Photo: Chris Heaton · CC BY-SA 2.0Fewer shared households of unrelated adults than 99% of UK towns: 0.8%
Where nearly a quarter of households have no car or van across England’s towns, Hambleton has 5.1%. There were 733 households locally at the 2021 Census, home to 1,722 residents. The census found that 98% of residents describe themselves as White British in the village. 21% of households are one person living alone, a lower share than in 96% of UK towns.
Older than 74% of UK towns: half of Hambleton is over 47.9
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Where 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns, Hambleton has 26%. In Hambleton, nearly one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Residents who moved in within the year: 13%, a higher share than 94% 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%.
Managerial and professional jobs account for 40% of Hambleton’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 20%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, residents who moved in within the year come to 11%. On the census count, 5.3% of adults are full-time students.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Hambleton households average 2.3 people, larger than in 62% 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 census found that 27% of households have dependent children in Hambleton.
Hambleton: 50% of households live in a detached house, above 89% 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
Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns. Elsewhere, 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns. Across Hambleton, just over one in ten households live in a terraced house.
Hambleton sits below 97% of UK towns for residents born outside the UK (2.4%)
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
Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (1.2%) and in Africa (0.5%). For comparison, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. On residents whose main language is English, Hambleton sits higher than 99% of UK towns: 100%.
60% of residents describe themselves as Christian, more than in 95% 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: 98% of Hambleton · North Yorkshire’s towns 90% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Just over a third of residents said they have no religion, against 37% across England’s towns. The share of residents who describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns is 46%.
Married adults and civil partners make up 57% in Hambleton, more than in 93% 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
Where nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns, Hambleton has 25%. The usual figure: 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Unpaid carers giving 50 hours or more a week: 30. Fewer unpaid carers than in 71% of UK towns: 8.6%.
Qualified to degree level: 33% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Hambleton’s adults: 33% with a degree-level qualification and 12% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
Every nearby town is younger than Hambleton
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hambleton | 1,722 | — | 47.9 | 26% | 27% |
| Thorpe Willoughby | 3,482 | 1.8 mi | 43.9 | 22% | 26% |
| Monk Fryston and Hillam | 1,717 | 2.8 mi | 47.4 | 21% | 31% |
| Brayton | 4,092 | 3 mi | 45.9 | 25% | 29% |
| South Milford | 2,409 | 3.4 mi | 40.8 | 17% | 32% |
| Sherburn in Elmet | 8,569 | 3.7 mi | 39.1 | 17% | 30% |
| Selby | 19,480 | 4 mi | 39.4 | 17% | 28% |
| Church Fenton | 1,643 | 4.3 mi | 38.3 | 12% | 40% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- The Census was taken in a lockdown, in term time. 21 March 2021 fell in term time, and students were asked to give their term-time address, so most were counted where they study. Some may have been living with family that day.
- “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 Hambleton’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 Hambleton’s residents
What is the population of Hambleton?
The 2021 Census counted 1,722 people in Hambleton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Hambleton?
The median age was 47.9 at the 2021 Census. 8.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 26% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Hambleton?
98% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 90% across North Yorkshire’s towns. 2.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Hambleton?
35% said they had no religion and 60% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 3.5% didn’t answer.
Is Hambleton good for families?
27% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Hambleton’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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