Photo: DS Pugh · CC BY-SA 2.00.6% of households live in a flat or apartment, below 99% of UK towns
5.8% of households have no car or van; across England’s towns the figure is 24%. Compared with other places, one-person households are scarce here: 19%, fewer than in 98% of UK towns. There were 493 households in Elvington at the 2021 Census, home to 1,271 residents. The census found that 57% of adults are married or in a civil partnership in the village.
A young village: 12% of residents are 15 to 24
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
17% of residents are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. By contrast, with a median age of 45.4, Elvington is older than 57% of UK towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
In Elvington, 5.2% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 99% 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%.
By class, 43% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 17% in routine and semi-routine work (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). 6.6% of adults are full-time students, a higher share than in 89% of UK towns. The wider picture: 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.
33% of households have dependent children, more than in 89% 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, the share of shared households of unrelated adults is 4.3%; Elvington has 2%. Set beside that, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns. Households here average 2.5 people each.
More households in detached houses than 96% of UK towns: 60%
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
By its share of households in terraced houses (11%), Elvington is below 85% of UK towns. Still, 0.6% of households live in a flat, less than in 99% of UK towns; 60% in a detached house, against 21% across England’s towns.
Above 86% of UK towns: 99% of residents have English as their main language
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
Compared with 18% across England’s towns, 5.6% of residents were born outside the UK here. The share of residents whose main language is English across England’s towns is 90%. The largest groups were born in EU countries (2.5%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.2%).
A higher White British share than 86% of UK towns: 96% of residents
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 Elvington · North Yorkshire’s towns 90% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Across England’s towns, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian; in Elvington, 54%. The comparison figure for residents who describe themselves as White British is 73% across England’s towns. Census figures put residents with no religion at 39% here.
Elvington sits below 72% of UK towns for adults who have never married (29%)
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
Compared with 8.7% across England’s towns, 7.5% of residents give unpaid care here. Adults who have never married make up 39% across England’s towns. Unpaid care takes 50 hours a week or more for 14 people.
Adults qualified to degree level or above: 46%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
9.3% of Elvington’s adults have no qualification (18% across England’s towns), and 46% have one at degree level (34%). A levels are the highest qualification of 19%, many of them students still working towards a degree.
Older than Elvington: 5 of the 7 towns nearby
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elvington | 1,271 | — | 45.4 | 17% | 33% |
| Wheldrake | 1,955 | 2.1 mi | 48.3 | 25% | 32% |
| Wilberfoss | 2,015 | 2.7 mi | 46.5 | 25% | 30% |
| Dunnington | 3,256 | 3.3 mi | 53.4 | 34% | 24% |
| Osbaldwick | 2,313 | 4.5 mi | 43.2 | 20% | 21% |
| Heslington | 1,787 | 4.7 mi | 19.8 | 9.9% | 22% |
| Stamford Bridge | 4,487 | 4.7 mi | 49.7 | 28% | 25% |
| Stockton on the Forest | 1,018 | 5.6 mi | 47.4 | 24% | 25% |
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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 Elvington’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 Elvington’s residents
What is the population of Elvington?
The 2021 Census counted 1,271 people in Elvington’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Elvington?
The median age was 45.4 at the 2021 Census. 12% of residents were 15 to 24 and 17% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Elvington?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 90% across North Yorkshire’s towns. 5.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Elvington?
39% said they had no religion and 54% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 5.9% didn’t answer.
Is Elvington good for families?
33% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Elvington’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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