Photo: DS Pugh · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 96% of UK towns: half of Saxton is over 54.7
Shared households of unrelated adults: 0.8% here and 4.3% across England’s towns. Across Saxton, 63% of adults are married or in a civil partnership. Higher than in 95% of UK towns: 97% of residents describe themselves as White British. 566 residents in 246 households: that is Saxton at the 2021 Census.
7.6% of residents are aged 15 to 24, fewer than in 96% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 55–59, with 13% of residents, 2 times the share across England’s towns. To put it in context, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. 25% of residents are 65 or over.
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.
4.1% of adults are full-time students, fewer than in 80% 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, the share of residents who moved in within the year is 11%; Saxton has 8.2%. Typically, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Saxton sits below 98% of UK towns for one-person households (19%)
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.
23% of households have dependent children (England’s towns: 29%). Elsewhere, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. On average, 2.3 people share a household.
Fewer car-free households than 99% of UK towns: 3.6%
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
Households in flats make up 12%, against 23% across England’s towns. Just over half of households live in a detached house, more than in 90% of UK towns. Against that, 24% of households have no car or van across England’s towns. On the census count, 11% of households live in a terraced house.
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
With residents whose main language is English at 99%, Saxton is ahead of 98% of UK towns on that count. Across England’s towns, 18% of residents were born outside the UK. The largest groups were born in EU countries (1.2%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.7%).
A higher share of residents who describe themselves as Christian than 94% of UK towns, at 60%
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: 97% of Saxton · North Yorkshire’s towns 90% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Behind White British, the largest groups are Other White (1.4%), Indian (0.5%) and Mixed or multiple (0.5%). The share of residents who describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns is 46%. On residents with no religion, Saxton sits lower than just over four fifths of UK towns: 35%.
A lower share of adults who have never married than 97% of UK towns, at 23%
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
On unpaid carers, 8.6% here is much the same as across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, the share of adults who have never married is 39%. 7 residents care, unpaid, for at least 50 hours a week.
Qualified to degree level: 47% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 47% of adults in Saxton (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 12% (England’s towns: 18%).
No nearby town is as old as Saxton
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saxton | 566 | — | 54.7 | 25% | 23% |
| Church Fenton | 1,643 | 2.4 mi | 38.3 | 12% | 40% |
| Sherburn in Elmet | 8,569 | 2.5 mi | 39.1 | 17% | 30% |
| Aberford | 1,551 | 2.7 mi | 46.4 | 21% | 30% |
| Micklefield | 2,064 | 3.2 mi | 38 | 17% | 28% |
| South Milford | 2,409 | 3.6 mi | 40.8 | 17% | 32% |
| Tadcaster | 6,339 | 4.1 mi | 49.4 | 25% | 23% |
| Barwick in Elmet | 2,180 | 4.8 mi | 54.2 | 32% | 21% |
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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 Saxton’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 Saxton’s residents
What is the population of Saxton?
The 2021 Census counted 566 people in Saxton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Saxton?
The median age was 54.7 at the 2021 Census. 7.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 25% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Saxton?
97% 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 Saxton?
35% said they had no religion and 60% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5.1% didn’t answer.
Is Saxton good for families?
23% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Saxton’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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