Photo: Barbara Carr · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 59: Hutton Buscel is older than 99% of UK towns
18% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership; across England’s towns the figure is 39%. Compared with other places, residents with no religion are scarce here: 26%, fewer than in 97% of UK towns. The 2021 Census counted 315 residents in 131 households. On the census count, 1.5% of households live in a flat or apartment.
39% of residents are 65 or over, a share 99% of UK towns don’t reach
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 5.7% in Hutton Buscel and 12% across England’s towns. No age band is larger than 55–59: 13% of residents, 2 times the share across England’s towns. To put it in context, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 87 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
6.1% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 96% 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 17% in routine and semi-routine work (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). The census found that 4.6% of adults are full-time students in Hutton Buscel. Set beside that, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
In Hutton Buscel, 20% of households have dependent children, fewer than in 95% 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.
Households average 2.3 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. On top of that, at 27%, the share of one-person households is lower than in 76% of UK towns. The share of households with dependent children across England’s towns is 29%. Across Hutton Buscel, 5.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
In Hutton Buscel, 6.9% of households have no car or van, fewer than in 96% 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
Where 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns, Hutton Buscel has 56%. About one household in 15 lives without a car or van. Households in terraced houses are rarer here than in 84% of UK towns.
2.5% born outside the UK, fewer than in 96% 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
Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (2.2%), then in the Middle East and Asia (0.3%). On residents whose main language is English, Hutton Buscel sits higher than 88% of UK towns: 99%. For comparison, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns.
Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 97% in Hutton Buscel, more than in 97% 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 Hutton Buscel · North Yorkshire’s towns 90% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
By its share of residents who describe themselves as Christian (61%), Hutton Buscel is above 95% of UK towns. The benchmark for residents who describe themselves as White British across England’s towns: 73%.
63% 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
Set against 8.7% across England’s towns, 12% of residents give unpaid care in Hutton Buscel. Heavy unpaid care, 50 hours a week or more, falls to 10 residents. The wider picture: 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Adults with a degree-level qualification: 39%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 18% of adults have no qualification; in Hutton Buscel, 19%, while 39% hold one at degree level (34%).
A younger town than 2 of the 7 around it: Hutton Buscel
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hutton Buscel | 315 | — | 59 | 39% | 20% |
| East Ayton and West Ayton | 2,809 | 1.1 mi | 51.2 | 32% | 25% |
| Seamer (Scarborough) | 2,120 | 2.6 mi | 52.3 | 31% | 23% |
| Scarborough | 59,505 | 4.3 mi | 46.2 | 24% | 23% |
| Scalby | 1,790 | 4.6 mi | 61.5 | 44% | 14% |
| Burniston | 1,470 | 5.9 mi | 54.2 | 30% | 22% |
| Thornton-le-Dale | 1,858 | 8.8 mi | 59.5 | 40% | 17% |
| Filey | 6,664 | 8.8 mi | 57.8 | 38% | 17% |
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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 Hutton Buscel’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 Hutton Buscel’s residents
What is the population of Hutton Buscel?
The 2021 Census counted 315 people in Hutton Buscel’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Hutton Buscel?
The median age was 59 at the 2021 Census. 5.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 39% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Hutton Buscel?
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 Hutton Buscel?
26% said they had no religion and 61% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 13% didn’t answer.
Is Hutton Buscel good for families?
20% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Hutton Buscel’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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