Photo: Humphrey Bolton · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 97% of UK towns: half of Hutton Rudby is over 55.6
The share of households with dependent children is 21%, against 29% across England’s towns. 1.1% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home. Residents who describe themselves as Christian are more common here than in 98% of UK towns. Hutton Rudby counted 1,955 residents and 883 households at the 2021 Census.
What the Census says about Hutton Rudby’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Hutton Rudby’s residents are under 55.6 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 33% are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
33% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 95% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 trails 94% of UK towns: 7.8%. The usual figure: 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 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.
A lower share of full-time students than 90% of UK towns, at 3.8%
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%.
Half of Hutton Rudby’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 11% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, the share of full-time students is 7.9%. Residents who moved in within the year: 7.4% of the total.
In Hutton Rudby, 26% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 78% 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. To put it in context, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns.
Households in detached houses make up 63% in Hutton Rudby, more than in 98% 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
The share of households in flats trails 96% of UK towns: 2.5%. The census found that 5.9% of households have no car or van in Hutton Rudby. Across England’s towns, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house.
Hutton Rudby sits above 99% of UK towns for residents whose main language is English (100%)
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 EU countries (1.3%) or in the Middle East and Asia (1%). On average, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. At 3.1%, the share of residents born outside the UK is lower than in 89% of UK towns.
Hutton Rudby ranks below 92% of UK towns on residents with no religion: 31%
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: 96% of Hutton Rudby · North Yorkshire’s towns 90% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
After White British, the largest groups are Other White (1.4%), Mixed or multiple (1.1%) and Indian (0.8%). More residents who describe themselves as White British than in 88% of UK towns: 96%. As a yardstick, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns.
20% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, below 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
44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns, against 63% in Hutton Rudby. For comparison, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Census figures put unpaid carers at 11% here.
Qualified to degree level: 48% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 48% of adults in Hutton Rudby, 34% across England’s towns; 12% have no qualification, against 18%.
A younger town than 1 of the 7 around it: Hutton Rudby
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 Rudby | 1,955 | — | 55.6 | 33% | 21% |
| Stokesley | 4,906 | 3.9 mi | 54.2 | 32% | 20% |
| Yarm | 9,601 | 4.3 mi | 46.6 | 24% | 26% |
| Ingleby Barwick | 23,380 | 5 mi | 38.2 | 11% | 43% |
| Stainton | 1,817 | 5 mi | 48.8 | 27% | 21% |
| Egglescliffe | 10,250 | 5.8 mi | 46 | 23% | 28% |
| Thornaby-on-Tees | 23,352 | 6.4 mi | 39.5 | 19% | 28% |
| Great Ayton | 4,348 | 6.5 mi | 56.1 | 35% | 19% |
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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 Rudby’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 Rudby’s residents
What is the population of Hutton Rudby?
The 2021 Census counted 1,955 people in Hutton Rudby’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Hutton Rudby?
The median age was 55.6 at the 2021 Census. 7.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 33% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Hutton Rudby?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 90% across North Yorkshire’s towns. 3.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Hutton Rudby?
31% said they had no religion and 63% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 4.2% didn’t answer.
Is Hutton Rudby good for families?
21% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Hutton Rudby’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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