Photo: Reedy · CC BY-SA 3.03.6% of households have no car or van, fewer than in 99% of UK towns
Young people aged 15 to 24 make up 8.2% of residents, against 12% across England’s towns. Locally, 21% of households are one person living alone. Osgodby has more residents who describe themselves as Christian than 97% of UK towns, at 63%. There were 365 households locally at the 2021 Census, home to 826 residents.
A median age of 48: Osgodby is older than 74% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 55–59: 9% of residents, 1.4 times the share across England’s towns. More residents aged 65 and over than in 62% of UK towns: 23%.
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.
In Osgodby, 3.3% of adults are full-time students, fewer than in 97% 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%.
Where 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns, Osgodby has 6.1%. To put it in context, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
A smaller share of shared households of unrelated adults than 74% of UK towns: 1.9%
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.
Households with dependent children make up 26%, against 29% across England’s towns. Elsewhere, 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns. The average household has 2.3 people.
Only 4.5% of households live in a terraced house in Osgodby
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: 58% here and 21% across England’s towns. The share of households in terraced houses across England’s towns is 24%.
Osgodby ranks below 79% of UK towns on residents born outside the UK: 3.9%
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
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (2.8%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (0.6%). At 99%, the share of residents whose main language is English is higher than in 79% of UK towns. For residents born outside the UK, the comparison across England’s towns is 18%.
31% of residents said they have no religion, below 91% 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 Osgodby · North Yorkshire’s towns 90% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Besides White British, the main groups are Other White (3%), Mixed or multiple (0.5%) and Pakistani (0.1%). At 96%, the share of residents who describe themselves as White British is higher than in 87% of UK towns. The share of residents with no religion across England’s towns is 37%.
Married adults and civil partners make up 59% in Osgodby, more than in 97% 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
25% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, against 39% across England’s towns. On the census count, 8.2% of residents give unpaid care. Across England’s towns, married adults and civil partners come to 44%.
Degree-level qualifications: held by 32% of adults
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 13% hold no qualification (18%).
The towns around Osgodby are all younger
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Osgodby | 826 | — | 48 | 23% | 26% |
| Barlby | 3,499 | 0.7 mi | 40.2 | 19% | 28% |
| Selby | 19,480 | 2.1 mi | 39.4 | 17% | 28% |
| Riccall | 2,388 | 2.8 mi | 47.7 | 25% | 27% |
| Hemingbrough | 1,874 | 2.9 mi | 46.1 | 19% | 30% |
| North Duffield | 1,305 | 3.3 mi | 46.8 | 21% | 28% |
| Brayton | 4,092 | 3.3 mi | 45.9 | 25% | 29% |
| Thorpe Willoughby | 3,482 | 4.3 mi | 43.9 | 22% | 26% |
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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 Osgodby’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 Osgodby’s residents
What is the population of Osgodby?
The 2021 Census counted 826 people in Osgodby’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Osgodby?
The median age was 48 at the 2021 Census. 8.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 23% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Osgodby?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 90% across North Yorkshire’s towns. 3.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Osgodby?
31% said they had no religion and 63% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.4% were Muslim and 5.3% didn’t answer.
Is Osgodby good for families?
26% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Osgodby’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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