Photo: Stephen McKay · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Pateley Bridge is over 54.6, older than 96% of UK towns
Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 56%, above 83% of UK towns. Across Pateley Bridge, 19% of households have dependent children. Lower than in 84% of UK towns: 27% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership. In 2021, the Census found 1,343 residents in the village, living in 657 households.
What the Census says about Pateley Bridge’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Pateley Bridge’s residents are under 54.6 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 33% are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
33% of Pateley Bridge is 65 or over, a higher share than 95% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 60–64, with nearly one in ten residents, 1.5 times the share across England’s towns. Few places have so few residents aged 15 to 24: 7.9% here, fewer than in 93% of UK towns. Set beside that, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Fewer full-time students than 98% of UK towns: 3.2%
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 23% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). Typically, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. Here, one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier.
Above 93% of UK towns: 36% of households are one person living alone
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.
Across England’s towns, the share of shared households of unrelated adults is 4.3%; Pateley Bridge has 3.2%. The usual figure: 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. Households average 2.1 people.
26% of households live in a terraced house, more than in 72% 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
In Pateley Bridge, just over one in ten households live in a flat or apartment, beside 23% across England’s towns. Elsewhere, nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns. The census found that 31% of households live in a detached house in the village.
Pateley Bridge: 99% of residents have English as their main language, above 90% 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
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (2.5%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.2%). Residents born outside the UK are rarer here than in 63% of UK towns.
More residents who describe themselves as White British than 83% of UK towns: 96%
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 Pateley Bridge · North Yorkshire’s towns 90% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Next after White British come Other White (1.9%), Mixed or multiple (1.3%) and Indian (0.3%). Compared with other places, residents with no religion are scarce here: 38%, fewer than in 70% of UK towns. On average, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns.
Unpaid carers: 10%, a higher share than 78% 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
44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns, against 49% in Pateley Bridge. The usual figure: nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care across England’s towns.
Degree level: the highest qualification of 33% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Pateley Bridge, 33% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 15% have no qualification at all (18%).
Among its 7 nearest neighbours, 3 are older than Pateley Bridge
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pateley Bridge | 1,343 | — | 54.6 | 33% | 19% |
| Hampsthwaite | 1,169 | 7.8 mi | 46 | 27% | 29% |
| Killinghall | 1,476 | 9.1 mi | 43.5 | 21% | 35% |
| Grassington | 1,107 | 9.7 mi | 58.6 | 39% | 15% |
| Ripon | 16,593 | 9.9 mi | 46.5 | 25% | 25% |
| Masham | 1,112 | 10.1 mi | 56.4 | 36% | 18% |
| Addingham | 3,247 | 11.1 mi | 57.1 | 38% | 19% |
| Harrogate | 75,522 | 11.1 mi | 44.5 | 21% | 25% |
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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 Pateley Bridge’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 Pateley Bridge’s residents
What is the population of Pateley Bridge?
The 2021 Census counted 1,343 people in Pateley Bridge’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Pateley Bridge?
The median age was 54.6 at the 2021 Census. 7.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 33% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Pateley Bridge?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 90% across North Yorkshire’s towns. 5.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Pateley Bridge?
38% said they had no religion and 56% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 5.6% didn’t answer.
Is Pateley Bridge good for families?
19% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Pateley Bridge’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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