Photo: DS Pugh · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 92% of UK towns: half of Whixley is over 52.1
Residents with no religion: 28% here and 37% across England’s towns. There were 166 households in Whixley at the 2021 Census, home to 369 residents. Shared households of unrelated adults: 1.2% of the total. At 23%, the share of adults who have never married is lower than in 97% of UK towns.
Whixley ranks above 87% of UK towns on residents aged 65 and over: 28%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 50–54: one in ten residents, 1.4 times the share across England’s towns. On average, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. In Whixley, 9.3% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
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 97% of UK towns, at 3.2%
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, 48% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 14% in routine and semi-routine work (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). Typically, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. Residents who moved in within the year account for 7.4%.
In Whixley, 24% of households have dependent children, fewer than in 78% 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.
The typical household size is 2.2 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 29% of households have dependent children. The census found that 30% of households are one person living alone in Whixley.
5.5% of households have no car or van, below 98% 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
Across England’s towns, 21% of households live in a detached house; in Whixley, 43%. Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns. To put it in context, nearly a quarter of households have no car or van across England’s towns. The census found that 37% of households live in a terraced house locally.
100% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 99% 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
Residents born outside the UK: 5.7% here and 18% across England’s towns. The usual figure: nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (2.7%) and in Africa (1.9%).
A higher White British share than 98% of UK towns: 97% of residents
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: 97% of Whixley · North Yorkshire’s towns 90% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents who describe themselves as Christian make up 67%, against 46% across England’s towns. The share of residents who describe themselves as White British across England’s towns is 73%.
58% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 96% 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
6 residents give 50 hours or more of unpaid care each week. As a reference point, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Unpaid carers make up 9.1%, close to the figure across England’s towns.
A degree-level qualification for 49% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 34% across England’s towns, 49% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 12% hold no qualification (18%).
Whixley is older than every town around it
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whixley | 369 | — | 52.1 | 28% | 24% |
| Tockwith | 1,788 | 3.8 mi | 44.3 | 20% | 31% |
| Knaresborough | 15,781 | 5.6 mi | 48.6 | 25% | 26% |
| Boroughbridge | 3,064 | 6 mi | 48.8 | 26% | 24% |
| Wetherby | 11,711 | 6.3 mi | 50.8 | 31% | 23% |
| Langthorpe | 1,294 | 6.5 mi | 45.8 | 20% | 29% |
| Spofforth | 1,175 | 6.6 mi | 49.5 | 25% | 27% |
| Thorp Arch | 1,782 | 6.9 mi | 38.9 | 15% | 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 Whixley’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 Whixley’s residents
What is the population of Whixley?
The 2021 Census counted 369 people in Whixley’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Whixley?
The median age was 52.1 at the 2021 Census. 9.3% of residents were 15 to 24 and 28% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Whixley?
97% 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 Whixley?
28% said they had no religion and 67% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 4.3% didn’t answer.
Is Whixley good for families?
24% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Whixley’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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