Photo: Chris Heaton · CC BY-SA 2.0Fewer households in flats than 99% of UK towns: 0.6%
98% of residents describe themselves as White British, against 73% across England’s towns. Shared households of unrelated adults are rarer here than in 97% of UK towns. Rainton is home to 395 residents in 161 households, by the 2021 Census. The share of adults who have never married stands at 24%.
A median age of 49.6: Rainton is older than 83% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
8.6% of residents are aged 15 to 24; across England’s towns the figure is 12%. Residents aged 65 and over are more common here than in 66% of UK towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
56% women, 44% men
About 77 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
A smaller share of residents who moved in within the year than 99% of UK towns: 5.3%
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%.
In Rainton, 4.5% of adults are full-time students, beside 7.9% across England’s towns. The comparison figure for residents who moved in within the year is 11% across England’s towns.
22% of households have dependent children, fewer than in 88% 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.
Against a figure of 30% across England’s towns, the share of one-person households in Rainton comes in at 28%. On average, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns. Households average 2.2 people.
A lower share of households without a car or van than 98% of UK towns, at 5.6%
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
Nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns, against 16% in Rainton. Households in detached houses account for 52%.
More residents whose main language is English than 99% of UK towns: 100%
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
The largest groups were born in EU countries (3%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.5%). The comparison figure for residents whose main language is English is 90% across England’s towns. 5.1% of residents were born outside the UK, a lower share than in 64% of UK towns.
Rainton sits below 98% of UK towns for residents with no religion (25%)
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: 98% of Rainton · North Yorkshire’s towns 90% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Compared with 46% across England’s towns, 62% of residents describe themselves as Christian here. As a reference point, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns.
In Rainton, 59% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, 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
Across England’s towns, 8.7% of residents give unpaid care; in Rainton, 7.1%. The benchmark for married adults and civil partners across England’s towns: 44%.
40% of adults have a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 40% of adults in Rainton (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 16% (England’s towns: 18%).
Every neighbour of Rainton has a younger population
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainton | 395 | — | 49.6 | 24% | 22% |
| Dishforth | 1,266 | 1.7 mi | 33.8 | 8.8% | 45% |
| Ripon | 16,593 | 4.7 mi | 46.5 | 25% | 25% |
| Sowerby | 4,727 | 5 mi | 45 | 25% | 26% |
| Langthorpe | 1,294 | 5.2 mi | 45.8 | 20% | 29% |
| Boroughbridge | 3,064 | 5.7 mi | 48.8 | 26% | 24% |
| Thirsk | 5,891 | 5.7 mi | 47.3 | 24% | 21% |
| Leeming | 1,712 | 9.1 mi | 29.1 | 8.5% | 40% |
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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 Rainton’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 Rainton’s residents
What is the population of Rainton?
The 2021 Census counted 395 people in Rainton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Rainton?
The median age was 49.6 at the 2021 Census. 8.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 24% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Rainton?
98% 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 Rainton?
25% said they had no religion and 62% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 13% didn’t answer.
Is Rainton good for families?
22% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Rainton’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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