Photo: Nigel Thompson · CC BY-SA 2.0Shipton sits below 99% of UK towns for households without a car or van (4.3%)
Here 2.2% of households live in a flat or apartment, where the figure across England’s towns is 23%. At the 2021 Census, 444 people lived in Shipton, in 184 households. For Shipton, the census puts one-person households at 22%. 60% of residents describe themselves as Christian, a higher share than in 94% of UK towns.
Shipton sits below 79% of UK towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (8.8%)
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, 1.6 times the share across England’s towns. On average, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. Census figures put residents aged 65 and over at 21% in Shipton. With a median age of 47.8, Shipton is older than 73% of UK towns.
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.
In Shipton, 6.1% of adults are full-time students, more than in 86% 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%.
49% of Shipton’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 12% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Typically, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. For Shipton, the census puts residents who moved in within the year at 8.6%.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Shipton households average 2.4 people, larger than in 74% 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.
3.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home; across England’s towns the figure is 4.3%. The census found that 27% of households have dependent children in Shipton.
A larger share of households in detached houses than 98% of UK towns: 65%
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
Across England’s towns, nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house; in Shipton, 17%. Still, 2.2% of households live in a flat, less than in 96% of UK towns; 65% in a detached house, against 21% across England’s towns.
More residents whose main language is English than 75% of UK towns: 99%
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
5.9% of residents were born outside the UK (England’s towns: 18%). Against that, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in the Middle East and Asia (2.3%) and in EU countries (1.8%).
A lower share of residents with no religion than 93% of UK towns, at 30%
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 Shipton · North Yorkshire’s towns 90% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
96% of residents describe themselves as White British; across England’s towns the figure is 73%. Elsewhere, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns.
59% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, a share 96% of UK towns don’t reach
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
Unpaid carers: 9.8%, above 62% of UK towns. The comparison figure for married adults and civil partners is 44% across England’s towns. On the census count, 27% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership.
50% of adults have qualifications at degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 50% of adults in Shipton, 34% across England’s towns; 8% have no qualification, against 18%. The highest qualification of 16% is A levels, often students still at university.
Shipton sits below 5 of its 7 closest neighbours on median age
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shipton | 444 | — | 47.8 | 21% | 27% |
| Skelton (York) | 1,380 | 2 mi | 48.4 | 28% | 26% |
| Upper Poppleton | 3,520 | 2.7 mi | 51.1 | 32% | 27% |
| Wigginton | 1,422 | 2.8 mi | 51.4 | 28% | 26% |
| Haxby | 10,176 | 3.4 mi | 52.7 | 33% | 23% |
| Huntington | 12,420 | 4.4 mi | 48.2 | 27% | 23% |
| Huby (Hambleton) | 1,056 | 4.4 mi | 46.3 | 22% | 30% |
| Strensall | 6,060 | 5.1 mi | 44.2 | 19% | 32% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- The Census was taken in a lockdown, in term time. 21 March 2021 fell in term time, and students were asked to give their term-time address, so most were counted where they study. Some may have been living with family that day.
- “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 Shipton’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 Shipton’s residents
What is the population of Shipton?
The 2021 Census counted 444 people in Shipton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Shipton?
The median age was 47.8 at the 2021 Census. 8.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 21% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Shipton?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 90% across North Yorkshire’s towns. 5.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Shipton?
30% said they had no religion and 60% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 9.4% didn’t answer.
Is Shipton good for families?
27% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Shipton’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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