Photo: DS Pugh · CC BY-SA 2.0More households with dependent children than 98% of UK towns: 39%
In Nether Poppleton, 6.8% of households have no car or van, beside 24% across England’s towns. Compared with other places, one-person households are scarce here: 21%, fewer than in 97% of UK towns. At the 2021 Census Nether Poppleton was home to 727 people in 262 households. Census figures put married adults and civil partners at 40% locally.
A median age of 40.2: Nether Poppleton is younger than 79% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 50–54, with 9.5% of residents, 1.4 times the share across England’s towns. The share of residents aged 15 to 24 stands at 13%. 17% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 83% of UK towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 86 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Full-time students make up 5.7% in Nether Poppleton, more than in 80% 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%.
Managerial and professional jobs take in 36% of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 22% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). Residents who moved in within the year account for 8.6%. To put it in context, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Larger households than 93% of UK towns: 2.5 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, 3.1% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home here.
A higher share of households in detached houses than 82% of UK towns, at 43%
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
13% of households live in a terraced house (England’s towns: 24%). As a reference point, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns. Here, 6% of households live in a flat or apartment.
Residents born outside the UK make up 5.8% in Nether Poppleton, less than in 56% 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
Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (3.3%) or in the Middle East and Asia (1%). Across England’s towns, the share of residents born outside the UK is 18%. 98% of residents have English as their main language, against 90% across England’s towns.
Nether Poppleton ranks above 88% of UK towns on residents with no religion: 48%
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: 93% of Nether Poppleton · 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 Nether Poppleton comes in at 93%. Measured more widely, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. Other than White British, most residents describe themselves as Other White (2.8%), Mixed or multiple (1.7%) and Chinese (1.4%). Fewer residents who describe themselves as Christian than in 71% of UK towns: 46%.
More adults who have never married than 69% of UK towns: 35%
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
At 7.8%, the share of unpaid carers is in line with the figure across England’s towns. The usual figure: 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. 16 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week.
33% of adults hold 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 Nether Poppleton, 12%, while 33% hold one at degree level (34%).
A younger town than 5 of the 7 around it: Nether Poppleton
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nether Poppleton | 727 | — | 40.2 | 17% | 39% |
| Upper Poppleton | 3,520 | 0.7 mi | 51.1 | 32% | 27% |
| Skelton (York) | 1,380 | 1.4 mi | 48.4 | 28% | 26% |
| York | 141,696 | 2.2 mi | 36 | 16% | 24% |
| Huntington | 12,420 | 2.9 mi | 48.2 | 27% | 23% |
| Wigginton | 1,422 | 3.4 mi | 51.4 | 28% | 26% |
| Haxby | 10,176 | 3.4 mi | 52.7 | 33% | 23% |
| Heslington | 1,787 | 4.2 mi | 19.8 | 9.9% | 22% |
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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 Nether Poppleton’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 Nether Poppleton’s residents
What is the population of Nether Poppleton?
The 2021 Census counted 727 people in Nether Poppleton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Nether Poppleton?
The median age was 40.2 at the 2021 Census. 13% of residents were 15 to 24 and 17% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Nether Poppleton?
93% 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 Nether Poppleton?
48% said they had no religion and 46% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5.4% didn’t answer.
Is Nether Poppleton good for families?
39% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Nether Poppleton’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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