Photo: DS Pugh · CC BY-SA 2.0Fewer households without a car or van than 99% of UK towns: 4.2%
The figure for households in flats is 1.9% in Tockwith and 23% across England’s towns. A fifth of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 98% of UK towns. At the 2021 Census, 1,788 people lived here, in 724 households. The census found that 1.5% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home locally.
Only 20% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 66% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 55–59: nearly one in ten residents, 1.4 times the share across England’s towns. Residents aged 15 to 24 are more common here than in two thirds of UK towns. Measured more widely, 18% of residents are 65 or over 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.
A smaller share of full-time students than 69% of UK towns: 4.4%
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%.
By class, 46% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 17% in routine and semi-routine work (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). At 11%, the share of residents who moved in within the year is higher than in 87% of UK towns. Typically, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Larger households than 84% of UK towns: 2.4 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.
By its share of households with dependent children (31%), Tockwith is above four fifths of UK towns.
Tockwith sits above 95% of UK towns for households in detached houses (59%)
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
With households in terraced houses at 8.6%, Tockwith is behind 92% of UK towns on that count. As a reference point, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
More residents whose main language is English than 92% of UK towns: 99%
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
By its share of residents born outside the UK (3.6%), Tockwith is below 83% of UK towns. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (2.1%) and in Africa (0.6%). Across England’s towns, the share of residents whose main language is English is 90%.
Tockwith: 96% of residents describe themselves as White British, above 92% 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: 96% of Tockwith · North Yorkshire’s towns 90% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Other than White British, most residents describe themselves as Other White (2.4%), Mixed or multiple (0.5%) and Caribbean (0.2%). Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 73% across England’s towns. More residents who describe themselves as Christian than in 84% of UK towns: 56%. Nothing unusual on residents with no religion: 37%, close to the figure across England’s towns.
A larger share of married adults and civil partners than 90% of UK towns: 56%
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 48 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week. Adults who have never married are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of UK towns. Across England’s towns, the share of married adults and civil partners is 44%. There is little gap on unpaid carers: 9.2%, about the same as across England’s towns.
A degree-level qualification for 42% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 42% of adults in Tockwith, 34% across England’s towns; 9.9% have no qualification, against 18%.
6 of the 7 nearest towns are older than Tockwith
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tockwith | 1,788 | — | 44.3 | 20% | 31% |
| Thorp Arch | 1,782 | 3.7 mi | 38.9 | 15% | 27% |
| Wetherby | 11,711 | 4.5 mi | 50.8 | 31% | 23% |
| Boston Spa | 6,358 | 5.1 mi | 47.8 | 27% | 27% |
| Tadcaster | 6,339 | 5.6 mi | 49.4 | 25% | 23% |
| Upper Poppleton | 3,520 | 5.9 mi | 51.1 | 32% | 27% |
| Bramham | 1,764 | 6.4 mi | 46.3 | 23% | 29% |
| Spofforth | 1,175 | 6.4 mi | 49.5 | 25% | 27% |
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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 Tockwith’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 Tockwith’s residents
What is the population of Tockwith?
The 2021 Census counted 1,788 people in Tockwith’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Tockwith?
The median age was 44.3 at the 2021 Census. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 20% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Tockwith?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 90% across North Yorkshire’s towns. 3.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Tockwith?
37% said they had no religion and 56% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 5.9% didn’t answer.
Is Tockwith good for families?
31% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Tockwith’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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