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Population
The latest estimated population of the Harrogate
district is 157,800, (mid year estimate, 2006) an increase
of 4.3% since the 2001 estimate of 151,339.
The table below shows how this increase compares with
other North Yorkshire districts.
|
District
|
Population increase 2001-2006
|
|
Craven
|
1, 880 3.5%
|
|
Hambleton
|
2,189 2.6%
|
|
Harrogate
|
6,464
4.3%
|
|
Richmondshire
|
3,990 8.5%
|
|
Ryedale
|
2,028 4.0%
|
|
Scarborough
|
2,057 1.9%
|
|
Selby
|
3,332 4.4%
|
|
North Yorkshire County
|
21,940 3.9% |
Population by age group
The age group
split of the District's population, seen below, shows the
District is:
- below the national average in the 20 - 35 year age groups
- higher than the national average in all 50+ year age groups.
Harrogate District Population by Age Group
(compared to National Average)
Source: Census 2001,
ONS
Latest population estimates by age group
(mid-2006) shows this pattern of population distribution has
continued into the early 21st century. The chart below
compares the Harrogate district with other local authority
areas in Yorkshire and shows it to have the lowest
percentage of working age population (61%).
Population location and
composition
The DEFRA Rural definition identifies 32.5% of
people in the Harrogate district live in rural
areas; this is compared to a 20% average across Yorkshire
and the Humber.
The 2001 Census indicates:
- Lone parent households with dependent children comprise 5% of all households in the Harrogate district (2,933 households)
- 98.4% of the district's population is white (148,981). The
most prevalent minority ethnic group was Chinese at 0.3% (413
persons).
- There are 23,591 people (or 16% of all residents) who rated themselves as having some limiting long-term illness that limited the type of work they could do. This figure is similar to that seen for the County of North Yorkshire (17%).
- A total of 14,524 people provided unpaid care for others in the district (9.6% of residents). This is slightly less than the figure for the County of North Yorkshire as a whole (9.9%).
Want to know more?
A summary of census statistics for the Harrogate District is available in the 2001 Census Key Statistics Factsheet.
Factsheets at county, district, ward and parish level are available to download from the North Yorkshire County Council website
For further information on population estimates please refer to the North Yorkshire County Council Population Estimates Document and www.statistics.gov.uk/popest.
For a detailed statistical overview of the Harrogate district
economy please
click here