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49.6Median age

Who lives here · ONS Census 2021

Hinderwell: 98% of residents describe themselves as White British, above 99% of UK towns

Against a figure of 18% across England’s towns, the share of residents aged 65 and over in Hinderwell comes in at 25%. There were 279 households here at the 2021 Census, home to 618 residents. Nearly a quarter of households have dependent children. Households in terraced houses are more common here than in 90% of UK towns.

25%aged 65 or over 2.4%born abroad 279households

Ages

Half of Hinderwell is over 49.6, older than 83% of UK towns

Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.

HinderwellEngland’s towns

0–410–1420–2430–3440–4450–5460–6470–7480–84

Just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24 (England’s towns: 12%). In Filey, the oldest of North Yorkshire’s towns by this measure, it is 38%.

Broad ages · share of residents

Under 1515%

15 to 2411%

25 to 4421%

45 to 6429%

65 and over25%

HinderwellNorth Yorkshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Women and men · all residents

49% women, 51% men

Hinderwell

England

WomenMen

About 105 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.

Students & newcomers

Only 5.7% of residents lived at another address a year earlier in Hinderwell

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

Full-time students4.4%

Higher managerial and professional7%

Lower managerial and professional19%

Intermediate8.1%

Small employers and self-employed16%

Supervisory and technical10%

Semi-routine10%

Routine17%

Never worked or long-term unemployed8.7%

HinderwellNorth Yorkshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Address a year before the Census

Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.

Hinderwell

England’s towns

11%

Moved within the UKTerm-time addressMoved from abroad

Moved in within a year

residents, 5.7%; England’s towns 11%

Of them from abroad

0.2× England’s share

In Hinderwell, just over a quarter of adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 27% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Elsewhere, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns. Full-time students account for 4.4%.

Households

More one-person households than 75% of UK towns: 33%

Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.

Living alone, 66+ 19%Living alone, under 66 14%Families with dependent children 23%Couples and families, no young children 41%Shared houses and other 3.2%

Against North Yorkshire’s towns and England’s towns

Hinderwell

North Yorkshire’s towns

England’s towns

People per household

1 person34%

2 people34%

3 people16%

4 people9.8%

5 or more6.1%

England’s towns.

Shared households of unrelated adults: 3.2%, above 82% of UK towns. On average, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns.

Homes & cars

A lower share of households in flats than 88% of UK towns, at 4%

Accommodation type and cars or vans per household, Census 2021. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.

Type of home

Hinderwell

North Yorkshire’s towns

England’s towns

DetachedSemi-detachedTerracedFlat or maisonetteCaravan or other

Cars or vans · share of households

No car or van19%

One38%

Two31%

Three or more12%

HinderwellNorth Yorkshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Households in detached houses make up 22%, against 21% across England’s towns. Across Hinderwell, nearly a fifth of households have no car or van. Set beside that, 23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.

Where people were born

A lower share of residents born outside the UK than 97% of UK towns, at 2.4%

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%

Hinderwell

2.4%

North Yorkshire’s towns

England’s towns

18%

EU countriesRest of EuropeMiddle East and AsiaAfricaAmericas, Oceania, other

Main language · residents aged 3 and over

English is main language100%

Another main language, speaks English very well or well0.3%

Another main language, little or no English0%

HinderwellNorth Yorkshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Set against 90% across England’s towns, 100% of residents have English as their main language in Hinderwell. The benchmark for residents born outside the UK across England’s towns: 18%. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (1%) and in Africa (0.7%).

Ethnicity & religion

A higher share of residents who describe themselves as Christian than 89% of UK towns, at 57%

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

HinderwellNorth Yorkshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Other White1.1%

Asian0.3%

Mixed0.2%

Black0.2%

Other0%

0%6%12%

White British, not charted: 98% of Hinderwell · North Yorkshire’s towns 90% · England’s towns 73%.

Religion · all residents

HinderwellNorth Yorkshire’s townsEngland’s towns

No religion37%

Christian57%

Muslim0%

Hindu, Sikh, Jewish, Buddhist0.7%

Other religion0.8%

Didn’t answer4.1%

0%35%70%

Residents with no religion are about as common here as across England’s towns, at 37%. The share of residents who describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns is 46%.

Relationships & caring

35% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, a share 64% of UK towns don’t reach

Legal partnership status (residents 16 and over) and unpaid care (residents 5 and over), Census 2021.

Partnership status · residents 16 and over

Never married or in a civil partnership35%

Married or civil partnership45%

Separated1.9%

Divorced12%

Widowed6.6%

HinderwellNorth Yorkshire’s townsEngland’s towns

61residents give unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age: 10%, against 8.7% in England’s towns

Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over

Up to 19 hours a week5.4%

20 to 49 hours1.7%

50 hours or more3.2%

Where nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care across England’s towns, Hinderwell has 10%. Married adults and civil partners are rarer here than in just over two thirds of UK towns. For adults who have never married, the comparison across England’s towns is 39%. Unpaid carers giving 50 hours or more a week: 19.

Qualifications

27% of adults have qualifications at degree level

Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.

Highest qualification · residents 16 and over

No qualifications20%

Apprenticeship6.7%

A levels or similar18%

Degree level27%

HinderwellNorth Yorkshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Against 34% across England’s towns, 27% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 20% hold no qualification (18%).

Neighbours

Older than Hinderwell: 2 of the 7 towns nearby

Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.

LoftusCarlin HowBrottonWhitbySleightsLingdaleBoosbeckHinderwell

under 3838–4444–5050–5656+

Town	People	Away	Median age	65+	Homes with children
Hinderwell	618	—	49.6	25%	23%
Loftus	4,273	4.7 mi	44.8	23%	25%
Carlin How	1,196	5.6 mi	41	18%	26%
Brotton	5,399	7 mi	46.9	24%	26%
Whitby	12,603	7.3 mi	50.6	27%	21%
Sleights	1,928	7.3 mi	58.9	37%	16%
Lingdale	1,323	7.5 mi	48	24%	22%
Boosbeck	1,124	8.3 mi	40.5	16%	31%

More about Hinderwell’s residents

Health, work and homes have their own pages

HealthLife expectancy, early deaths and Census health, adjusted for age Work & commuteIncome, the claimant count, jobs and how people get to work Cost of livingOwners and renters, prices, rents and council tax SchoolsEvery primary and secondary, with results and inspections

How to read these numbers

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 Hinderwell’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 Hinderwell’s residents

What is the population of Hinderwell?

The 2021 Census counted 618 people in Hinderwell’s built-up area.

What is the average age in Hinderwell?

The median age was 49.6 at the 2021 Census. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 25% were 65 or over.

How diverse is Hinderwell?

98% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 90% across North Yorkshire’s towns. 2.4% were born outside the UK.

What religion are people in Hinderwell?

37% said they had no religion and 57% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 4.1% didn’t answer.

Is Hinderwell good for families?

23% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Hinderwell’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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