Photo: James@hopgrove at English Wikipedia · Public domainFewer flats than 93% of UK towns: 2.9% of households
32% of households have dependent children (England’s towns: 29%). There were 2,434 households in Strensall at the 2021 Census, home to 6,060 residents. Locally, just over half of households live in a detached house. Fewer adults who have never married than in just over four fifths of UK towns: 28%.
Strensall sits above 78% of UK towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (11%)
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Here nearly a fifth of residents are 65 or over, where the figure across England’s towns is 18%. More residents are 50–54 than any other five-year age: nearly one in ten residents. Half of Strensall’s residents are under 44.2, younger than in 52% of UK towns. Set beside that, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Strensall, 44.2. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
More students than 85% of UK towns: 6.1% of adults in Strensall
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%.
42% of Strensall’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 19% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. On residents who moved in within the year, Strensall sits higher than 71% of UK towns: 9.9%. The benchmark for full-time students across England’s towns: 7.9%.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
One-person households: 23%, a lower share than 93% 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.
Households in Strensall hold 2.4 people on average (England’s towns: 2.4). To put it in context, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. The share of shared households of unrelated adults stands at 2.3%.
Fewer households in terraced houses than 83% of UK towns: 12%
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
Across England’s towns, 24% of households have no car or van; in Strensall, 9.9%.
Residents whose main language is English make up 99% in Strensall, more than in 70% 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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (2.9%) or in the Middle East and Asia (1.3%). The usual figure: nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. 5.4% of residents were born outside the UK, against 8% across North Yorkshire’s towns and 18% across England’s towns.
In Strensall, 94% of residents describe themselves as White British, more than in 71% 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: 94% of Strensall · North Yorkshire’s towns 90% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Leading the other groups after White British: Other White (2.4%), Mixed or multiple (1.1%) and Indian (0.5%). As a reference point, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. Few places have as many residents who describe themselves as Christian: 51% here, more than in 61% of UK towns. What’s more, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns, against 42% in Strensall.
56% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 92% of UK towns
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
122 people care, unpaid, for 50 hours or more a week. On unpaid carers, Strensall sits lower than 71% of UK towns: 8.6%. To put it in context, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
37% of adults hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
With 37% of its adults qualified to degree level, Strensall compares with 34% across England’s towns; another 12% hold no qualification (18%).
232nd youngest of 624 UK towns of 4,000 to 8,000 people
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Bailrigg (18.9), the youngest, and Barton on Sea (65.3), the oldest. Nearest to Strensall in age: Blackwater (44.1), Dudley (44.2), Hagley (44.2) and St Blazey (44.2).
Strensall sits below 6 of its 7 closest neighbours on median age
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strensall | 6,060 | — | 44.2 | 19% | 32% |
| Haxby | 10,176 | 2.2 mi | 52.7 | 33% | 23% |
| Wigginton | 1,422 | 2.5 mi | 51.4 | 28% | 26% |
| Stockton on the Forest | 1,018 | 3 mi | 47.4 | 24% | 25% |
| Huntington | 12,420 | 3.3 mi | 48.2 | 27% | 23% |
| Skelton (York) | 1,380 | 4.6 mi | 48.4 | 28% | 26% |
| Huby (Hambleton) | 1,056 | 5.3 mi | 46.3 | 22% | 30% |
| Osbaldwick | 2,313 | 5.4 mi | 43.2 | 20% | 21% |
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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 Strensall’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 Strensall’s residents
What is the population of Strensall?
The 2021 Census counted 6,060 people in Strensall’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Strensall?
The median age was 44.2 at the 2021 Census, younger than 52% of UK towns. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 19% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Strensall?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 90% across North Yorkshire’s towns. 5.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Strensall?
42% said they had no religion and 51% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.4% were Muslim and 5.9% didn’t answer.
Is Strensall good for families?
32% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Strensall’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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