Photo: philandju · CC BY-SA 2.0Summerbridge ranks below 99% of UK towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 5.8%
Where nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns, Summerbridge has 4.3%. Fewer adults who have never married than in 85% of UK towns: 27%. The village had 515 residents and 233 households at the 2021 Census, with a median age of 48.4. Here, 55% of residents describe themselves as Christian.
Older than 76% of UK towns: half of Summerbridge is over 48.4
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 55–59, with nearly one in ten residents, 1.3 times the share across England’s towns. The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 24%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 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.
A smaller share of full-time students than 99% of UK towns: 2.9%
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%.
In Summerbridge, nearly two in five adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 23% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Residents who moved in within the year are more common here than in 92% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, full-time students come to 7.9%.
Smaller households than 77% of UK towns: 2.2 people on average
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.
The share of shared households of unrelated adults trails 61% of UK towns: 2.2%. Here, a quarter of households have dependent children.
A village of terraces: 30% of households live in one
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
The share of households in detached houses trails 62% of UK towns: 25%. On top of that, 12% of households have no car or van, fewer than in 70% of UK towns. Measured more widely, nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns.
99% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 93% 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%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
4.5% of residents were born outside the UK, against 8% across North Yorkshire’s towns and 18% across England’s towns. By way of comparison, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (2.5%) and in EU countries (1.2%).
Summerbridge: 95% of residents describe themselves as White British, above 77% 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 Summerbridge · North Yorkshire’s towns 90% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Against a figure of 37% across England’s towns, the share of residents with no religion in Summerbridge comes in at 39%. Across England’s towns, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British. Leading the other groups after White British: Mixed or multiple (2.1%), Other White (1.5%) and Indian (0.6%).
Summerbridge sits above 82% of UK towns for unpaid carers (11%)
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
Married adults and civil partners: 50%, above nearly two thirds of UK towns. Across England’s towns, nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care.
The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 38%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Summerbridge counts 38% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 14% have no qualification (18%).
Of the 7 towns nearest Summerbridge, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summerbridge | 515 | — | 48.4 | 24% | 25% |
| Pateley Bridge | 1,343 | 3.1 mi | 54.6 | 33% | 19% |
| Hampsthwaite | 1,169 | 4.6 mi | 46 | 27% | 29% |
| Killinghall | 1,476 | 6 mi | 43.5 | 21% | 35% |
| Harrogate | 75,522 | 8 mi | 44.5 | 21% | 25% |
| Ripon | 16,593 | 8.5 mi | 46.5 | 25% | 25% |
| Pannal | 2,530 | 9.5 mi | 50.2 | 30% | 31% |
| Knaresborough | 15,781 | 10.1 mi | 48.6 | 25% | 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 Summerbridge’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 Summerbridge’s residents
What is the population of Summerbridge?
The 2021 Census counted 515 people in Summerbridge’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Summerbridge?
The median age was 48.4 at the 2021 Census. 5.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 24% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Summerbridge?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 90% across North Yorkshire’s towns. 4.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Summerbridge?
39% said they had no religion and 55% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 4.5% didn’t answer.
Is Summerbridge good for families?
25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Summerbridge’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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