Photo: Ian S · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Snainton is over 53.7, older than 95% of UK towns
13% of residents give unpaid care; across England’s towns the figure is 8.7%. On the census count, 27% of residents said they have no religion. More households in detached houses than in 93% of UK towns: 54%. Snainton had 758 residents in 355 households at the 2021 Census.
Snainton: 33% of residents are 65 or over, above 95% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns, against 10% in Snainton. Across the comparison, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 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.
6.1% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 96% 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%.
Full-time students: 5.5%, above nearly three quarters of UK towns. Elsewhere, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Only 19% of households have dependent children in Snainton
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.
One-person households: 32%, above 67% of UK towns. The share of shared households of unrelated adults stands at 0.3%. Households with dependent children make up 29% across England’s towns.
2.8% of households live in a flat or apartment, below 94% 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
Here just over a fifth of households live in a terraced house, where the figure across England’s towns is 24%. At the same time, at 11%, the share of households without a car or van is lower than in 78% of UK towns. For comparison, 23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
Residents born outside the UK: 3%, a lower share than 90% 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
By its share of residents whose main language is English (100%), Snainton is above 99% of UK towns. Set beside that, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. The largest groups were born in EU countries (1.5%) and in Africa (0.8%).
97% of residents describe themselves as White British, more than in 96% 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: 97% of Snainton · North Yorkshire’s towns 90% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
1.7% of residents said their religion is Muslim. For residents who describe themselves as White British, the comparison across England’s towns is 73%. Compared with other places, residents who describe themselves as Christian are common here: 64%, more than in 98% of UK towns.
A higher share of married adults and civil partners than 95% of UK towns, at 58%
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
Here 26% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, where the figure across England’s towns is 39%. The wider picture: 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. The number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 27.
32% of adults have a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 32% of adults in Snainton, 34% across England’s towns; 14% have no qualification, against 18%.
A younger town than 3 of the 7 around it: Snainton
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snainton | 758 | — | 53.7 | 33% | 19% |
| East Ayton and West Ayton | 2,809 | 4.6 mi | 51.2 | 32% | 25% |
| Thornton-le-Dale | 1,858 | 5.5 mi | 59.5 | 40% | 17% |
| Seamer (Scarborough) | 2,120 | 6 mi | 52.3 | 31% | 23% |
| Rillington | 1,206 | 6.4 mi | 52.3 | 28% | 19% |
| Scalby | 1,790 | 7.7 mi | 61.5 | 44% | 14% |
| Pickering | 7,260 | 7.8 mi | 53.8 | 34% | 19% |
| Scarborough | 59,505 | 7.8 mi | 46.2 | 24% | 23% |
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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 Snainton’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 Snainton’s residents
What is the population of Snainton?
The 2021 Census counted 758 people in Snainton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Snainton?
The median age was 53.7 at the 2021 Census. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 33% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Snainton?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 90% across North Yorkshire’s towns. 3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Snainton?
27% said they had no religion and 64% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1.7% were Muslim and 6.6% didn’t answer.
Is Snainton good for families?
19% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Snainton’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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