Photo: James@hopgrove · Public domainA smaller share of households without a car or van than 99% of UK towns: 3.4%
62% of residents describe themselves as Christian, against 46% across England’s towns. Here, 57% of households live in a detached house. Compared with other places, one-person households are scarce here: 20%, fewer than in 98% of UK towns. At the 2021 Census, 568 people lived in Raskelf, in 239 households.
Older than 72% of UK towns: half of Raskelf is over 47.6
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Across England’s towns, the share of residents aged 65 and over is 18%; Raskelf has 20%. Still, on residents aged 15 to 24, Raskelf sits higher than 60% of UK towns: 10%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Raskelf: 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, above 84% 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%.
Across England’s towns, a third of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine work; in Raskelf, 37% and 15%. 4.8% of adults are full-time students.
Raskelf households average 2.4 people, larger than in 77% 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.
Shared households of unrelated adults: 2.1% here and 4.3% across England’s towns. The census found that a quarter of households have dependent children in Raskelf.
0.8% of households live in a flat or apartment, fewer than in 99% 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
By its share of households in terraced houses (15%), Raskelf is below 71% of UK towns. For households in flats, the comparison across England’s towns is 23%.
In Raskelf, 2.3% of residents were born outside the UK, fewer than in 98% 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
In Raskelf, 99% of residents have English as their main language, beside 90% across England’s towns. Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (1.1%) or in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (0.5%). Residents born outside the UK make up 18% across England’s towns.
98% of residents describe themselves as White British, more than in 99% 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: 98% of Raskelf · North Yorkshire’s towns 90% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The share of residents with no religion is 32%, against 37% across England’s towns. Residents who describe themselves as White British: 73% across England’s towns, for comparison.
Married adults and civil partners: 56%, a higher share than 92% 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
Heavy unpaid care, 50 hours a week or more, falls to 11 residents. Adults who have never married are rarer here than in 74% of UK towns. Typically, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Unpaid carers are about as common here as across England’s towns: 9.6%.
Adults qualified to degree level or above: 35%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Raskelf’s adults: 35% with a degree-level qualification and 13% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
Older than Raskelf: 2 of the 7 towns nearby
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raskelf | 568 | — | 47.6 | 20% | 25% |
| Easingwold | 5,036 | 2.6 mi | 51.8 | 31% | 20% |
| Huby (Hambleton) | 1,056 | 5.7 mi | 46.3 | 22% | 30% |
| Boroughbridge | 3,064 | 6.6 mi | 48.8 | 26% | 24% |
| Langthorpe | 1,294 | 6.6 mi | 45.8 | 20% | 29% |
| Dishforth | 1,266 | 6.9 mi | 33.8 | 8.8% | 45% |
| Ampleforth | 1,239 | 7.5 mi | 36.6 | 18% | 24% |
| Sowerby | 4,727 | 7.5 mi | 45 | 25% | 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 Raskelf’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 Raskelf’s residents
What is the population of Raskelf?
The 2021 Census counted 568 people in Raskelf’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Raskelf?
The median age was 47.6 at the 2021 Census. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 20% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Raskelf?
98% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 90% across North Yorkshire’s towns. 2.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Raskelf?
32% said they had no religion and 62% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.4% didn’t answer.
Is Raskelf good for families?
25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Raskelf’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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