Photo: Alan Murray-Rust · CC BY-SA 2.0A smaller share of shared households of unrelated adults than 99% of UK towns: 0.5%
Against a figure of 29% across England’s towns, the share of households with dependent children in Fairburn comes in at 20%. The median age locally is 50.7, higher than in 88% of UK towns. The village is home to 806 residents in 392 households, by the 2021 Census. Unpaid carers account for 12%.
Only 6.8% of residents are aged 15 to 24 in Fairburn
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Compared with 18% across England’s towns, 22% of residents are 65 or over here. As a yardstick, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Only 3.5% of adults are full-time students in Fairburn
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%.
Across England’s towns, a third of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine or semi-routine work; Fairburn has 38% and 20%. Against that, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. For Fairburn, the census puts residents who moved in within the year at 6.4%.
Smaller households than 95% of UK towns: 2.1 people 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.
Here a third of households are one person living alone, where the figure across England’s towns is 30%.
A smaller share of households without a car or van than 89% of UK towns: 8.5%
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
45% of households live in a detached house; across England’s towns the figure is 21%. On average, nearly a quarter of households have no car or van across England’s towns. The census found that 12% of households live in a terraced house in Fairburn. Compared with other places, households in flats are common here: 16%, more than in 73% of UK towns.
Fewer residents born outside the UK than 93% of UK towns: 2.9%
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
Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (1%) or in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1%). The comparison figure for residents born outside the UK is 18% across England’s towns. 100% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 99% of UK towns.
97% of residents describe themselves as White British, more than in 94% of UK towns
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: 97% of Fairburn · North Yorkshire’s towns 90% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Here 60% of residents describe themselves as Christian, where the figure across England’s towns is 46%. Census figures put residents with no religion at 35% in Fairburn. The usual figure: 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns.
A higher share of married adults and civil partners than 83% of UK towns, at 54%
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
27% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, against 39% across England’s towns. The share of married adults and civil partners across England’s towns is 44%. For 18 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week.
Adults with a degree-level qualification: 31%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
31% of Fairburn’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 13% have none (18%).
No nearby town is as old as Fairburn
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairburn | 806 | — | 50.7 | 22% | 20% |
| Byram | 1,436 | 1.8 mi | 45.9 | 25% | 23% |
| Monk Fryston and Hillam | 1,717 | 2.3 mi | 47.4 | 21% | 31% |
| Holmfield | 4,150 | 2.4 mi | 39.9 | 18% | 27% |
| South Milford | 2,409 | 2.6 mi | 40.8 | 17% | 32% |
| Castleford | 45,363 | 2.9 mi | 38.7 | 16% | 29% |
| Knottingley | 9,516 | 3.1 mi | 38.7 | 18% | 28% |
| Micklefield | 2,064 | 3.6 mi | 38 | 17% | 28% |
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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 Fairburn’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 Fairburn’s residents
What is the population of Fairburn?
The 2021 Census counted 806 people in Fairburn’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Fairburn?
The median age was 50.7 at the 2021 Census. 6.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 22% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Fairburn?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 90% across North Yorkshire’s towns. 2.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Fairburn?
35% said they had no religion and 60% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 5% didn’t answer.
Is Fairburn good for families?
20% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Fairburn’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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