Photo: Stephen Craven · CC BY-SA 2.0Below 94% of UK towns: 7.8% of residents are aged 15 to 24
Across England’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as Christian is 46%; Spofforth has 66%. The village is home to 1,175 residents in 512 households, by the 2021 Census. The share of married adults and civil partners stands at 57%. Lower than in 86% of UK towns: 9.2% of households have no car or van.
A median age of 49.5: Spofforth is older than 83% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Compared with 18% across England’s towns, a quarter of residents are 65 or over here. In Filey, the oldest of North Yorkshire’s towns by this measure, it is 38%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 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.
Above 91% of UK towns: 12% of residents lived at another address a year earlier
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%.
With full-time students at 4.6%, Spofforth is behind 61% of UK towns on that count. Across the comparison, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
Fewer shared households of unrelated adults than 72% of UK towns: 2%
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.
27% of households have dependent children; across England’s towns the figure is 29%. Across England’s towns, 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home. On average, 2.3 people share a household.
Households in detached houses make up 44% in Spofforth, more than in 84% 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
15% of households live in a terraced house, against 24% across England’s towns. Households in detached houses make up 21% across England’s towns. The census found that 5.4% of households live in a flat or apartment in Spofforth.
Above 99% of UK towns: 100% of residents have English as their main language
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
Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in Africa (1.4%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.4%). Across the comparison, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Spofforth has fewer residents born outside the UK than 80% of UK towns, at 3.8%.
Residents with no religion make up 29% in Spofforth, less than in 95% 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: 95% of Spofforth · North Yorkshire’s towns 90% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Leading the other groups after White British: Other White (2.7%), Mixed or multiple (1.3%) and African (0.2%). The share of residents with no religion across England’s towns is 37%. More residents who describe themselves as White British than in 77% of UK towns: 95%.
Below 98% of UK towns: 22% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership
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
7.6% of residents give unpaid care, against 8.7% across England’s towns. To put it in context, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Qualified to degree level: 42% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Spofforth counts 42% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 12% have no qualification (18%).
Spofforth and its 7 nearest towns: 4 of them are older
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spofforth | 1,175 | — | 49.5 | 25% | 27% |
| Wetherby | 11,711 | 2.8 mi | 50.8 | 31% | 23% |
| Collingham | 2,362 | 3.6 mi | 50 | 28% | 28% |
| Pannal | 2,530 | 3.7 mi | 50.2 | 30% | 31% |
| East Keswick | 1,145 | 4 mi | 48.8 | 26% | 28% |
| Knaresborough | 15,781 | 4 mi | 48.6 | 25% | 26% |
| Bardsey | 1,819 | 4.4 mi | 50.1 | 28% | 27% |
| Harrogate | 75,522 | 4.5 mi | 44.5 | 21% | 25% |
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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 Spofforth’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 Spofforth’s residents
What is the population of Spofforth?
The 2021 Census counted 1,175 people in Spofforth’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Spofforth?
The median age was 49.5 at the 2021 Census. 7.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 25% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Spofforth?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 90% across North Yorkshire’s towns. 3.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Spofforth?
29% said they had no religion and 66% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 3.5% didn’t answer.
Is Spofforth good for families?
27% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Spofforth’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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