Photo: Ian S · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 57.2: Stillington is older than 98% of UK towns
Set against 29% across England’s towns, 16% of households have dependent children in Stillington. At the 2021 Census Stillington was home to 826 people in 392 households. Locally, nearly one in ten households have no car or van. 57% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 93% of UK towns.
Stillington sits above 98% of UK towns for residents aged 65 and over (38%)
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
7.8% of residents are aged 15 to 24, against 12% across England’s towns. On average, 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.
In Stillington, 3.7% of adults are full-time students, fewer than in 91% 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%.
Managerial and professional jobs take in 37% of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 18% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). The usual figure: 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. 8.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
Stillington households average 2.1 people, smaller than in 91% 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.
Shared households of unrelated adults make up 2.6%, against 4.3% across England’s towns. Across Stillington, 29% of households are one person living alone.
Stillington ranks below 99% of UK towns on households in flats: 1.3%
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
With households in detached houses at 47%, Stillington is ahead of 87% of UK towns on that count. The census found that 20% of households live in a terraced house in the village. Set beside that, nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
A smaller share of residents born outside the UK than 90% of UK towns: 3%
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
The share of residents whose main language is English tops 83% of UK towns: 99%. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (1.5%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (0.6%). Residents born outside the UK make up 18% across England’s towns.
A higher share of residents who describe themselves as White British than 98% of UK towns, at 97%
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 Stillington · North Yorkshire’s towns 90% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Compared with 46% across England’s towns, 65% of residents describe themselves as Christian here. At the same time, residents with no religion are rarer here than in 96% of UK towns. By way of comparison, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns.
A smaller share of adults who have never married than 96% of UK towns: 24%
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 care takes 50 hours a week or more for 18 people. More unpaid carers than in 85% of UK towns: 11%. As a reference point, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
38% of adults have a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Stillington, 38% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 15% have no qualification at all (18%).
No nearby town is as old as Stillington
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stillington | 826 | — | 57.2 | 38% | 16% |
| Huby (Hambleton) | 1,056 | 1.8 mi | 46.3 | 22% | 30% |
| Easingwold | 5,036 | 3.5 mi | 51.8 | 31% | 20% |
| Strensall | 6,060 | 5.6 mi | 44.2 | 19% | 32% |
| Wigginton | 1,422 | 5.9 mi | 51.4 | 28% | 26% |
| Haxby | 10,176 | 6.3 mi | 52.7 | 33% | 23% |
| Ampleforth | 1,239 | 6.7 mi | 36.6 | 18% | 24% |
| Skelton (York) | 1,380 | 7.3 mi | 48.4 | 28% | 26% |
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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 Stillington’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 Stillington’s residents
What is the population of Stillington?
The 2021 Census counted 826 people in Stillington’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Stillington?
The median age was 57.2 at the 2021 Census. 7.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 38% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Stillington?
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 Stillington?
28% said they had no religion and 65% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 7% didn’t answer.
Is Stillington good for families?
16% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Stillington’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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