Photo: Bill Henderson · CC BY-SA 2.0Leeming is younger than 99% of UK towns: a median age of 29.1
The share of households in flats trails 91% of UK towns: 3.4%. Across Leeming, 9% of households live in a terraced house. Lower than in 98% of UK towns: 6.2% of residents give unpaid care. There were 496 households here at the 2021 Census, home to 1,712 residents.
What the Census says about Leeming’s people
A village of families
40% of Leeming’s 496 households had dependent children in 2021, more than in 98% of UK towns. 18% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Younger than most towns
Half of Leeming’s residents are under 29.1 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 20% are 15 to 24 and 8.5% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
A village people move to
21% of residents gave a different address a year before the 2021 Census, 2 times the share across England’s towns. Students & newcomers ↓
More with no religion than most
49% of residents answered “no religion” in 2021 and 43% Christian, against 37% and 46% across England’s towns. Ethnicity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Residents aged 65 and over make up 8.5% in Leeming, less than in 98% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 20–24: 15% of residents, 2.5 times the share across England’s towns. Typically, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
40% women, 60% men
About 66 women for every 100 men. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Leeming is a garrison town: service personnel living in barracks count as residents.
21% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, a share 99% of UK towns don’t reach
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%.
The share of full-time students trails 79% of UK towns: 4.1%. By way of comparison, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
40% of households have dependent children, more than in 98% 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.
Where 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns, Leeming has 1.4%. A fifth of households are one person living alone. Across the comparison, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns.
Fewer car-free households than 97% of UK towns: 6.2%
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
Against a figure of 21% across England’s towns, the share of households in detached houses in Leeming comes in at 27%. One household in every 16 has no car or van.
Residents whose main language is English: 98%, a higher share than 65% 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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (3%) and in Africa (1%). Leeming has fewer residents born outside the UK than 53% of UK towns, at 6%. Typically, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. The newest arrivals, from 2017 or later, are 14% of those born abroad (against 21% across England’s towns).
49% said they have no religion, more than in 91% 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: 95% of Leeming · North Yorkshire’s towns 90% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
After White British, the most common groups are Other White (1.9%), Mixed or multiple (1.2%) and African (0.4%). 43% of residents describe themselves as Christian, a lower share than in 84% of UK towns. Elsewhere, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. Residents who describe themselves as White British: 95%, above 74% of UK towns.
47% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, more than in 97% 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
The share of married adults and civil partners trails just over four fifths of UK towns: 43%. As a reference point, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. The number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 21.
30% of adults have a degree-level qualification
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 Leeming, 8.8%, while 30% hold one at degree level (34%).
No nearby town is as young as Leeming
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leeming | 1,712 | — | 29.1 | 8.5% | 40% |
| Leeming Bar | 1,063 | 1.7 mi | 43.4 | 22% | 26% |
| Aiskew | 1,759 | 2.4 mi | 47.2 | 21% | 28% |
| Bedale | 3,289 | 2.8 mi | 50.1 | 27% | 21% |
| Romanby | 3,825 | 4 mi | 52.4 | 30% | 22% |
| Northallerton | 13,314 | 4.9 mi | 47 | 25% | 24% |
| Brompton | 2,034 | 6 mi | 46.7 | 22% | 23% |
| Catterick | 2,718 | 7.2 mi | 37.9 | 20% | 27% |
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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 Leeming’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 Leeming’s residents
What is the population of Leeming?
The 2021 Census counted 1,712 people in Leeming’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Leeming?
The median age was 29.1 at the 2021 Census. 20% of residents were 15 to 24 and 8.5% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Leeming?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 90% across North Yorkshire’s towns. 6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Leeming?
49% said they had no religion and 43% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 6.2% didn’t answer.
Is Leeming good for families?
40% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Leeming’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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