Photo: Stuart and Fiona Jackson · CC BY-SA 2.0Wigginton is older than 91% of UK towns: a median age of 51.4
Across England’s towns, nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house; in Wigginton, 3.3%. The village had 1,422 residents in 599 households at the 2021 Census. The census found that 22% of households are one person living alone here. Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Wigginton’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Wigginton’s residents are under 51.4 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 28% are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
8% of residents are aged 15 to 24, fewer than in 93% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 70–74: nearly one in ten residents, 1.8 times the share across England’s towns. At 28%, the share of residents aged 65 and over is higher than in 86% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
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.
Below 94% of UK towns: 3.5% of adults are full-time students
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 39% of Wigginton’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 22%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. 6.4% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 93% of UK towns. As a yardstick, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
1.8% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, 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.
Households average 2.3 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. Set beside that, 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns. The census found that just over a quarter of households have dependent children in Wigginton.
Above 88% of UK towns: 48% of households live in a detached house
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
Nearly one in ten households have no car or van, against 24% across England’s towns. The benchmark for households in detached houses across England’s towns: 21%.
A higher share of residents whose main language is English than 95% of UK towns, at 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
The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (1.7%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1%). Wigginton has fewer residents born outside the UK than nearly four fifths of UK towns, at 3.9%. Elsewhere, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
A higher share of residents who describe themselves as White British than 93% of UK towns, at 96%
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 Wigginton · North Yorkshire’s towns 90% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Besides White British, the main groups are Other White (1.1%), Mixed or multiple (0.8%) and Chinese (0.6%). Against that, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. 53% of residents describe themselves as Christian, against 46% across England’s towns.
Below 98% of UK towns: 22% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership
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
Heavy unpaid care, 50 hours a week or more, falls to 36 residents. 60% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 98% of UK towns. As a yardstick, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Unpaid carers are about as common here as across England’s towns: 8%.
Degree-level qualifications reach 36% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Wigginton counts 36% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 14% have no qualification (18%).
Wigginton sits below 1 of its 7 closest neighbours on median age
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wigginton | 1,422 | — | 51.4 | 28% | 26% |
| Haxby | 10,176 | 0.7 mi | 52.7 | 33% | 23% |
| Skelton (York) | 1,380 | 2.2 mi | 48.4 | 28% | 26% |
| Huntington | 12,420 | 2.3 mi | 48.2 | 27% | 23% |
| Strensall | 6,060 | 2.5 mi | 44.2 | 19% | 32% |
| Upper Poppleton | 3,520 | 3.5 mi | 51.1 | 32% | 27% |
| Stockton on the Forest | 1,018 | 4 mi | 47.4 | 24% | 25% |
| York | 141,696 | 4.3 mi | 36 | 16% | 24% |
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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 Wigginton’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 Wigginton’s residents
What is the population of Wigginton?
The 2021 Census counted 1,422 people in Wigginton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Wigginton?
The median age was 51.4 at the 2021 Census. 8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 28% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Wigginton?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 90% across North Yorkshire’s towns. 3.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Wigginton?
40% said they had no religion and 53% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.3% didn’t answer.
Is Wigginton good for families?
26% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Wigginton’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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