Photo: Trish Steel · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 98% of UK towns: half of Great Broughton is over 56.8
Households in flats: 1.8%, below 97% of UK towns. In 2021, the Census found 862 residents in Great Broughton, living in 393 households. Locally, 17% of households have dependent children. On households in detached houses, Great Broughton sits higher than 96% of UK towns: 60%.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 96% of UK towns, at 34%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Nearly one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24, against 12% across England’s towns. To put it in context, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Fewer full-time students than 79% of UK towns: 4.2%
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%.
In Great Broughton, 7.9% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, beside 11% across England’s towns. Managerial and professional jobs take in 52% of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 12% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%).
Great Broughton households average 2.2 people, smaller than in 85% 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.
The figure for one-person households is 27% in Great Broughton and 30% across England’s towns. For Great Broughton, the census puts shared households of unrelated adults at 2.8%.
5.7% of households have no car or van, fewer than in 98% 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
15% of households live in a terraced house; across England’s towns the figure is 24%. Every 18th household or so has no car or van.
Above 92% of UK towns: 99% of residents have English as their main language
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
In Great Broughton, 4.3% of residents were born outside the UK, beside 18% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, residents whose main language is English come to 90%. Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (1.8%) or in Africa (1.3%).
Great Broughton ranks above 97% of UK towns on residents who describe themselves as White British: 97%
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 Great Broughton · North Yorkshire’s towns 90% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Across England’s towns, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian; in Great Broughton, 64%. Few places have so few residents with no religion: 30% here, fewer than in 94% of UK towns. Against that, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns.
Married adults and civil partners: 60%, a higher share than 98% 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
Heavy unpaid care, 50 hours a week or more, falls to 16 residents. The benchmark for married adults and civil partners across England’s towns: 44%. On adults who have never married, Great Broughton sits lower than 89% of UK towns: 26%. Unpaid carers make up 8.9%, close to the figure across England’s towns.
Among adults, 49% hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 49% of Great Broughton’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 11% have no qualification (18%).
No nearby town is as old as Great Broughton
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great Broughton | 862 | — | 56.8 | 34% | 17% |
| Stokesley | 4,906 | 2.2 mi | 54.2 | 32% | 20% |
| Great Ayton | 4,348 | 3 mi | 56.1 | 35% | 19% |
| Hutton Rudby | 1,955 | 5 mi | 55.6 | 33% | 21% |
| Stainton | 1,817 | 6.6 mi | 48.8 | 27% | 21% |
| Guisborough | 18,091 | 6.9 mi | 49 | 27% | 24% |
| Middlesbrough | 148,232 | 7.4 mi | 37.5 | 17% | 30% |
| Eston | 29,625 | 8 mi | 42 | 20% | 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 Great Broughton’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 Great Broughton’s residents
What is the population of Great Broughton?
The 2021 Census counted 862 people in Great Broughton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Great Broughton?
The median age was 56.8 at the 2021 Census. 8.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 34% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Great Broughton?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 90% across North Yorkshire’s towns. 4.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Great Broughton?
30% said they had no religion and 64% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 6% didn’t answer.
Is Great Broughton good for families?
17% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Great Broughton’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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