Photo: habiloid · CC BY-SA 2.0Leyburn is older than 98% of UK towns: a median age of 57.7
29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns, against 15% in Leyburn. Compared with other places, residents who describe themselves as Christian are common here: 62%, more than in 96% of UK towns. The village had 2,414 residents in 1,224 households at the 2021 Census. For Leyburn, the census puts one-person households at 38%.
What the Census says about Leyburn’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Leyburn’s residents are under 57.7 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 37% 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).
37% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 98% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Where just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns, Leyburn has 8.4%. By way of comparison, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 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 smaller share of full-time students than 99% of UK towns: 2.9%
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%.
Across England’s towns, a third of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine or semi-routine work; Leyburn has 32% and 25%. Nearly one in ten residents had moved in within the year before the Census, fewer than the 11% across England’s towns. Elsewhere, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Smaller households than 99% of UK towns: 2 people on average
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.
Compared with 4.3% across England’s towns, 2% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home here.
More households in detached houses than 72% of UK towns: 38%
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
17% of households have no car or van; across England’s towns the figure is 24%. On the census count, 15% of households live in a terraced house. The comparison figure for households in detached houses is 21% across England’s towns.
Leyburn: 99% of residents have English as their main language, above 99% 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 trails 84% of UK towns: 3.5%. For comparison, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (2.1%) or in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (0.7%).
In Leyburn, 98% of residents describe themselves as White British, more than in 99% 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: 98% of Leyburn · North Yorkshire’s towns 90% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The share of residents with no religion trails 90% of UK towns: 32%. For comparison, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns.
Leyburn ranks below 92% of UK towns on adults who have never married: 25%
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
50 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. Leyburn has more married adults and civil partners than nearly three quarters of UK towns, at 52%. The comparison figure for adults who have never married is 39% across England’s towns. At 9.5%, unpaid carers sit close to the figure across England’s towns.
Adults qualified to degree level or above: 29%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 29% of Leyburn’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 19% have no qualification (18%).
Every nearby town is younger than Leyburn
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leyburn | 2,414 | — | 57.7 | 37% | 15% |
| Catterick Garrison | 14,212 | 6.3 mi | 29.8 | 8.4% | 41% |
| Richmond | 8,076 | 7.7 mi | 51.9 | 29% | 21% |
| Brompton-on-Swale | 1,899 | 8.6 mi | 50.6 | 25% | 24% |
| Catterick | 2,718 | 8.9 mi | 37.9 | 20% | 27% |
| Masham | 1,112 | 9.1 mi | 56.4 | 36% | 18% |
| Bedale | 3,289 | 9.6 mi | 50.1 | 27% | 21% |
| Aiskew | 1,759 | 9.8 mi | 47.2 | 21% | 28% |
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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 Leyburn’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 Leyburn’s residents
What is the population of Leyburn?
The 2021 Census counted 2,414 people in Leyburn’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Leyburn?
The median age was 57.7 at the 2021 Census. 8.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 37% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Leyburn?
98% 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 Leyburn?
32% said they had no religion and 62% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 6.1% didn’t answer.
Is Leyburn good for families?
15% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Leyburn’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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