Photo: Christine Johnstone · CC BY-SA 2.0A larger share of households in detached houses than 99% of UK towns: 86%
Across England’s towns, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 12%; Hensall has 6.9%. There were 180 households in the village at the 2021 Census, home to 405 residents. Locally, 18% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership. At 62%, the share of residents who describe themselves as Christian is higher than in 96% of UK towns.
Half of Hensall is over 50.1, older than 85% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 55–59: 10% of residents, 1.6 times the share across England’s towns. Few places have as many residents aged 65 and over: 25% here, more than in 73% of UK towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 110 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A lower share of full-time students than 99% of UK towns, at 2.7%
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 Hensall, 48% of adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 15% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Here, 5.2% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. On average, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
One-person households make up 24% in Hensall, less than in 90% 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.
At 2.2 people, the average household compares with 2.4 across England’s towns. Households with dependent children are rarer here than in 72% of UK towns. To put it in context, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns.
Hensall ranks below 99% of UK towns on households without a car or van: 2.8%
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 terraced houses: 1.1% here and 24% across England’s towns. On the census count, 0.6% of households live in a flat or apartment.
Below 99% of UK towns: 1.7% of residents were born outside the UK
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
100% of residents have English as their main language; across England’s towns the figure is 90%. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (0.7%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.7%). To put it in context, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns.
Hensall sits above 99% of UK towns for residents who describe themselves as White British (99%)
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 Hensall · North Yorkshire’s towns 90% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Set against 37% across England’s towns, nearly a third of residents said they have no religion in Hensall. The wider picture: 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns.
Hensall: 69% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, above 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
9 people care, unpaid, for 50 hours or more a week. Across England’s towns, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership. Unpaid carers: 9.6%, near enough the figure across England’s towns.
Adults with a degree-level qualification: 40%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 40% of Hensall’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 10% have no qualification (18%).
Every nearby town is younger than Hensall
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hensall | 405 | — | 50.1 | 25% | 25% |
| Eggborough | 2,440 | 1.9 mi | 39.1 | 18% | 31% |
| Snaith | 3,557 | 3.3 mi | 47.2 | 24% | 28% |
| Carlton | 2,040 | 3.5 mi | 45.2 | 21% | 29% |
| Camblesforth | 1,557 | 4 mi | 47.6 | 23% | 25% |
| Brayton | 4,092 | 4.5 mi | 45.9 | 25% | 29% |
| Thorpe Willoughby | 3,482 | 4.8 mi | 43.9 | 22% | 26% |
| Hambleton | 1,722 | 5.3 mi | 47.9 | 26% | 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 Hensall’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 Hensall’s residents
What is the population of Hensall?
The 2021 Census counted 405 people in Hensall’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Hensall?
The median age was 50.1 at the 2021 Census. 6.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 25% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Hensall?
99% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 90% across North Yorkshire’s towns. 1.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Hensall?
32% said they had no religion and 62% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.2% didn’t answer.
Is Hensall good for families?
25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Hensall’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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