Photo: DS Pugh · CC BY-SA 2.0Households in terraced houses make up 4.9% in Hemingbrough, less than in 98% of UK towns
With households without a car or van at 8.3%, Hemingbrough is behind 91% of UK towns on that count. Fewer one-person households than in 97% of UK towns: 21%. At the 2021 Census Hemingbrough was home to 1,874 people in 772 households. For Hemingbrough, the census puts adults who have never married at 26%.
Older than 62% of UK towns: half of Hemingbrough is over 46.1
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
55–59 is the most common age band: 9.1% of residents, 1.4 times the share across England’s towns. Locally, 9.4% of residents are aged 15 to 24. Residents aged 65 and over are rarer here than in 71% of UK towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Residents who moved in within the year make up 9.9% in Hemingbrough, more than in 71% 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%.
By class, 37% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 23% in routine and semi-routine work (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). Here, 4.9% of adults are full-time students. Across England’s towns, the share of residents who moved in within the year is 11%.
Hemingbrough households average 2.4 people, larger than in 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.
Against a figure of 29% across England’s towns, the share of households with dependent children in Hemingbrough comes in at 30%. Shared households of unrelated adults account for 2.3%.
Hemingbrough: 58% 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
23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns, against 2.7% in Hemingbrough. Across England’s towns, households in detached houses come to 21%.
3% of residents were born outside the UK, below 91% 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
Across England’s towns, 90% of residents have English as their main language; in Hemingbrough, 99%. The benchmark for residents born outside the UK across England’s towns: 18%. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (1.3%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (0.9%).
97% of residents describe themselves as White British, more than in 98% 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 Hemingbrough · North Yorkshire’s towns 90% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
On religion, 39% answered “no religion” and 55% Christian, against 37% and 46% across England’s towns. For comparison, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. Residents who describe themselves as Christian are more common here than in nearly four fifths of UK towns.
Hemingbrough ranks above 95% of UK towns on married adults and civil partners: 58%
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
Nothing unusual on unpaid carers: 8.9%, close to the figure across England’s towns. For married adults and civil partners, the comparison across England’s towns is 44%. 61 people care, unpaid, for 50 hours or more a week.
Degree-level qualifications: held by 31% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Hemingbrough counts 31% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 15% have no qualification (18%).
4 in 7 nearby towns have a higher median age than Hemingbrough
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hemingbrough | 1,874 | — | 46.1 | 19% | 30% |
| Camblesforth | 1,557 | 3.3 mi | 47.6 | 23% | 25% |
| Barlby | 3,499 | 3.6 mi | 40.2 | 19% | 28% |
| North Duffield | 1,305 | 3.9 mi | 46.8 | 21% | 28% |
| Selby | 19,480 | 4.1 mi | 39.4 | 17% | 28% |
| Carlton | 2,040 | 4.4 mi | 45.2 | 21% | 29% |
| Howden | 4,572 | 4.7 mi | 48.6 | 26% | 22% |
| Rawcliffe | 1,580 | 4.8 mi | 47 | 22% | 27% |
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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 Hemingbrough’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 Hemingbrough’s residents
What is the population of Hemingbrough?
The 2021 Census counted 1,874 people in Hemingbrough’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Hemingbrough?
The median age was 46.1 at the 2021 Census. 9.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 19% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Hemingbrough?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 90% across North Yorkshire’s towns. 3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Hemingbrough?
39% said they had no religion and 55% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 5.5% didn’t answer.
Is Hemingbrough good for families?
30% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Hemingbrough’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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