Photo: Nigel Coates · CC BY-SA 3.01.4% of households live in a flat or apartment, fewer than in 99% of UK towns
6.1% of households have no car or van, against 24% across England’s towns. Weaverthorpe had 357 residents in 145 households at the 2021 Census. In Weaverthorpe, 58% of adults are married or in a civil partnership. Shared households of unrelated adults are rarer here than in 95% of UK towns.
Weaverthorpe ranks below 74% of UK towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 9%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
With a median age of 46.5, Weaverthorpe is older than nearly two thirds of UK towns. The usual figure: 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. The largest age band is 50–54: 10% of residents, 1.5 times the share across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A lower share of full-time students than 99% of UK towns, at 2.5%
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 just over a third of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 28% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). Fewer residents who moved in within the year than in 89% of UK towns: 6.8%. The benchmark for full-time students across England’s towns: 7.9%.
A lower share of one-person households than 89% of UK towns, at 24%
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.
At 2.4 people, the average household compares with 2.4 across England’s towns. Census figures put households with dependent children at 30% in Weaverthorpe.
More households in detached houses than 81% of UK towns: 42%
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
In Weaverthorpe, 15% of households live in a terraced house, beside 24% across England’s towns. 1.4% of households live in a flat, less than in 99% of UK towns; 42% in a detached house, against 21% across England’s towns.
4.2% born outside the UK, fewer than in 75% 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
Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (2.8%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.1%). Measured more widely, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Against a figure of 90% across England’s towns, the share of residents whose main language is English in Weaverthorpe comes in at 98%.
A lower share of residents with no religion than 88% of UK towns, at 33%
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 Weaverthorpe · North Yorkshire’s towns 90% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Here 58% of residents describe themselves as Christian, where the figure across England’s towns is 46%. Residents with no religion make up 37% across England’s towns. The share of residents who describe themselves as White British stands at 95%.
A smaller share of adults who have never married than 74% of UK towns: 29%
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 8.4%, the share of unpaid carers is in line with the figure across England’s towns. Adults who have never married make up 39% across England’s towns. 12 people care, unpaid, for 50 hours or more a week.
The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 33%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 18% of adults have no qualification; in Weaverthorpe, 15%, while 33% hold one at degree level (34%).
A younger town than 6 of the 7 around it: Weaverthorpe
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weaverthorpe | 357 | — | 46.5 | 18% | 30% |
| Rillington | 1,206 | 7.3 mi | 52.3 | 28% | 19% |
| Seamer (Scarborough) | 2,120 | 8.6 mi | 52.3 | 31% | 23% |
| Driffield | 13,216 | 8.8 mi | 49.7 | 28% | 22% |
| East Ayton and West Ayton | 2,809 | 8.9 mi | 51.2 | 32% | 25% |
| Hunmanby | 2,900 | 9.1 mi | 56.2 | 35% | 20% |
| Nafferton | 2,535 | 9.2 mi | 50.9 | 28% | 24% |
| Norton-on-Derwent | 7,909 | 10.6 mi | 43 | 21% | 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 Weaverthorpe’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 Weaverthorpe’s residents
What is the population of Weaverthorpe?
The 2021 Census counted 357 people in Weaverthorpe’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Weaverthorpe?
The median age was 46.5 at the 2021 Census. 9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 18% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Weaverthorpe?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 90% across North Yorkshire’s towns. 4.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Weaverthorpe?
33% said they had no religion and 58% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 7.5% didn’t answer.
Is Weaverthorpe good for families?
30% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Weaverthorpe’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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