Photo: Betty Longbottom · CC BY-SA 2.0Farnhill is older than 92% of UK towns: a median age of 52.2
Across England’s towns, 24% of households have no car or van; in Farnhill, 7.1%. Census day 2021: 481 residents and 229 households locally. Here, 2.2% of households live in a flat or apartment. At 19%, the share of households with dependent children is lower than in 96% of UK towns.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of UK towns: 6.2%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
25% of Farnhill is 65 or over, against 22% across North Yorkshire’s towns and 18% across England’s towns. On average, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 84 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 make up 3.1% in Farnhill, less than in 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%.
Across England’s towns, 33% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine or semi-routine work; Farnhill has 48% and 14%. Typically, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. In Farnhill, 13% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
2.1 people per household, fewer than in 88% 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.
2.6% of households are unrelated adults living together, against 4.3% across England’s towns. For Farnhill, the census puts one-person households at 28%.
Households in terraced houses make up 36% in Farnhill, more than in 91% 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
The figure for households in detached houses is 37% in Farnhill and 21% across England’s towns. Across the comparison, nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns.
More residents whose main language is English than 99% of UK towns: 100%
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, the share of residents born outside the UK is 18%; Farnhill has 3.3%. Against that, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Residents born abroad were most often born in the Middle East and Asia (1.7%), then in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1%).
95% of residents describe themselves as White British, more than in 74% 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: 95% of Farnhill · North Yorkshire’s towns 90% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Next after White British come Other White (1.9%), Mixed or multiple (1.9%) and Pakistani (0.8%). The usual figure: 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. Residents with no religion: 42% here and 37% across England’s towns.
A smaller share of adults who have never married than 79% of UK towns: 28%
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
The number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 10. Few places have as many married adults and civil partners: 52% here, more than in 74% of UK towns. By way of comparison, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
A degree-level qualification for 50% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Farnhill, 50% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 5.8% have no qualification at all (18%).
Among its 7 nearest neighbours, 1 are older than Farnhill
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Farnhill | 481 | — | 52.2 | 25% | 19% |
| Cross Hills | 4,809 | 0.8 mi | 47.8 | 27% | 27% |
| Sutton-in-Craven | 2,719 | 1.4 mi | 46.6 | 24% | 27% |
| Low Bradley | 1,203 | 1.5 mi | 55.9 | 33% | 21% |
| Steeton | 5,019 | 1.6 mi | 42.6 | 20% | 27% |
| Silsden | 8,392 | 2 mi | 47.6 | 26% | 22% |
| Cowling | 1,439 | 2.8 mi | 38 | 13% | 34% |
| Carleton-in-Craven | 1,060 | 3.2 mi | 50.8 | 25% | 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 Farnhill’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 Farnhill’s residents
What is the population of Farnhill?
The 2021 Census counted 481 people in Farnhill’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Farnhill?
The median age was 52.2 at the 2021 Census. 6.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 25% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Farnhill?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 90% across North Yorkshire’s towns. 3.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Farnhill?
42% said they had no religion and 50% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.8% were Muslim and 6.2% didn’t answer.
Is Farnhill good for families?
19% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Farnhill’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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