Photo: Chris Heaton · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Scruton is over 59.5, older than 99% of UK towns
Shared households of unrelated adults: 0.5% here and 4.3% across England’s towns. At the 2021 Census, 421 people lived in Scruton, in 196 households. On the census count, 71% of households live in a detached house. 28% of residents said they have no religion, fewer than in 96% of UK towns.
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 99% of UK towns: 41%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
5.8% of residents are aged 15 to 24, against 12% across England’s towns. On average, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
2.6% of adults are full-time students, below 99% 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%.
46% of Scruton’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 12% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. To put it in context, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. For Scruton, the census puts residents who moved in within the year at 5.7%.
Scruton ranks below 99% of UK towns on households with dependent children: 16%
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.
The share of one-person households trails 90% of UK towns: 24%. The comparison figure for households with dependent children is 29% across England’s towns. A household here holds 2.2 people on average.
A lower share of households in flats than 99% of UK towns, at 0.5%
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
8.7% of households have no car or van, against 24% across England’s towns. Measured more widely, 23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns. For Scruton, the census puts households in terraced houses at 2.6%.
Below 98% of UK towns: 2.1% of residents were born outside the UK
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 figure for residents whose main language is English is 100% in Scruton and 90% across England’s towns. For residents born outside the UK, the comparison across England’s towns is 18%. Residents born abroad were most often born in Africa (1.2%), then in EU countries (0.5%).
A higher White British share than 99% of UK towns: 99% of residents
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: 99% of Scruton · North Yorkshire’s towns 90% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Across England’s towns, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian; in Scruton, 70%. Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 73% across England’s towns.
A larger share of married adults and civil partners than 99% of UK towns: 69%
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
The number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 6. Across England’s towns, the share of married adults and civil partners is 44%. 16% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, a lower share than in 99% of UK towns. Scruton sits close to the norm on unpaid carers: 9%, about the same as across England’s towns.
Among adults, 39% hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 39% of adults in Scruton (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 14% (England’s towns: 18%).
No nearby town is as old as Scruton
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scruton | 421 | — | 59.5 | 41% | 16% |
| Leeming Bar | 1,063 | 1.6 mi | 43.4 | 22% | 26% |
| Leeming | 1,712 | 2.3 mi | 29.1 | 8.5% | 40% |
| Aiskew | 1,759 | 2.8 mi | 47.2 | 21% | 28% |
| Bedale | 3,289 | 3.4 mi | 50.1 | 27% | 21% |
| Romanby | 3,825 | 3.8 mi | 52.4 | 30% | 22% |
| Northallerton | 13,314 | 4.6 mi | 47 | 25% | 24% |
| Catterick | 2,718 | 5.1 mi | 37.9 | 20% | 27% |
Health, work and homes have their own pages
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 Scruton’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 Scruton’s residents
What is the population of Scruton?
The 2021 Census counted 421 people in Scruton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Scruton?
The median age was 59.5 at the 2021 Census. 5.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 41% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Scruton?
99% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 90% across North Yorkshire’s towns. 2.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Scruton?
28% said they had no religion and 70% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 2.6% didn’t answer.
Is Scruton good for families?
16% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Scruton’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.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.