Photo: JThomas · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 55.4: Ebberston is older than 97% of UK towns
Compared with 23% across England’s towns, 1.9% of households live in a flat or apartment here. In 2021, the Census found 472 residents in Ebberston, living in 209 households. Here, nearly a fifth of households have dependent children. Few places have so few households without a car or van: 4.3% here, fewer than in 99% of UK towns.
33% of Ebberston is 65 or over, a higher share than 95% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Nearly one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24; across England’s towns the figure is 12%. Across the comparison, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
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.
Ebberston sits below 99% of UK towns for full-time students (2.4%)
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%.
The figure for residents who moved in within the year is 5.8% in Ebberston and 11% across England’s towns. On average, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
A smaller share of one-person households than 97% of UK towns: 21%
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 Ebberston the average household is 2.3 people, beside 2.4 across England’s towns. One-person households make up 30% across England’s towns. The census found that 1.9% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home locally.
58% of households live in a detached house, more than in 95% 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
Across England’s towns, 24% of households live in a terraced house; in Ebberston, 15%. 1.9% of households live in a flat, less than in 97% of UK towns; 58% in a detached house, against 21% across England’s towns.
Residents whose main language is English: 100%, a higher share than 99% 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%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Across England’s towns, 18% of residents were born outside the UK; in Ebberston, 3.6%. 100% of residents have English as their main language.
59% of residents describe themselves as Christian, a share 92% of UK towns don’t reach
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: 96% of Ebberston · North Yorkshire’s towns 90% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The share of residents who describe themselves as White British is 96%, against 73% across England’s towns. At 35%, the share of residents with no religion is lower than in 80% of UK towns. Residents who describe themselves as Christian make up 46% across England’s towns. Of the other groups, the largest are Other White (2.3%), Mixed or multiple (1.5%) and African (0.2%).
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
Set against 39% across England’s towns, just over a fifth of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership in Ebberston. Unpaid carers: nearly a tenth of the total. Across England’s towns, the share of married adults and civil partners is 44%.
41% of adults hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
With 41% of its adults qualified to degree level, Ebberston compares with 34% across England’s towns; another 14% hold no qualification (18%).
Median age: 2 of the 7 towns around Ebberston 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ebberston | 472 | — | 55.4 | 33% | 19% |
| Thornton-le-Dale | 1,858 | 4 mi | 59.5 | 40% | 17% |
| Rillington | 1,206 | 5.8 mi | 52.3 | 28% | 19% |
| East Ayton and West Ayton | 2,809 | 5.9 mi | 51.2 | 32% | 25% |
| Pickering | 7,260 | 6.3 mi | 53.8 | 34% | 19% |
| Seamer (Scarborough) | 2,120 | 7.3 mi | 52.3 | 31% | 23% |
| Scalby | 1,790 | 8.7 mi | 61.5 | 44% | 14% |
| Scarborough | 59,505 | 9 mi | 46.2 | 24% | 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 Ebberston’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 Ebberston’s residents
What is the population of Ebberston?
The 2021 Census counted 472 people in Ebberston’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Ebberston?
The median age was 55.4 at the 2021 Census. 8.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 33% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Ebberston?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 90% across North Yorkshire’s towns. 3.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Ebberston?
35% said they had no religion and 59% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 4.7% didn’t answer.
Is Ebberston good for families?
19% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Ebberston’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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