Photo: Gordon Hatton · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Hilton is over 56.6, older than 98% of UK towns
Across England’s towns, the share of households with dependent children is 29%; Hilton has 20%. The village is home to 385 residents in 166 households, by the 2021 Census. On the census count, 1.2% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home. Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns.
More residents aged 65 and over than 97% of UK towns: 36%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 70–74: one in ten residents, 2.1 times the share across England’s towns. Measured more widely, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. On the census count, 8.5% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A higher share of full-time students than 78% of UK towns, at 5.7%
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%.
Nothing unusual on residents who moved in within the year: 11%, close to the figure across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 7.9% of adults are full-time students.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
20% of households are one person living alone, below 97% 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 average household has 2.3 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. The share of one-person households across England’s towns is 30%.
More detached houses than 99% of UK towns: 81% of households
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
Across England’s towns, 24% of households live in a terraced house; in Hilton, 6.6%. For households in detached houses, the comparison across England’s towns is 21%. Households without a car or van are rarer here than in 96% of UK towns.
Below 95% of UK towns: 2.6% 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
Most residents from abroad were born in Africa (1%) or in EU countries (0.8%). The benchmark for residents born outside the UK across England’s towns: 18%. Hilton has more residents whose main language is English than 98% of UK towns, at 99%.
More residents who describe themselves as White British than 99% of UK towns: 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 Hilton · North Yorkshire’s towns 90% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Where 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns, Hilton has 28%. Still, 68% of residents describe themselves as Christian, more than in 99% of UK towns. As a reference point, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns.
In Hilton, 72% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 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
Unpaid carers giving 50 hours or more a week: 6. Married adults and civil partners make up 44% across England’s towns. 15% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, fewer than in 99% of UK towns. There is little gap on unpaid carers: 9.3%, about the same as across England’s towns.
Degree-level qualifications reach 43% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
12% of Hilton’s adults have no qualification (18% across England’s towns), and 43% have one at degree level (34%).
Hilton is older than every town around it
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hilton | 385 | — | 56.6 | 36% | 20% |
| Stainton | 1,817 | 2.1 mi | 48.8 | 27% | 21% |
| Ingleby Barwick | 23,380 | 2.2 mi | 38.2 | 11% | 43% |
| Yarm | 9,601 | 2.8 mi | 46.6 | 24% | 26% |
| Hutton Rudby | 1,955 | 3 mi | 55.6 | 33% | 21% |
| Thornaby-on-Tees | 23,352 | 3.4 mi | 39.5 | 19% | 28% |
| Egglescliffe | 10,250 | 3.5 mi | 46 | 23% | 28% |
| Stokesley | 4,906 | 4 mi | 54.2 | 32% | 20% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- The Census was taken in a lockdown, in term time. 21 March 2021 fell in term time, and students were asked to give their term-time address, so most were counted where they study. Some may have been living with family that day.
- “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 Hilton’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 Hilton’s residents
What is the population of Hilton?
The 2021 Census counted 385 people in Hilton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Hilton?
The median age was 56.6 at the 2021 Census. 8.5% of residents were 15 to 24 and 36% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Hilton?
99% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 90% across North Yorkshire’s towns. 2.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Hilton?
28% said they had no religion and 68% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 4.1% didn’t answer.
Is Hilton good for families?
20% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Hilton’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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