Photo: Mtaylor848 · CC BY-SA 3.0A higher share of households with dependent children than 94% of UK towns, at 35%
Across England’s towns, the share of households in detached houses is 21%; Killinghall has 48%. On households in flats, Killinghall sits lower than 95% of UK towns: 2.7%. The village’s 595 households held 1,476 residents at the 2021 Census. One-person households: 24% of the total.
What the Census says about Killinghall’s people
A village of families
35% of Killinghall’s 595 households had dependent children in 2021, more than in 94% of UK towns. 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A village people move to
18% of residents gave a different address a year before the 2021 Census, 1.7 times the share across England’s towns. Students & newcomers ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
21% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 60% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 55–59 than any other five-year age: 7.6% of residents. Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than in 61% of UK towns: 9.4%. Against that, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. In Filey, the oldest of North Yorkshire’s towns by this measure, it is 38%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Killinghall sits above 98% of UK towns for residents who moved in within the year (18%)
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%.
Full-time students: 4.9% here and 7.9% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier.
Killinghall households average 2.4 people, larger than in 83% 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.
2% of households are unrelated adults living together, against 4.3% across England’s towns.
A lower share of households without a car or van than 88% of UK towns, at 8.9%
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
With households in terraced houses at 16%, Killinghall is behind two thirds of UK towns on that count. As a reference point, nearly a quarter of households have no car or van across England’s towns.
In Killinghall, 99% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 80% 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 share of residents born outside the UK is 5.8%, against 18% across England’s towns. The comparison figure for residents whose main language is English is 90% across England’s towns. By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (2.6%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.2%).
Killinghall sits above 87% of UK towns for residents who describe themselves as Christian (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
White British, not charted: 92% of Killinghall · North Yorkshire’s towns 90% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
36% of residents said they have no religion (England’s towns: 37%). Elsewhere, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Other than White British, most residents describe themselves as Other White (3.3%), Mixed or multiple (2%) and Chinese (0.5%).
Married adults and civil partners: 52%, a higher share than 77% 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 39% across England’s towns, 29% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership in Killinghall. Unpaid carers are rarer here than in 71% of UK towns. Against that, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Qualified to degree level: 39% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 39% of adults in Killinghall, 34% across England’s towns; 12% have no qualification, against 18%.
Every nearby town is older than Killinghall
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Killinghall | 1,476 | — | 43.5 | 21% | 35% |
| Hampsthwaite | 1,169 | 1.7 mi | 46 | 27% | 29% |
| Harrogate | 75,522 | 2.3 mi | 44.5 | 21% | 25% |
| Knaresborough | 15,781 | 4.1 mi | 48.6 | 25% | 26% |
| Pannal | 2,530 | 4.5 mi | 50.2 | 30% | 31% |
| Spofforth | 1,175 | 6.7 mi | 49.5 | 25% | 27% |
| Ripon | 16,593 | 7.8 mi | 46.5 | 25% | 25% |
| Boroughbridge | 3,064 | 8.4 mi | 48.8 | 26% | 24% |
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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 Killinghall’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 Killinghall’s residents
What is the population of Killinghall?
The 2021 Census counted 1,476 people in Killinghall’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Killinghall?
The median age was 43.5 at the 2021 Census. 9.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 21% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Killinghall?
92% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 90% across North Yorkshire’s towns. 5.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Killinghall?
36% said they had no religion and 57% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.7% were Muslim and 6% didn’t answer.
Is Killinghall good for families?
35% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Killinghall’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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