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Photo: Christine Johnstone · CC BY-SA 2.0Flaxton is older than 98% of UK towns: a median age of 57.6
Across England’s towns, 23% of households live in a flat or apartment; in Flaxton, 1.4%. At the 2021 Census, 318 people lived in the village, in 145 households. In Flaxton, 63% of households live in a detached house. Higher than in 99% of UK towns: 99% of residents describe themselves as White British.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of UK towns: 6.2%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 60–64: 12% of residents, 2.2 times the share across England’s towns. Residents aged 65 and over account for 32%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 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.
Flaxton ranks below 99% of UK towns on full-time students: 2.6%
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%.
Managerial and professional jobs account for 44% of Flaxton’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 16%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, the share of full-time students is 7.9%. For Flaxton, the census puts residents who moved in within the year at 6.4%.
Fewer households with dependent children than 95% of UK towns: 20%
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.
Households average 2.2 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 29% of households have dependent children. Census figures put one-person households at 23% in Flaxton. Few places have so few shared households of unrelated adults: 2.1% here, fewer than in 66% of UK towns.
A lower share of households without a car or van than 99% of UK towns, at 4.2%
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
Against a figure of 24% across England’s towns, the share of households in terraced houses in Flaxton comes in at 4.2%.
Fewer residents born outside the UK than 98% of UK towns: 2.2%
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 (0.6%). Residents whose main language is English are more common here than in 97% of UK towns. The share of residents born outside the UK across England’s towns is 18%.
A higher share of residents who describe themselves as Christian than 74% of UK towns, at 54%
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: 99% of Flaxton · North Yorkshire’s towns 90% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Against a figure of 37% across England’s towns, the share of residents with no religion in Flaxton comes in at 38%. The benchmark for residents who describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns: 46%.
Only 19% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership in Flaxton
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
Married people and civil partners make up 62% of adults, against 44% across England’s towns. Higher than in 66% of UK towns: 9.9% of residents give unpaid care. The comparison figure for adults who have never married is 39% across England’s towns. Unpaid care takes 50 hours a week or more for 13 people.
Adults with a degree-level qualification: 44%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 44% of adults in Flaxton (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 13% (England’s towns: 18%).
Every nearby town is younger than Flaxton
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flaxton | 318 | — | 57.6 | 32% | 20% |
| Strensall | 6,060 | 3.2 mi | 44.2 | 19% | 32% |
| Stockton on the Forest | 1,018 | 4.2 mi | 47.4 | 24% | 25% |
| Stamford Bridge | 4,487 | 4.9 mi | 49.7 | 28% | 25% |
| Haxby | 10,176 | 5.3 mi | 52.7 | 33% | 23% |
| Wigginton | 1,422 | 5.7 mi | 51.4 | 28% | 26% |
| Huntington | 12,420 | 6 mi | 48.2 | 27% | 23% |
| Dunnington | 3,256 | 6.2 mi | 53.4 | 34% | 24% |
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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 Flaxton’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 Flaxton’s residents
What is the population of Flaxton?
The 2021 Census counted 318 people in Flaxton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Flaxton?
The median age was 57.6 at the 2021 Census. 6.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 32% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Flaxton?
99% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 90% across North Yorkshire’s towns. 2.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Flaxton?
38% said they had no religion and 54% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 8.5% didn’t answer.
Is Flaxton good for families?
20% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Flaxton’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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