Photo: Stephen McKay · CC BY-SA 2.01.2% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, below 98% of UK towns
54% of households live in a detached house, against 21% across England’s towns. In 2021, the Census found 9,601 residents in Yarm, living in 4,339 households. Across Yarm, 27% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership. Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than in 90% of UK towns: 8.3%.
Half of Yarm is over 46.6, older than 66% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Across England’s towns, the share of residents aged 65 and over is 18%; Yarm has 24%. 60–64 is the most common age band: 7.4% of residents, 1.3 times the share across England’s towns.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Yarm, 46.6. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 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 69% of UK towns: 4.4% 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%.
Across England’s towns, a third of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine or semi-routine work; Yarm has 48% and 16%. By way of comparison, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. The share of residents who moved in within the year stands at 11%.
2.2 people per household, 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.
30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns, against 31% in Yarm. On the census count, 26% of households have dependent children.
Yarm sits below 77% of UK towns for households in terraced houses (14%)
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
12% of households have no car or van, against 24% across England’s towns. Households in flats account for 9%.
Residents born outside the UK: 7.6%, a higher share than 61% 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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Residents whose main language is English: 97%, below 63% of UK towns. The comparison figure for residents born outside the UK is 18% across England’s towns.
In Yarm, 55% of residents describe themselves as Christian, more than in 79% 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: 90% of Yarm · North Yorkshire’s towns 90% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Here 90% of residents describe themselves as White British, where the figure across England’s towns is 73%. The census found that 37% of residents said they have no religion in Yarm. The share of residents who describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns is 46%.
Married adults and civil partners: 54%, a higher share than 85% 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
The number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 224. As a reference point, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Lower than in just over three fifths of UK towns: 9% of residents give unpaid care.
47% of adults have a degree-level qualification
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 Yarm, 11%, while 47% hold one at degree level (34%).
Of 413 UK towns its size (7,000 to 13,000 people), the 128th oldest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
The youngest is Tidworth (28.4) and the oldest Seaton (61). Nearest to Yarm in age: Deeping St James (46.5), Perton (46.5), Adlington (46.6) and Stocksbridge (46.7).
A younger town than 2 of the 7 around it: Yarm
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yarm | 9,601 | — | 46.6 | 24% | 26% |
| Egglescliffe | 10,250 | 1.8 mi | 46 | 23% | 28% |
| Ingleby Barwick | 23,380 | 2.1 mi | 38.2 | 11% | 43% |
| Thornaby-on-Tees | 23,352 | 3.9 mi | 39.5 | 19% | 28% |
| Stainton | 1,817 | 4.1 mi | 48.8 | 27% | 21% |
| Hutton Rudby | 1,955 | 4.3 mi | 55.6 | 33% | 21% |
| Middleton St George | 4,756 | 4.6 mi | 46 | 22% | 28% |
| Stockton-on-Tees | 84,824 | 5.3 mi | 40.6 | 19% | 28% |
Health, work and homes have their own pages
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 Yarm’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 Yarm’s residents
What is the population of Yarm?
The 2021 Census counted 9,601 people in Yarm’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Yarm?
The median age was 46.6 at the 2021 Census, older than 66% of UK towns. 8.3% of residents were 15 to 24 and 24% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Yarm?
90% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 90% across North Yorkshire’s towns. 7.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Yarm?
37% said they had no religion and 55% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 2% were Muslim and 4.1% didn’t answer.
Is Yarm good for families?
26% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Yarm’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.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.