Photo: Nigel Thompson · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 98% of UK towns: half of Terrington is over 56.4
In Terrington, three in five households live in a detached house, beside 21% across England’s towns. The 2021 Census put the village’s population at 362, in 164 households. For Terrington, the census puts households with dependent children at 18%. 6.6% of households have no car or van, a lower share than in 96% of UK towns.
Residents aged 65 and over: 36%, a higher share than 97% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
4.2% of residents are aged 15 to 24, against 12% across England’s towns. As a yardstick, 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.
Full-time students make up 1.6% in Terrington, less than in 99% 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%.
The share of residents who moved in within the year tops 93% of UK towns: 13%. Elsewhere, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
2.1 people per household, fewer than in 90% 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.
Compared with 4.3% across England’s towns, 1.8% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home here. Here, 30% of households are one person living alone.
3.6% of households live in a flat or apartment, below 90% 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 terraced houses make up 12%, against 24% across England’s towns. Across the comparison, nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
5% of residents were born outside the UK, fewer than in 65% 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
The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (2.8%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.4%). Elsewhere, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, nine in ten residents have English as their main language; in Terrington, 98%.
A larger share of residents with no religion than 70% of UK towns: 44%
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: 93% of Terrington · North Yorkshire’s towns 90% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The largest groups after White British are Other White (3.3%), Mixed or multiple (1.7%) and Chinese (0.6%). For comparison, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 93%, against 73% across England’s towns.
13% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, fewer than in 99% 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
For 8 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week. Elsewhere, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. 69% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, a higher share than in 99% of UK towns. Unpaid carers are about as common here as across England’s towns, at 9.6%.
54% of adults have qualifications at degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
54% of Terrington’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 13% have none (18%).
Every nearby town is younger than Terrington
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terrington | 362 | — | 56.4 | 36% | 18% |
| Strensall | 6,060 | 6.9 mi | 44.2 | 19% | 32% |
| Huby (Hambleton) | 1,056 | 7.2 mi | 46.3 | 22% | 30% |
| Ampleforth | 1,239 | 7.2 mi | 36.6 | 18% | 24% |
| Malton | 6,320 | 7.3 mi | 44.6 | 23% | 25% |
| Norton-on-Derwent | 7,909 | 7.9 mi | 43 | 21% | 26% |
| Easingwold | 5,036 | 8.6 mi | 51.8 | 31% | 20% |
| Wigginton | 1,422 | 8.8 mi | 51.4 | 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 Terrington’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 Terrington’s residents
What is the population of Terrington?
The 2021 Census counted 362 people in Terrington’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Terrington?
The median age was 56.4 at the 2021 Census. 4.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 36% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Terrington?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 90% across North Yorkshire’s towns. 5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Terrington?
44% said they had no religion and 49% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.4% didn’t answer.
Is Terrington good for families?
18% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Terrington’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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