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55.4Median age

Who lives here · ONS Census 2021

Snape is older than 97% of UK towns: a median age of 55.4

Where 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns, Snape has 100%. The village is home to 404 residents in 177 households, by the 2021 Census. Census figures put adults who have never married at 23% locally. Households without a car or van are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns.

34%aged 65 or over 1.7%born abroad 177households

Ages

Above 96% of UK towns: 34% of residents are 65 or over

Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.

SnapeEngland’s towns

0–410–1420–2430–3440–4450–5460–6470–7480–84

Where just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns, Snape has 8%. Elsewhere, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.

Broad ages · share of residents

Under 1512%

15 to 248%

25 to 4415%

45 to 6431%

65 and over34%

SnapeNorth Yorkshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Women and men · all residents

54% women, 46% men

Snape

England

WomenMen

About 85 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.

Students & newcomers

Only 3.1% of adults are full-time students in Snape

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

Full-time students3.1%

Higher managerial and professional15%

Lower managerial and professional20%

Intermediate9.6%

Small employers and self-employed22%

Supervisory and technical3.7%

Semi-routine10%

Routine11%

Never worked or long-term unemployed5.1%

SnapeNorth Yorkshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Address a year before the Census

Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.

Snape

11%

England’s towns

11%

Moved within the UKTerm-time addressMoved from abroad

Moved in within a year

residents, 11%; England’s towns 11%

Of them from abroad

1.3× England’s share

At 11%, residents who moved in within the year sit close to the figure across England’s towns. The usual figure: 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.

Households

Fewer family households than 97% of UK towns: 18% in Snape

Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.

Living alone, 66+ 16%Living alone, under 66 9%Families with dependent children 18%Couples and families, no young children 54%Shared houses and other 4%

Against North Yorkshire’s towns and England’s towns

Snape

North Yorkshire’s towns

England’s towns

People per household

1 person25%

2 people47%

3 people13%

4 people11%

5 or more5.1%

England’s towns.

Households in Snape hold 2.3 people on average (England’s towns: 2.4). The comparison figure for households with dependent children is 29% across England’s towns. One-person households account for 25%. More shared households of unrelated adults than in 92% of UK towns: 4%.

Homes & cars

A higher share of households in detached houses than 98% of UK towns, at 63%

Accommodation type and cars or vans per household, Census 2021. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.

Type of home

Snape

North Yorkshire’s towns

England’s towns

DetachedSemi-detachedTerracedFlat or maisonetteCaravan or other

Cars or vans · share of households

No car or van3.9%

One35%

Two43%

Three or more19%

SnapeNorth Yorkshire’s townsEngland’s towns

The share of households in terraced houses trails 97% of UK towns: 5.6%. Across the comparison, 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns. Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns.

Where people were born

Fewer residents born outside the UK than 99% of UK towns: 1.7%

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%

Snape

1.7%

North Yorkshire’s towns

England’s towns

18%

EU countriesRest of EuropeMiddle East and AsiaAfricaAmericas, Oceania, other

Main language · residents aged 3 and over

English is main language100%

Another main language, speaks English very well or well0.3%

Another main language, little or no English0%

SnapeNorth Yorkshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Across England’s towns, nine in ten residents have English as their main language; in Snape, 100%. Residents born outside the UK: 18% across England’s towns, for comparison. By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in the Middle East and Asia (0.7%) and in EU countries (0.5%).

Ethnicity & religion

A lower share of residents with no religion than 96% of UK towns, at 27%

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

SnapeNorth Yorkshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Other White0%

Asian0.3%

Mixed0%

Black0%

Other0%

0%6%12%

White British, not charted: 100% of Snape · North Yorkshire’s towns 90% · England’s towns 73%.

Religion · all residents

SnapeNorth Yorkshire’s townsEngland’s towns

No religion27%

Christian67%

Muslim0%

Hindu, Sikh, Jewish, Buddhist0%

Other religion0%

Didn’t answer5.9%

0%40%80%

With residents who describe themselves as Christian at 67%, Snape is ahead of 99% of UK towns on that count. Typically, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns.

Relationships & caring

More married adults and civil partners than 95% of UK towns: 58%

Legal partnership status (residents 16 and over) and unpaid care (residents 5 and over), Census 2021.

Partnership status · residents 16 and over

Never married or in a civil partnership23%

Married or civil partnership58%

Separated1.1%

Divorced11%

Widowed6.7%

SnapeNorth Yorkshire’s townsEngland’s towns

32residents give unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age: 8.1%, against 8.7% in England’s towns

Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over

Up to 19 hours a week5.3%

20 to 49 hours0.8%

50 hours or more2%

8 residents care, unpaid, for at least 50 hours a week. Few places have so few unpaid carers: 8.1% here, fewer than in just over four fifths of UK towns. Across England’s towns, the share of married adults and civil partners is 44%.

Qualifications

The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 34%

Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.

Highest qualification · residents 16 and over

No qualifications15%

Apprenticeship7.5%

A levels or similar18%

Degree level34%

SnapeNorth Yorkshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Degree-level qualifications are held by 34% of Snape’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 15% have no qualification (18%).

Neighbours

Around Snape, 1 of 7 towns have a higher median age

Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.

BedaleAiskewMashamLeeming BarLeemingRomanbyCatterickSnape

under 3838–4444–5050–5656+

Town	People	Away	Median age	65+	Homes with children
Snape	404	—	55.4	34%	18%
Bedale	3,289	2.2 mi	50.1	27%	21%
Aiskew	1,759	2.7 mi	47.2	21%	28%
Masham	1,112	3.6 mi	56.4	36%	18%
Leeming Bar	1,063	3.7 mi	43.4	22%	26%
Leeming	1,712	3.9 mi	29.1	8.5%	40%
Romanby	3,825	7.9 mi	52.4	30%	22%
Catterick	2,718	8.5 mi	37.9	20%	27%

More about Snape’s residents

Health, work and homes have their own pages

HealthLife expectancy, early deaths and Census health, adjusted for age Work & commuteIncome, the claimant count, jobs and how people get to work Cost of livingOwners and renters, prices, rents and council tax SchoolsEvery primary and secondary, with results and inspections

How to read these numbers

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 Snape’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 Snape’s residents

What is the population of Snape?

The 2021 Census counted 404 people in Snape’s built-up area.

What is the average age in Snape?

The median age was 55.4 at the 2021 Census. 8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 34% were 65 or over.

How diverse is Snape?

100% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 90% across North Yorkshire’s towns. 1.7% were born outside the UK.

What religion are people in Snape?

27% said they had no religion and 67% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5.9% didn’t answer.

Is Snape good for families?

18% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Snape’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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