Photo: Jay Pea · CC BY-SA 2.0Harmby is older than 99% of UK towns: a median age of 61.8
Households with dependent children make up 12%, against 29% across England’s towns. Harmby counted 376 residents and 182 households at the 2021 Census. 73% of households live in a detached house. Residents who describe themselves as Christian are more common here than in 98% of UK towns.
More residents aged 65 and over than 99% of UK towns: 41%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 60–64: 14% of residents, 2.4 times the share across England’s towns. For Harmby, the census puts residents aged 15 to 24 at 7%. Measured more widely, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
In Harmby, 2.3% of adults are full-time students, fewer than in 99% 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%.
7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier (England’s towns: 11%). For full-time students, the comparison across England’s towns is 7.9%.
A lower share of shared households of unrelated adults than 99% of UK towns, at 1.1%
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 Harmby the average household is 2.1 people, beside 2.4 across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home. One-person households account for 24%.
A smaller share of households without a car or van than 97% of UK towns: 6.1%
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
2.2% of households live in a flat or apartment, against 23% across England’s towns. Harmby has fewer households in terraced houses than 95% of UK towns, at 7.2%. By way of comparison, nearly a quarter of households have no car or van across England’s towns.
Fewer residents born abroad than 99% of UK towns: 1.1%
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
Residents whose main language is English: 100% here and 90% across England’s towns. Elsewhere, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (0.8%) or in the Middle East and Asia (0.3%).
Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 99% in Harmby, more than in 99% 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: 99% of Harmby · North Yorkshire’s towns 90% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents with no religion: 29%, below 94% of UK towns. The share of residents who describe themselves as White British across England’s towns is 73%.
Married adults and civil partners: 64%, a higher share than 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
The figure for adults who have never married is 20% in Harmby and 39% across England’s towns. Few places have so few unpaid carers: 8.7% here, fewer than in 69% of UK towns. The benchmark for married adults and civil partners across England’s towns: 44%. The number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 10.
A degree-level qualification for 34% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 34% of adults have a degree-level qualification; in Harmby, 34%, and 15% have none, against 18%.
The towns around Harmby are all younger
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harmby | 376 | — | 61.8 | 41% | 12% |
| Leyburn | 2,414 | 1 mi | 57.7 | 37% | 15% |
| Catterick Garrison | 14,212 | 6.2 mi | 29.8 | 8.4% | 41% |
| Richmond | 8,076 | 7.9 mi | 51.9 | 29% | 21% |
| Masham | 1,112 | 8.1 mi | 56.4 | 36% | 18% |
| Brompton-on-Swale | 1,899 | 8.5 mi | 50.6 | 25% | 24% |
| Catterick | 2,718 | 8.6 mi | 37.9 | 20% | 27% |
| Bedale | 3,289 | 8.7 mi | 50.1 | 27% | 21% |
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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 Harmby’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 Harmby’s residents
What is the population of Harmby?
The 2021 Census counted 376 people in Harmby’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Harmby?
The median age was 61.8 at the 2021 Census. 7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 41% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Harmby?
99% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 90% across North Yorkshire’s towns. 1.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Harmby?
29% said they had no religion and 64% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 5.6% didn’t answer.
Is Harmby good for families?
12% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Harmby’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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