Photo: DS Pugh · CC BY-SA 2.0Only 1.3% of households live in a flat or apartment in Swinton
Households without a car or van: 5.5% here and 24% across England’s towns. For Swinton, the census puts married adults and civil partners at 54%. One-person households are rarer here than in 89% of UK towns. There were 235 households in the village at the 2021 Census, home to 574 residents.
In Swinton, 8.9% of residents are aged 15 to 24, fewer than in 77% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Set against 18% across England’s towns, 20% of residents are 65 or over in Swinton. The median age in the village is 45, higher than in 54% of UK towns. As a reference point, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 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.
Below 84% of UK towns: 4% of adults are full-time students
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 23% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). Across Swinton, 8.6% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. On average, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
2.5 people per household, more than in 85% 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.
2.1% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home; across England’s towns the figure is 4.3%. The census found that 31% of households have dependent children in Swinton.
Swinton sits below 72% of UK towns for households in terraced houses (15%)
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
Compared with 21% across England’s towns, 35% of households live in a detached house here. Households in terraced houses: 24% across England’s towns, for comparison.
Residents whose main language is English make up 97% in Swinton, less than in 57% 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
Against a figure of 18% across England’s towns, the share of residents born outside the UK in Swinton comes in at 6.1%. Residents whose main language is English: 90% across England’s towns, for comparison.
57% of residents describe themselves as Christian, more than in 88% 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 Swinton · North Yorkshire’s towns 90% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Where 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns, Swinton has 38%. Measured more widely, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Here, 94% of residents describe themselves as White British.
Adults who have never married: 29%, a lower share than 72% 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
At 8.6%, unpaid carers sit close to the figure across England’s towns. Elsewhere, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. For 4 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week.
35% of adults are qualified to degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Swinton’s adults: 35% with a degree-level qualification and 13% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
Swinton and its 7 nearest towns: 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swinton | 574 | — | 45 | 20% | 31% |
| Malton | 6,320 | 1.8 mi | 44.6 | 23% | 25% |
| Norton-on-Derwent | 7,909 | 2.6 mi | 43 | 21% | 26% |
| Rillington | 1,206 | 5.9 mi | 52.3 | 28% | 19% |
| Pickering | 7,260 | 7.2 mi | 53.8 | 34% | 19% |
| Thornton-le-Dale | 1,858 | 7.5 mi | 59.5 | 40% | 17% |
| Kirkbymoorside | 2,763 | 9.2 mi | 51.5 | 30% | 19% |
| Helmsley | 1,345 | 11.1 mi | 60.2 | 42% | 14% |
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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 Swinton’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 Swinton’s residents
What is the population of Swinton?
The 2021 Census counted 574 people in Swinton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Swinton?
The median age was 45 at the 2021 Census. 8.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 20% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Swinton?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 90% across North Yorkshire’s towns. 6.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Swinton?
38% said they had no religion and 57% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 3.7% didn’t answer.
Is Swinton good for families?
31% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Swinton’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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