Photo: Ian S · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 93% of UK towns: half of Staveley is over 52.4
Flats are home to 2% of households, against 23% across England’s towns. At the 2021 Census, 452 people lived in Staveley, in 197 households. Locally, 62% of residents describe themselves as Christian. Households in detached houses are more common here than in 92% of UK towns.
31% of residents are 65 or over, a share 92% of UK towns don’t reach
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 9%, against 12% across England’s towns. Elsewhere, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Full-time students make up 5.5% in Staveley, more than in 74% 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%.
Across England’s towns, a third of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine work; in Staveley, 47% and 15%. Nearly one in ten residents had moved in within the year before the Census, fewer than the 11% across England’s towns. The comparison figure for full-time students is 7.9% across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
A smaller share of shared households of unrelated adults than 99% of UK towns: 0.5%
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.
Just over a quarter of households have dependent children, against 29% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home. The census found that 22% of households are one person living alone in Staveley.
Fewer car-free households than 95% of UK towns: 7.1%
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
Where 24% of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns, Staveley has 15%. About one household in 14 lives without a car or van.
Above 62% of UK towns: 98% 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
Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (2.9%) or in the rest of Europe (1.6%). Across England’s towns, residents whose main language is English come to 90%. The share of residents born outside the UK is 6.2%, against 18% across England’s towns.
Staveley sits below 83% of UK towns for residents with no religion (35%)
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: 94% of Staveley · North Yorkshire’s towns 90% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
After White British, the most common groups are Other White (2.7%), Mixed or multiple (1.6%) and Indian (0.4%). Against that, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. 94% of residents describe themselves as White British, a higher share than in 71% of UK towns.
Staveley sits above 99% of UK towns for married adults and civil partners (66%)
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
12 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. The share of married adults and civil partners across England’s towns is 44%. Compared with other places, adults who have never married are scarce here: 20%, fewer than in 99% of UK towns. Unpaid carers make up 11%, against 8.7% across England’s towns.
45% of adults have a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 18% of adults have no qualification; in Staveley, 10%, while 45% hold one at degree level (34%).
Every neighbour of Staveley has a younger population
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staveley | 452 | — | 52.4 | 31% | 26% |
| Boroughbridge | 3,064 | 2.9 mi | 48.8 | 26% | 24% |
| Langthorpe | 1,294 | 3.2 mi | 45.8 | 20% | 29% |
| Knaresborough | 15,781 | 3.5 mi | 48.6 | 25% | 26% |
| Killinghall | 1,476 | 5.6 mi | 43.5 | 21% | 35% |
| Harrogate | 75,522 | 6 mi | 44.5 | 21% | 25% |
| Ripon | 16,593 | 6.3 mi | 46.5 | 25% | 25% |
| Dishforth | 1,266 | 6.3 mi | 33.8 | 8.8% | 45% |
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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 Staveley’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 Staveley’s residents
What is the population of Staveley?
The 2021 Census counted 452 people in Staveley’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Staveley?
The median age was 52.4 at the 2021 Census. 9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 31% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Staveley?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 90% across North Yorkshire’s towns. 6.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Staveley?
35% said they had no religion and 62% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 2.4% didn’t answer.
Is Staveley good for families?
26% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Staveley’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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