Photo: Humphrey Bolton · CC BY-SA 2.0Ingleton is older than 90% of UK towns: a median age of 51.2
Across England’s towns, 29% of households have dependent children; in Ingleton, 20%. The 2021 Census counted 1,751 residents in 846 households. One-person households account for 38%. 96% of residents describe themselves as White British, more than in 88% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Ingleton’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Ingleton’s residents are under 51.2 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 30% 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).
Ingleton ranks below 97% of UK towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 7.4%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 70–74: 8.3% of residents, 1.7 times the share across England’s towns. For Ingleton, the census puts residents aged 65 and over at 30%. Against that, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 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.
3.2% of adults are full-time students, fewer than in 98% 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%.
Managerial and professional jobs take in 27% of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 24% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). 8.8% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. By way of comparison, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Households here average 2 people, 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.
Set against 4.3% across England’s towns, 1.5% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home in Ingleton.
Households in terraced houses: 35%, a higher share than 90% 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
23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns, against 9.6% in Ingleton. Elsewhere, 24% of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns. Census figures put households in detached houses at 22% here. The village has fewer households without a car or van than half of UK towns, at 15%.
99% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 94% 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
The largest groups were born in EU countries (1.7%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1%). On residents born outside the UK, Ingleton sits lower than 84% of UK towns: 3.5%. By way of comparison, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
A larger share of residents who describe themselves as Christian than 77% of UK towns: 54%
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 Ingleton · North Yorkshire’s towns 90% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Little separates the share of residents with no religion here, 37%, from the figure across England’s towns. The wider picture: 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Besides White British, the main groups are Other White (1.9%), Mixed or multiple (0.9%) and Pakistani (0.5%).
A smaller share of adults who have never married than 79% of UK towns: 28%
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
With unpaid carers at 7.5%, Ingleton is behind 92% of UK towns on that count. Few places have as many married adults and civil partners: 48% here, more than in 52% of UK towns. For comparison, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 30%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 30% of adults in Ingleton (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 19% (England’s towns: 18%).
Around Ingleton, 3 of 7 towns have a higher 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ingleton | 1,751 | — | 51.2 | 30% | 20% |
| High Bentham | 1,701 | 2.8 mi | 48.5 | 25% | 22% |
| Kirkby Lonsdale | 1,965 | 6.5 mi | 54.8 | 35% | 19% |
| Giggleswick | 1,075 | 9 mi | 54.2 | 33% | 18% |
| Settle | 2,710 | 9.5 mi | 58.2 | 37% | 14% |
| Burton-in-Kendal | 1,341 | 10.6 mi | 49 | 26% | 28% |
| Caton | 2,552 | 11.2 mi | 49.6 | 28% | 24% |
| Holme | 1,477 | 11.3 mi | 47.4 | 25% | 26% |
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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 Ingleton’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 Ingleton’s residents
What is the population of Ingleton?
The 2021 Census counted 1,751 people in Ingleton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Ingleton?
The median age was 51.2 at the 2021 Census. 7.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 30% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Ingleton?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 90% across North Yorkshire’s towns. 3.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Ingleton?
37% said they had no religion and 54% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.5% were Muslim and 7.5% didn’t answer.
Is Ingleton good for families?
20% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Ingleton’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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