Photo: DS Pugh · CC BY-SA 2.0A larger share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of UK towns: 22%
Households with dependent children make up 21%, against 29% across England’s towns. Census day 2021: 2,313 residents and 968 households in Osbaldwick. In Osbaldwick, 43% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership. The village has fewer households in flats than 90% of UK towns, at 3.6%.
What the Census says about Osbaldwick’s people
A student village
The 2021 Census counted 391 full-time students aged 16 and over, 19% of adults, against 7.9% across England’s towns: more than in 99% of UK towns. That shows in the ages: 22% of residents are 15 to 24. Students & newcomers ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Half of Osbaldwick is under 43.2, younger than 60% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 20–24: 15% of residents, 2.4 times the share across England’s towns. Residents aged 65 and over are rarer here than in 60% of UK towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Osbaldwick ranks above 99% of UK towns on full-time students: 19%
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%.
Just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier, about the same as across England’s towns. Full-time students make up 7.9% across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Shared households of unrelated adults: 9.4%, a higher share than 99% 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.
One-person households: 27%, below 76% of UK towns. The comparison figure for shared households of unrelated adults is 4.3% across England’s towns. The average household has 2.4 people.
Only 12% of households live in a terraced house in Osbaldwick
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 detached houses: 22%, below 69% of UK towns. Census figures put households without a car or van at 17% in Osbaldwick. The wider picture: 24% of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns.
Residents born outside the UK make up 9.4% in Osbaldwick, more than in 72% 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
The newest arrivals, from 2017 or later, are 29% of those born abroad (against 21% across England’s towns). Few places have so few residents whose main language is English: 96% here, fewer than in 72% of UK towns. Across the comparison, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (3.9%), then in the Middle East and Asia (2.5%).
Below 68% of UK towns: 89% of residents describe themselves as White British
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: 89% of Osbaldwick · North Yorkshire’s towns 90% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Islam is the religion of 1.3% of residents. The comparison figure for residents who describe themselves as White British is 73% across England’s towns. The figure for residents who describe themselves as Christian is 49% in Osbaldwick and 46% across England’s towns.
Osbaldwick sits below 86% of UK towns for married adults and civil partners (41%)
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
8.4% of residents give unpaid care, about the same as across England’s towns. By way of comparison, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Heavy unpaid care, 50 hours a week or more, falls to 56 residents.
Degree-level qualifications reach 30% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Osbaldwick’s adults: 30% with a degree-level qualification and 13% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns. 27% have A levels as their highest qualification, many of them still studying for a degree.
5 in 7 nearby towns have a higher median age than Osbaldwick
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Osbaldwick | 2,313 | — | 43.2 | 20% | 21% |
| Heslington | 1,787 | 1.2 mi | 19.8 | 9.9% | 22% |
| Dunnington | 3,256 | 2.2 mi | 53.4 | 34% | 24% |
| York | 141,696 | 2.3 mi | 36 | 16% | 24% |
| Huntington | 12,420 | 2.6 mi | 48.2 | 27% | 23% |
| Stockton on the Forest | 1,018 | 3 mi | 47.4 | 24% | 25% |
| Bishopthorpe | 3,333 | 3.7 mi | 48.5 | 26% | 29% |
| Haxby | 10,176 | 4.3 mi | 52.7 | 33% | 23% |
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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 Osbaldwick’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 Osbaldwick’s residents
What is the population of Osbaldwick?
The 2021 Census counted 2,313 people in Osbaldwick’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Osbaldwick?
The median age was 43.2 at the 2021 Census. 22% of residents were 15 to 24 and 20% were 65 or over.
Is Osbaldwick a student village?
Yes: 19% of adults were full-time students at the 2021 Census (391 people), against 7.9% across England’s towns.
How diverse is Osbaldwick?
89% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 90% across North Yorkshire’s towns. 9.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Osbaldwick?
41% said they had no religion and 49% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1.3% were Muslim and 6.5% didn’t answer.
Is Osbaldwick good for families?
21% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Osbaldwick’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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