Photo: Dashwortley at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.070% of households live in a detached house, a share 99% of UK towns don’t reach
Households without a car or van make up 7.9%, against 24% across England’s towns. Across Escrick, a quarter of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership. One-person households are rarer here than in 91% of UK towns. There were 323 households in the village at the 2021 Census, home to 930 residents.
In Escrick, 15% of residents are aged 15 to 24, more than in 97% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
In Escrick, 22% of residents are 65 or over, beside 18% across England’s towns. Typically, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. The median age here is 45.1, higher than in 54% of UK towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
58% women, 42% men
About 73 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. A large institution, such as a prison, barracks, boarding school, university or care home, can tilt a town’s split: the census counts the people living there as residents.
Full-time students: 13%, a higher share than 98% 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%.
At 11%, residents who moved in within the year sit close to the figure across England’s towns. On average, 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 shared households of unrelated adults than 90% of UK towns, at 1.6%
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.
Where 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns, Escrick has 32%. Measured more widely, 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns. The average household has 2.4 people.
4.9% of households live in a flat or apartment, fewer than in 84% 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
13% of households live in a terraced house; across England’s towns the figure is 24%. The benchmark for households in flats across England’s towns: 23%.
More residents born outside the UK than 74% of UK towns: 10%
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 share of residents whose main language is English is 96%, against 90% across England’s towns. Typically, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in the Middle East and Asia (4.2%) and in EU countries (3.3%).
Escrick ranks below 89% of UK towns on residents with no religion: 32%
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: 90% of Escrick · North Yorkshire’s towns 90% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
By its share of residents who describe themselves as Christian (59%), Escrick is above 92% of UK towns. Across Escrick, nine in ten residents describe themselves as White British. The usual figure: 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns.
61% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 99% 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: 6.5%, below 98% of UK towns. As a reference point, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
49% of adults have a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Escrick’s adults: 49% with a degree-level qualification and 7.8% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns. A levels top the qualifications of 13%, many of them students on the way to a degree.
Around Escrick, 6 of 7 towns have a higher median age
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Escrick | 930 | — | 45.1 | 22% | 32% |
| Riccall | 2,388 | 3.2 mi | 47.7 | 25% | 27% |
| Wheldrake | 1,955 | 3.4 mi | 48.3 | 25% | 32% |
| Bishopthorpe | 3,333 | 3.7 mi | 48.5 | 26% | 29% |
| Heslington | 1,787 | 4.5 mi | 19.8 | 9.9% | 22% |
| Copmanthorpe | 3,671 | 4.7 mi | 50.3 | 29% | 27% |
| Cawood | 1,501 | 4.9 mi | 48.3 | 24% | 26% |
| North Duffield | 1,305 | 4.9 mi | 46.8 | 21% | 28% |
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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 Escrick’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 Escrick’s residents
What is the population of Escrick?
The 2021 Census counted 930 people in Escrick’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Escrick?
The median age was 45.1 at the 2021 Census. 15% of residents were 15 to 24 and 22% were 65 or over.
Is Escrick a student village?
Yes: 13% of adults were full-time students at the 2021 Census (92 people), against 7.9% across England’s towns.
How diverse is Escrick?
90% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 90% across North Yorkshire’s towns. 10% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Escrick?
32% said they had no religion and 59% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.8% were Muslim and 6% didn’t answer.
Is Escrick good for families?
32% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Escrick’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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