Photo: Mtaylor848 · CC BY-SA 3.0Households without a car or van make up 4.1% in Follifoot, less than in 99% of UK towns
The median age in Follifoot is 50.7, higher than in 88% of UK towns. The village had 645 residents in 266 households at the 2021 Census. 1.5% of households live in a flat or apartment. Residents who describe themselves as Christian make up 64%, against 46% across England’s towns.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 6.5% in Follifoot, less than in 99% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Residents aged 65 and over: 28% here 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
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Only 2.9% of adults are full-time students in Follifoot
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%.
8% of residents lived at another address a year earlier (England’s towns: 11%). The benchmark for full-time students across England’s towns: 7.9%.
One-person households: 22%, a lower share than 95% 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.
In Follifoot, just over a quarter of households have dependent children, beside 29% across England’s towns. One-person households make up 30% across England’s towns. Locally, 3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
Follifoot: 57% of households live in a detached house, above 95% 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 share of households in terraced houses is 12%, against 24% across England’s towns. As a reference point, 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
7.1% of residents were born outside the UK, more than in 57% of UK towns
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
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (2.8%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.6%). Against that, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. 98% of residents have English as their main language; across England’s towns the figure is 90%.
31% of residents said they have no religion, fewer than in 92% 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: 94% of Follifoot · North Yorkshire’s towns 90% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 94%, against 73% across England’s towns. Behind White British, the largest groups are Other White (3.1%), Indian (1.6%) and Mixed or multiple (1.4%). As a reference point, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns.
69% 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
39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns, against 16% in Follifoot. Set beside that, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Census figures put unpaid carers at 8% in the village.
Among adults, 50% hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
12% of Follifoot’s adults have no qualification (18% across England’s towns), and 50% have one at degree level (34%).
Among its 7 nearest neighbours, 1 are older than Follifoot
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Follifoot | 645 | — | 50.7 | 28% | 26% |
| Spofforth | 1,175 | 1.6 mi | 49.5 | 25% | 27% |
| Pannal | 2,530 | 2.4 mi | 50.2 | 30% | 31% |
| Harrogate | 75,522 | 2.9 mi | 44.5 | 21% | 25% |
| Knaresborough | 15,781 | 3.1 mi | 48.6 | 25% | 26% |
| Wetherby | 11,711 | 4.5 mi | 50.8 | 31% | 23% |
| East Keswick | 1,145 | 5 mi | 48.8 | 26% | 28% |
| Collingham | 2,362 | 5 mi | 50 | 28% | 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 Follifoot’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 Follifoot’s residents
What is the population of Follifoot?
The 2021 Census counted 645 people in Follifoot’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Follifoot?
The median age was 50.7 at the 2021 Census. 6.5% of residents were 15 to 24 and 28% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Follifoot?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 90% across North Yorkshire’s towns. 7.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Follifoot?
31% said they had no religion and 64% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 4.5% didn’t answer.
Is Follifoot good for families?
26% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Follifoot’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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