Photo: Stephen Craven · CC BY-SA 2.0One-person households: 37%, a higher share than 95% of UK towns
Across England’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as White British is 73%; High Bentham has 97%. Its 810 households held 1,701 residents at the 2021 Census. On the census count, just over a fifth of households have dependent children. Nearly one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24, a lower share than in 89% of UK towns.
Older than 77% of UK towns: half of High Bentham is over 48.5
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Residents aged 65 and over: 25% here and 18% across England’s towns. In Filey, the oldest of North Yorkshire’s towns by this measure, it is 38%.
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.
Fewer full-time students than 99% of UK towns: 3%
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%.
Set against 11% across England’s towns, 10% of residents lived at another address a year earlier in High Bentham. Measured more widely, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
High Bentham households average 2.1 people, smaller than in 94% 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 share of shared households of unrelated adults is 2.2%, against 4.3% across England’s towns.
39% of households live in a terraced house, more than in 94% 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
17% of households live in a detached house, against 21% across England’s towns. Set beside that, 24% of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns. In High Bentham, nearly one in ten households live in a flat or apartment.
Below 96% of UK towns: 2.5% 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
Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (1.1%) and in the rest of Europe (0.5%). Residents born outside the UK make up 18% across England’s towns. Compared with other places, residents whose main language is English are common here: 100%, more than in 99% of UK towns.
In High Bentham, 43% of residents said they have no religion, more than in 68% 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 High Bentham · North Yorkshire’s towns 90% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Census figures put residents who describe themselves as Christian at 50% in High Bentham. Against that, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns.
A smaller share of married adults and civil partners than 59% of UK towns: 47%
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
Nearly a third of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, against 39% across England’s towns. The comparison figure for married adults and civil partners is 44% across England’s towns. Unpaid care takes 50 hours a week or more for 45 people. At 10%, the share of unpaid carers is higher than in 67% of UK towns.
29% of adults are qualified to degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 29% of High Bentham’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 17% have no qualification (18%).
High Bentham sits below 6 of its 7 closest neighbours on median age
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High Bentham | 1,701 | — | 48.5 | 25% | 22% |
| Ingleton | 1,751 | 2.8 mi | 51.2 | 30% | 20% |
| Kirkby Lonsdale | 1,965 | 6.9 mi | 54.8 | 35% | 19% |
| Caton | 2,552 | 8.7 mi | 49.6 | 28% | 24% |
| Giggleswick | 1,075 | 9.5 mi | 54.2 | 33% | 18% |
| Burton-in-Kendal | 1,341 | 9.7 mi | 49 | 26% | 28% |
| Settle | 2,710 | 10 mi | 58.2 | 37% | 14% |
| Halton | 2,652 | 10.4 mi | 44.8 | 23% | 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 High Bentham’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 High Bentham’s residents
What is the population of High Bentham?
The 2021 Census counted 1,701 people in High Bentham’s built-up area.
What is the average age in High Bentham?
The median age was 48.5 at the 2021 Census. 8.3% of residents were 15 to 24 and 25% were 65 or over.
How diverse is High Bentham?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 90% across North Yorkshire’s towns. 2.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in High Bentham?
43% said they had no religion and 50% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 5.5% didn’t answer.
Is High Bentham good for families?
22% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on High Bentham’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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