Photo: Chris Heaton · CC BY-SA 2.0Households with dependent children make up 39% in Ulleskelf, more than in 97% of UK towns
The average household has 2.6 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. For Ulleskelf, the census puts households without a car or van at 4.8%. Few places have as many households in detached houses: 53% here, more than in 92% of UK towns. There were 294 households locally at the 2021 Census, home to 755 residents.
Only 14% of residents are 65 or over in Ulleskelf
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
With a median age of 39.2, Ulleskelf is younger than 84% of UK towns. For comparison, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. Here, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24. In Filey, the oldest of North Yorkshire’s towns by this measure, it is 38%.
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.
In Ulleskelf, 7% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 85% 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%.
Managerial and professional jobs account for 44% of Ulleskelf’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 19%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Compared with other places, full-time students are common here: 6.9%, more than in 91% of UK towns. The comparison figure for residents who moved in within the year is 11% across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Only 22% of households are one person living alone in Ulleskelf
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.
2.7% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home (England’s towns: 4.3%). By way of comparison, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns.
A lower share of households in flats than 98% of UK towns, at 1.7%
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 terraced houses is 12%, against 24% across England’s towns. Across the comparison, 23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
99% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 96% 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
Set against 18% across England’s towns, 5.7% of residents were born outside the UK in Ulleskelf. The largest groups were born in EU countries (2.9%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.5%). The benchmark for residents whose main language is English across England’s towns: 90%.
More residents who describe themselves as Christian than 83% of UK towns: 56%
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 Ulleskelf · North Yorkshire’s towns 90% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
95% of residents describe themselves as White British, against 73% across England’s towns. By way of comparison, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. The largest groups after White British are Other White (2.4%), Mixed or multiple (1.6%) and African (0.3%). At 39%, the share of residents with no religion is lower than in 64% of UK towns.
More married adults and civil partners than 94% of UK towns: 57%
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
Unpaid care takes 50 hours a week or more for 19 people. 27% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, a lower share than in 84% of UK towns. Married adults and civil partners make up 44% across England’s towns. Ulleskelf sits close to the norm on unpaid carers: 8.7%, about the same as across England’s towns.
39% of adults have qualifications at degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 34% across England’s towns, 39% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 11% hold no qualification (18%). A levels are as far as 19% have gone so far, many of them students midway to a degree.
Ulleskelf is younger than 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ulleskelf | 755 | — | 39.2 | 14% | 39% |
| Church Fenton | 1,643 | 1.8 mi | 38.3 | 12% | 40% |
| Tadcaster | 6,339 | 3.1 mi | 49.4 | 25% | 23% |
| Cawood | 1,501 | 3.6 mi | 48.3 | 24% | 26% |
| Sherburn in Elmet | 8,569 | 4.3 mi | 39.1 | 17% | 30% |
| Copmanthorpe | 3,671 | 5.3 mi | 50.3 | 29% | 27% |
| South Milford | 2,409 | 5.4 mi | 40.8 | 17% | 32% |
| Aberford | 1,551 | 5.5 mi | 46.4 | 21% | 30% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- The Census was taken in a lockdown, in term time. 21 March 2021 fell in term time, and students were asked to give their term-time address, so most were counted where they study. Some may have been living with family that day.
- “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 Ulleskelf’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 Ulleskelf’s residents
What is the population of Ulleskelf?
The 2021 Census counted 755 people in Ulleskelf’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Ulleskelf?
The median age was 39.2 at the 2021 Census. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 14% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Ulleskelf?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 90% across North Yorkshire’s towns. 5.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Ulleskelf?
39% said they had no religion and 56% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5.4% didn’t answer.
Is Ulleskelf good for families?
39% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Ulleskelf’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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