Photo: Alan Murray-Rust · CC BY-SA 2.0Tadcaster sits below 87% of UK towns for households with dependent children (23%)
Households in Tadcaster hold 2.1 people on average (England’s towns: 2.4). Residents who describe themselves as Christian account for 58%. With a median age of 49.4, Tadcaster is older than 82% of UK towns. The 2021 Census counted 6,339 residents in 2,968 households.
A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 84% of UK towns: 8.6%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Residents aged 65 and over: 25% here and 18% across England’s towns. By way of comparison, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Tadcaster, 49.4. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Tadcaster sits below 90% of UK towns for residents who moved in within the year (6.7%)
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, 33% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine work; in Tadcaster, 31% and 27%. 4.3% of adults are full-time students, fewer than in 72% of UK towns. The benchmark for residents who moved in within the year across England’s towns: 11%.
35% of households are one person living alone, more than in 88% 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.
Where 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns, Tadcaster has 2.1%. Elsewhere, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns.
Households without a car or van make up 19% in Tadcaster, more than in 69% of UK towns
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
Households in detached houses make up 23%, against 21% across England’s towns. By way of comparison, nearly a quarter of households have no car or van across England’s towns. The census found that 13% of households live in a flat or apartment in Tadcaster.
Below 86% of UK towns: 3.4% of residents were born outside the UK
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
Since 2017: 13% of those born abroad, against 21% across England’s towns. 99% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 95% of UK towns. The usual figure: 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (1.3%) and in Africa (0.9%).
More residents who describe themselves as White British than 90% of UK towns: 96%
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: 96% of Tadcaster · North Yorkshire’s towns 90% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Asked about religion, 36% answered none, against 37% across England’s towns. Against that, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. Next after White British come Other White (1.5%), Mixed or multiple (1%) and Chinese (0.4%).
Adults who have never married make up 29% in Tadcaster, less than in 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
Some 147 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. Measured more widely, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership; in Tadcaster, 49%.
A degree-level qualification for 27% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Tadcaster counts 27% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 20% have no qualification (18%).
Ranked by age, 163rd oldest of 709 UK towns this size
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Bailrigg is the youngest (18.9); Barton on Sea the oldest (65.3). Nearest to Tadcaster in age: Highworth (49.3), Lightwater (49.3), Ellesmere (49.4) and Fakenham (49.4).
Tadcaster is younger than 1 of its 7 nearest neighbours
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tadcaster | 6,339 | — | 49.4 | 25% | 23% |
| Thorp Arch | 1,782 | 3.4 mi | 38.9 | 15% | 27% |
| Bramham | 1,764 | 3.7 mi | 46.3 | 23% | 29% |
| Boston Spa | 6,358 | 4 mi | 47.8 | 27% | 27% |
| Church Fenton | 1,643 | 4.4 mi | 38.3 | 12% | 40% |
| Aberford | 1,551 | 4.8 mi | 46.4 | 21% | 30% |
| Copmanthorpe | 3,671 | 5.5 mi | 50.3 | 29% | 27% |
| Tockwith | 1,788 | 5.6 mi | 44.3 | 20% | 31% |
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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 Tadcaster’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 Tadcaster’s residents
What is the population of Tadcaster?
The 2021 Census counted 6,339 people in Tadcaster’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Tadcaster?
The median age was 49.4 at the 2021 Census, older than 82% of UK towns. 8.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 25% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Tadcaster?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 90% across North Yorkshire’s towns. 3.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Tadcaster?
36% said they had no religion and 58% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 4.9% didn’t answer.
Is Tadcaster good for families?
23% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Tadcaster’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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