%
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.
A household here has 2.3 people on average; across England’s towns, 2.4. Fewer households with dependent children than in 68% of UK towns: 25%. Set beside that, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns.
Households in detached houses make up 47% in Darley, more than in 87% of UK towns
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: a fifth of the total. 0.6% of households live in a flat, less than in 99% of UK towns; 47% in a detached house, against 21% across England’s towns.
A higher share of residents whose main language is English than 91% of UK towns, at 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
Residents born outside the UK: 7.8% here and 18% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, residents whose main language is English come to 90%.
Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 55%, a higher share than 79% 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: 92% of Darley · North Yorkshire’s towns 90% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Set against 37% across England’s towns, 36% of residents said they have no religion in Darley. After White British, the most common groups are Other White (5.2%), Mixed or multiple (1%) and Chinese (0.7%). Across the comparison, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
60% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 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
Unpaid carers make up 8.3%, close to the figure across England’s towns. To put it in context, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
39% of adults are qualified to degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
13% of Darley’s adults have no qualification (18% across England’s towns), and 39% have one at degree level (34%).
Darley and its 7 nearest towns: 1 of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darley | 841 | — | 50.8 | 27% | 25% |
| Hampsthwaite | 1,169 | 3.6 mi | 46 | 27% | 29% |
| Pateley Bridge | 1,343 | 4.7 mi | 54.6 | 33% | 19% |
| Killinghall | 1,476 | 5.2 mi | 43.5 | 21% | 35% |
| Harrogate | 75,522 | 6.9 mi | 44.5 | 21% | 25% |
| Pannal | 2,530 | 8.1 mi | 50.2 | 30% | 31% |
| Otley | 14,549 | 8.4 mi | 48 | 26% | 25% |
| Burley in Wharfedale | 6,806 | 8.7 mi | 46.2 | 23% | 32% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- The Census was taken in a lockdown, in term time. 21 March 2021 fell in term time, and students were asked to give their term-time address, so most were counted where they study. Some may have been living with family that day.
- “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 Darley’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 Darley’s residents
What is the population of Darley?
The 2021 Census counted 841 people in Darley’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Darley?
The median age was 50.8 at the 2021 Census. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 27% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Darley?
92% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 90% across North Yorkshire’s towns. 7.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Darley?
36% said they had no religion and 55% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.4% were Muslim and 7.7% didn’t answer.
Is Darley good for families?
25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Darley’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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