Photo: Gary Knighton · CC BY-SA 2.0A smaller share of households in flats than 99% of UK towns: 0.3%
One-person households make up 18%, against 30% across England’s towns. The median age in Earswick is 51.5, higher than in 91% of UK towns. The 2021 Census put the village’s population at 890, in 352 households. The share of shared households of unrelated adults stands at 1.4%.
In Earswick, 26% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 76% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 50–54 than any other five-year age: one in ten residents, 1.5 times the share across England’s towns. For comparison, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. Census figures put residents aged 15 to 24 at 11% in Earswick.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Below 98% of UK towns: 5.9% of residents lived at another address a year earlier
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%.
By class, 53% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 12% in routine and semi-routine work (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). On full-time students, Earswick sits higher than 93% of UK towns: 7.6%. Against that, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Bigger households than 94% of UK towns: 2.6 people each 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.
Across England’s towns, 29% of households have dependent children; in Earswick, 31%.
Earswick sits above 99% of UK towns for households in detached houses (86%)
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
7.4% of households live in a terraced house (England’s towns: 24%). The wider picture: just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns. In Earswick, 3.4% of households have no car or van.
Earswick ranks above 79% of UK towns on 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
The largest groups were born in the Middle East and Asia (3%) and in EU countries (2.1%). The comparison figure for residents whose main language is English is 90% across England’s towns. Compared with 18% across England’s towns, 6.3% of residents were born outside the UK here.
A lower share of residents with no religion than 93% of UK towns, at 31%
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: 91% of Earswick · North Yorkshire’s towns 90% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns, against 59% in Earswick. Against that, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. Besides White British, the main groups are Other White (1.9%), Mixed or multiple (1.6%) and Chinese (1.1%).
A higher share of married adults and civil partners than 99% of UK towns, at 65%
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
By its share of adults who have never married (23%), Earswick is below 97% of UK towns. The share of married adults and civil partners across England’s towns is 44%. 10% of residents give unpaid care.
51% of adults are qualified to degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 34% across England’s towns, 51% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 8.2% hold no qualification (18%). Many still at university: 14% list A levels as their highest qualification.
Of the 7 towns nearest Earswick, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earswick | 890 | — | 51.5 | 26% | 31% |
| Haxby | 10,176 | 0.8 mi | 52.7 | 33% | 23% |
| Wigginton | 1,422 | 1.5 mi | 51.4 | 28% | 26% |
| Huntington | 12,420 | 1.5 mi | 48.2 | 27% | 23% |
| Strensall | 6,060 | 1.8 mi | 44.2 | 19% | 32% |
| Stockton on the Forest | 1,018 | 2.5 mi | 47.4 | 24% | 25% |
| Skelton (York) | 1,380 | 3.2 mi | 48.4 | 28% | 26% |
| Osbaldwick | 2,313 | 3.9 mi | 43.2 | 20% | 21% |
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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 Earswick’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 Earswick’s residents
What is the population of Earswick?
The 2021 Census counted 890 people in Earswick’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Earswick?
The median age was 51.5 at the 2021 Census. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 26% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Earswick?
91% 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 Earswick?
31% said they had no religion and 59% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 2% were Muslim and 7.3% didn’t answer.
Is Earswick good for families?
31% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Earswick’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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