Photo: Windeh · CC BY-SA 3.07% of residents are aged 15 to 24, below 99% of UK towns
With households in flats at 1.7%, Hellaby is behind 97% of UK towns on that count. At the 2021 Census, 782 people lived locally, in 351 households. In Hellaby, 98% of residents describe themselves as White British. One-person households are rarer here than in 87% of UK towns.
Half of Hellaby is over 51.1, older than 90% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 55–59 than any other five-year age: 8.7% of residents, 1.3 times the share across England’s towns. Locally, 26% of residents are 65 or over.
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 2.8%
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 28% of Hellaby’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 26%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Locally, 5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. The wider picture: 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Fewer households with dependent children than 90% of UK towns: 22%
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against South Yorkshire’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
Households average 2.2 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. For households with dependent children, the comparison across England’s towns is 29%. The share of shared households of unrelated adults stands at 1.4%.
Households in terraced houses: 4%, a lower share than 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
By its share of households in detached houses (8.7%), Hellaby is below 96% of UK towns. About one household in 11 lives without a car or van. Elsewhere, nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns.
Fewer residents born outside the UK than 94% of UK towns: 2.8%
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
Across England’s towns, 90% of residents have English as their main language; in Hellaby, 99%. The wider picture: 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (1.2%) or in the Middle East and Asia (0.9%).
Hellaby sits above 92% of UK towns for residents who describe themselves as Christian (59%)
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: 98% of Hellaby · South Yorkshire’s towns 83% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
In Hellaby, just over a third of residents said they have no religion, beside 37% across England’s towns. Against that, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. The Muslim share of residents is 1.3%.
In Hellaby, 25% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, fewer than in 94% 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
55% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, against 44% across England’s towns. More unpaid carers than in 68% of UK towns: 10%. On average, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. The number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 19.
Degree-level qualifications: held by 22% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 34% across England’s towns, 22% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 22% hold no qualification (18%).
The towns around Hellaby are all younger
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hellaby | 782 | — | 51.1 | 26% | 22% |
| Maltby | 16,305 | 1.4 mi | 41.9 | 20% | 28% |
| Wickersley and Bramley | 24,653 | 1.5 mi | 46.7 | 24% | 27% |
| Thurcroft | 6,101 | 2 mi | 37 | 16% | 32% |
| Thrybergh and Dalton | 5,858 | 3.1 mi | 42.7 | 20% | 26% |
| Whiston | 3,940 | 3.6 mi | 48.2 | 25% | 23% |
| Dinnington | 10,962 | 3.8 mi | 39.8 | 17% | 31% |
| Conisbrough | 11,465 | 4.1 mi | 42.6 | 20% | 28% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- “South Yorkshire’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in South Yorkshire (or England), summed the same way as Hellaby’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 Hellaby’s residents
What is the population of Hellaby?
The 2021 Census counted 782 people in Hellaby’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Hellaby?
The median age was 51.1 at the 2021 Census. 7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 26% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Hellaby?
98% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 83% across South Yorkshire’s towns. 2.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Hellaby?
35% said they had no religion and 59% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1.3% were Muslim and 5% didn’t answer.
Is Hellaby good for families?
22% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Hellaby’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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