Photo: Les Hull · CC BY-SA 2.0Easingwold is older than 91% of UK towns: a median age of 51.8
With shared households of unrelated adults at 1.5%, Easingwold is behind 90% of UK towns on that count. The share of households with dependent children stands at 20%. Nearly three in five residents describe themselves as Christian, more than in 92% of UK towns. The town counted 5,036 residents and 2,469 households at the 2021 Census.
What the Census says about Easingwold’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Easingwold’s residents are under 51.8 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 31% are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Ages ↓
Growing faster than most
ONS mid-year estimates put Easingwold at 4,600 in 2011 and 5,900 in 2024, up 28%, against 10% for England: faster growth than in 93% of UK towns. Since 2011 ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area) and ONS mid-year population estimates.
Easingwold grew +28% from 2011 to 2024, ahead of 93% of UK towns
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Easingwold’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 4,600 people in 2011; 5,900 in 2024.
In one year, mid-2023 to mid-2024, the population rose by 260, the most of any year. Split by age, the 30 to 44 changed most (+44%) and the 45 to 64 least (+10%).
More residents aged 65 and over than 92% of UK towns: 31%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Compared with 12% across England’s towns, 8.6% of residents are aged 15 to 24 here. On average, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Easingwold, 51.8. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 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.
Full-time students: 4.1%, a lower share than 80% 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 account for 38% of Easingwold’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 22%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. The benchmark for full-time students across England’s towns: 7.9%. For Easingwold, the census puts residents who moved in within the year at 13%.
In Easingwold, 36% of households are one person living alone, more than in 92% of UK towns
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, households average 2.4 people; in Easingwold, 2. Typically, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns.
Easingwold sits above 76% of UK towns for households in detached houses (40%)
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
The share of households in flats is 11%, against 23% across England’s towns. On average, 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns. Here, a fifth of households live in a terraced house. More households without a car or van than in half of UK towns: 15%.
Only 4.8% of residents were born outside the UK in Easingwold
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
The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (2.8%) and in Africa (0.8%). As a reference point, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Compared with other places, residents whose main language is English are common here: 98%, more than in nearly two thirds of UK towns. Among those born abroad, the share arriving in 2017 or later is 16% (England’s towns: 21%).
Above 80% of UK towns: 95% of residents describe themselves as White British
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 Easingwold · North Yorkshire’s towns 90% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Behind White British, the largest groups are Other White (2.7%), Mixed or multiple (1%) and Chinese (0.2%). On residents with no religion, Easingwold sits lower than 83% of UK towns: 35%. For comparison, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns.
Only 28% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership in Easingwold
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
Married adults and civil partners: 49%, above 58% of UK towns. The comparison figure for adults who have never married is 39% across England’s towns. Heavy unpaid care, 50 hours a week or more, falls to 108 residents. Easingwold has fewer unpaid carers than 62% of UK towns, at 8.9%.
36% of adults have a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 36% of adults in Easingwold (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 15% (England’s towns: 18%).
63rd highest median age among 516 UK towns of 4,000 to 7,000
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Bailrigg (18.9), the youngest, and Barton on Sea (65.3), the oldest. Nearest to Easingwold in age: Brampton (51.8), Barnard Castle (51.8), Cleadon (52) and West Kingsdown (52.1).
Median age: 1 of the 7 towns around Easingwold 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Easingwold | 5,036 | — | 51.8 | 31% | 20% |
| Huby (Hambleton) | 1,056 | 3.4 mi | 46.3 | 22% | 30% |
| Ampleforth | 1,239 | 6.5 mi | 36.6 | 18% | 24% |
| Wigginton | 1,422 | 8.1 mi | 51.4 | 28% | 26% |
| Boroughbridge | 3,064 | 8.6 mi | 48.8 | 26% | 24% |
| Strensall | 6,060 | 8.6 mi | 44.2 | 19% | 32% |
| Langthorpe | 1,294 | 8.7 mi | 45.8 | 20% | 29% |
| Haxby | 10,176 | 8.7 mi | 52.7 | 33% | 23% |
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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 Easingwold’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out. The population trend compares with the whole county and nation.
- Estimates since 2021 are modelled. The ONS builds mid-year estimates from the Census, births, deaths and migration records. Easingwold’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 5,307 people in 2021, against 5,036 in the built-up area.
- 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 Easingwold’s residents
What is the population of Easingwold?
The 2021 Census counted 5,036 people in Easingwold’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 5,900 people in mid-2024, 28% more than in 2011.
What is the average age in Easingwold?
The median age was 51.8 at the 2021 Census, older than 91% of UK towns. 8.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 31% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Easingwold?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 90% across North Yorkshire’s towns. 4.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Easingwold?
35% said they had no religion and 59% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 5.4% didn’t answer.
Is Easingwold good for families?
20% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Easingwold’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) · ONS mid-year population estimates for 2021 LSOAs, mid-2011 to mid-2024. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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