Photo: Mtaylor848 · CC BY-SA 3.0A smaller share of one-person households than 99% of UK towns: 14%
12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns, against 6.7% in Long Marston. Households without a car or van: 4.6% of the total. Few places have as many residents who describe themselves as Christian: 61% here, more than in 96% of UK towns. The village had 318 residents and 133 households at the 2021 Census, with a median age of 49.2.
Long Marston is older than 81% of UK towns: a median age of 49.2
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 70–74: nearly one in ten residents, 1.8 times the share across England’s towns. 27% of residents are 65 or over.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
In Long Marston, 3.7% of adults are full-time students, fewer than in 91% 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%.
Across England’s towns, 33% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine or semi-routine work; Long Marston has 40% and 16%. The village has more residents who moved in within the year than 61% of UK towns, at 9.2%. For comparison, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Long Marston households average 2.4 people, larger than in 82% 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.
There is little gap on shared households of unrelated adults: 4.5%, about the same as across England’s towns. A quarter of households have dependent children.
Above 98% of UK towns: 63% of households live in a detached house
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
Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns. The share of households in detached houses across England’s towns is 21%. Across Long Marston, 6.1% of households live in a terraced house.
Residents born outside the UK make up 3.5% in Long Marston, less than in 85% 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
Across England’s towns, the share of residents whose main language is English is 90%; Long Marston has 99%. As a yardstick, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (2.5%) or in the Middle East and Asia (0.3%).
34% of residents said they have no religion, below 86% 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: 96% of Long Marston · North Yorkshire’s towns 90% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Against a figure of 73% across England’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as White British in Long Marston comes in at 96%. As a yardstick, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. Of the other groups, the largest are Other White (2.8%), Caribbean (0.9%) and African (0.3%).
Long Marston sits above 99% of UK towns for married adults and civil partners (67%)
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
Across England’s towns, the share of adults who have never married is 39%; Long Marston has 20%. Married adults and civil partners make up 44% across England’s towns. Here, 7.6% of residents give unpaid care.
45% of adults have qualifications at degree level
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 Long Marston, 17%, while 45% hold one at degree level (34%).
Around Long Marston, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Long Marston | 318 | — | 49.2 | 27% | 25% |
| Tockwith | 1,788 | 2.4 mi | 44.3 | 20% | 31% |
| Upper Poppleton | 3,520 | 4.1 mi | 51.1 | 32% | 27% |
| Thorp Arch | 1,782 | 4.5 mi | 38.9 | 15% | 27% |
| Copmanthorpe | 3,671 | 4.7 mi | 50.3 | 29% | 27% |
| Tadcaster | 6,339 | 4.8 mi | 49.4 | 25% | 23% |
| Skelton (York) | 1,380 | 5.3 mi | 48.4 | 28% | 26% |
| York | 141,696 | 5.9 mi | 36 | 16% | 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 Long Marston’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 Long Marston’s residents
What is the population of Long Marston?
The 2021 Census counted 318 people in Long Marston’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Long Marston?
The median age was 49.2 at the 2021 Census. 6.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 27% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Long Marston?
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 Long Marston?
34% said they had no religion and 61% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 4.7% didn’t answer.
Is Long Marston good for families?
25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Long Marston’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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