Photo: Humphrey Bolton · CC BY-SA 2.0Shared households of unrelated adults: 0.9%, a lower share than 99% of UK towns
Against a figure of 24% across England’s towns, the share of households without a car or van in Hellifield comes in at 9.5%. On the census count, 97% of residents describe themselves as White British. The median age here is 49.6, higher than in 83% of UK towns. Its 663 households held 1,478 residents at the 2021 Census.
Above 83% of UK towns: 27% of residents are 65 or over
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Young people aged 15 to 24 make up 10% of residents, against 12% across England’s towns. The wider picture: 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
4.1% of adults are full-time students, fewer than in 82% 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%.
The share of residents who moved in within the year trails 71% of UK towns: 7.8%. For full-time students, the comparison across England’s towns is 7.9%.
Households with dependent children: 24%, a lower share than 80% 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.
Households in Hellifield hold 2.2 people on average (England’s towns: 2.4). Across the comparison, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns. The share of one-person households stands at 31%.
A village of terraces: 42% of households live in one
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
By its share of households in detached houses (27%), Hellifield is below 56% of UK towns. The share of households in flats stands at 4.1%. The comparison figure for households in terraced houses is 24% across England’s towns.
2.9% of residents were born outside the UK, below 93% 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
Residents whose main language is English: 99% here and 90% across England’s towns. As a reference point, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (1.7%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.4%).
Hellifield: 58% of residents describe themselves as Christian, above 90% 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: 97% of Hellifield · North Yorkshire’s towns 90% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Little separates the share of residents with no religion here, 37%, from the figure across England’s towns. Residents who describe themselves as Christian make up 46% across England’s towns.
Hellifield ranks below 83% of UK towns on adults who have never married: 27%
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
53% of adults are married or in a civil partnership; across England’s towns the figure is 44%. Compared with other places, unpaid carers are common here: 10%, more than in 69% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, the share of adults who have never married is 39%.
Qualified to degree level: 31% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 34% across England’s towns, 31% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 14% hold no qualification (18%).
4 in 7 nearby towns have a higher median age than Hellifield
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hellifield | 1,478 | — | 49.6 | 27% | 24% |
| Settle | 2,710 | 4.8 mi | 58.2 | 37% | 14% |
| Gargrave | 1,502 | 5.1 mi | 56.5 | 36% | 17% |
| Giggleswick | 1,075 | 5.2 mi | 54.2 | 33% | 18% |
| Barnoldswick | 10,915 | 6.3 mi | 43.4 | 21% | 27% |
| Earby | 4,416 | 7.1 mi | 44.9 | 21% | 26% |
| Carleton-in-Craven | 1,060 | 8.4 mi | 50.8 | 25% | 23% |
| Skipton | 15,050 | 9 mi | 45.9 | 24% | 23% |
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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 Hellifield’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 Hellifield’s residents
What is the population of Hellifield?
The 2021 Census counted 1,478 people in Hellifield’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Hellifield?
The median age was 49.6 at the 2021 Census. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 27% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Hellifield?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 90% across North Yorkshire’s towns. 2.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Hellifield?
37% said they had no religion and 58% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 4.3% didn’t answer.
Is Hellifield good for families?
24% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Hellifield’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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