Photo: Nigel Coates · CC BY-SA 3.0Older than 96% of UK towns: half of Middleton is over 54.7
The figure for households with dependent children is 19% in Middleton and 29% across England’s towns. 400 residents in 167 households: that is Middleton at the 2021 Census. Census figures put households in flats at 1.1% in the village. Fewer adults who have never married than in 98% of UK towns: 22%.
Above 94% of UK towns: 32% of residents are 65 or over
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 55–59: one in ten residents, 1.5 times the share across England’s towns. Elsewhere, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. Across Middleton, 10% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
More full-time students than 80% of UK towns: 5.7%
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%.
By class, 38% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 20% in routine and semi-routine work (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). On average, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. The share of residents who moved in within the year stands at 8.8%.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
A smaller share of one-person households than 82% of UK towns: 26%
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.
A household here has 2.3 people on average; across England’s towns, 2.4. Set beside that, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns.
6.3% of households have no car or van, fewer than in 97% 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
15% of households live in a terraced house, against 24% across England’s towns. Census figures put households in detached houses at 61% in Middleton.
A lower share of residents born outside the UK than 91% of UK towns, at 3%
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
100% of residents have English as their main language; across England’s towns the figure is 90%. Residents born outside the UK make up 18% across England’s towns. By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.5%) and in EU countries (1%).
A higher share of residents who describe themselves as White British than 98% of UK towns, at 97%
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: 97% of Middleton · North Yorkshire’s towns 90% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Here a third of residents said they have no religion, where the figure across England’s towns is 37%. Middleton has more residents who describe themselves as Christian than 95% of UK towns, at 61%. As a yardstick, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns.
Married adults and civil partners: 59%, a higher share than 98% 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
Compared with 8.7% across England’s towns, just over one in ten residents give unpaid care here. Measured more widely, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. 8 people care, unpaid, for 50 hours or more a week.
32% of adults have a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 34% across England’s towns, 32% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 16% hold no qualification (18%).
Middleton is younger than 2 of its 7 nearest neighbours
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Middleton | 400 | — | 54.7 | 32% | 19% |
| Pickering | 7,260 | 1.2 mi | 53.8 | 34% | 19% |
| Thornton-le-Dale | 1,858 | 3.5 mi | 59.5 | 40% | 17% |
| Kirkbymoorside | 2,763 | 5.5 mi | 51.5 | 30% | 19% |
| Rillington | 1,206 | 8.1 mi | 52.3 | 28% | 19% |
| Malton | 6,320 | 8.1 mi | 44.6 | 23% | 25% |
| Norton-on-Derwent | 7,909 | 8.7 mi | 43 | 21% | 26% |
| Helmsley | 1,345 | 10.3 mi | 60.2 | 42% | 14% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- The Census was taken in a lockdown, in term time. 21 March 2021 fell in term time, and students were asked to give their term-time address, so most were counted where they study. Some may have been living with family that day.
- “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 Middleton’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 Middleton’s residents
What is the population of Middleton?
The 2021 Census counted 400 people in Middleton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Middleton?
The median age was 54.7 at the 2021 Census. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 32% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Middleton?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 90% across North Yorkshire’s towns. 3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Middleton?
33% said they had no religion and 61% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5.5% didn’t answer.
Is Middleton good for families?
19% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Middleton’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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