Photo: Gerald England · CC BY-SA 2.0More households in terraced houses than 93% of UK towns: 39%
Set against 21% across England’s towns, 12% of households live in a detached house in Hyde. At the 2021 Census Hyde was home to 35,902 people in 15,153 households. The census found that just over two in five adults are married or in a civil partnership locally. With a median age of 39.3, Hyde is younger than 84% of UK towns.
Hyde grew +10% from 2011 to 2024, ahead of 61% of UK towns
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Hyde’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 34,200 people in 2011; 37,700 in 2024.
The 65 and over age group moved most (+25%); the 0 to 15 group moved least (+2%). Mid-2021 to mid-2022 brought the biggest yearly rise, 540 people.
17% of residents are 65 or over, below 85% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 30–34, with 7.3% of residents. On residents aged 15 to 24, Hyde sits higher than 84% of UK towns: 11%. Set beside that, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. In High Lane, the oldest of Greater Manchester’s towns by this measure, it is 37%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Hyde, 39.3. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A smaller share of residents who moved in within the year than 87% of UK towns: 6.9%
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, 33% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine or semi-routine work; Hyde has 27% and 26%. For comparison, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns. Here, 6.1% of adults are full-time students.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Households with dependent children: 31%, a higher share than 79% of UK towns
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Greater Manchester’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
One-person households: 32% here and 30% across England’s towns. Here, 2.1% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home. Elsewhere, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns.
A higher share of households in flats than 70% of UK towns, at 15%
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
At 24%, households without a car or van sit close to the figure across England’s towns. Set beside that, 23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
94% of residents have English as their main language, fewer than in 82% 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
Since 2017: 16% of those born abroad, against 21% across England’s towns. More residents born outside the UK than in 73% of UK towns: 9.7%. The comparison figure for residents whose main language is English is 90% across England’s towns. The largest groups were born in the Middle East and Asia (5.8%) and in EU countries (2.3%).
In Hyde, 80% of residents describe themselves as White British, fewer than in 85% 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: 80% of Hyde · Greater Manchester’s towns 71% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The Muslim share of residents is 12%. Fewer residents who describe themselves as Christian than in 86% of UK towns: 43%. Across England’s towns, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British. 39% of residents said they have no religion (England’s towns: 37%).
Hyde ranks above 88% of UK towns on adults who have never married: 40%
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
1,024 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. Adults who have never married make up 39% across England’s towns. Unpaid carers: 9.4%, near enough the figure across England’s towns.
Qualified to degree level: 25% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 25% of Hyde’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 21% have no qualification (18%). A levels are the highest qualification of 18%, many of them students still working towards a degree.
From a median age of 35 in Hyde South to 46 in Godley
The town’s 4 neighbourhoods (ONS middle-layer areas with 500+ residents inside it, named by the House of Commons Library), youngest first. Census 2021.
Godley is the oldest area, with 21% aged 65 or over; Hyde South the youngest (median age 35). Families with children are most common in Hyde South (35% of households).
Of 192 UK towns its size (25,000 to 48,000 people), the 44th youngest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
The youngest is Hatfield (30.3) and the oldest Rustington (56.2). Nearest to Hyde in age: Haverhill (39.2), Horley (39.2), Winsford (39.3) and King's Lynn (39.3).
Among its 7 nearest neighbours, 6 are older than Hyde
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hyde | 35,902 | — | 39.3 | 17% | 31% |
| Dukinfield | 21,151 | 1.5 mi | 41.6 | 19% | 29% |
| Hattersley | 6,959 | 1.7 mi | 34 | 12% | 35% |
| Denton | 36,005 | 1.9 mi | 43 | 20% | 27% |
| Bredbury and Woodley | 17,044 | 2.4 mi | 43 | 21% | 27% |
| Romiley | 10,902 | 2.7 mi | 49 | 28% | 25% |
| Broadbottom | 1,001 | 2.7 mi | 48.8 | 23% | 22% |
| Audenshaw | 13,397 | 2.7 mi | 40.7 | 18% | 30% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- The Census was taken in a lockdown, in term time. 21 March 2021 fell in term time, and students were asked to give their term-time address, so most were counted where they study. Some may have been living with family that day.
- “Greater Manchester’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Greater Manchester (or England), summed the same way as Hyde’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out. The population trend compares with the whole county and nation.
- Estimates since 2021 are modelled. The ONS builds mid-year estimates from the Census, births, deaths and migration records. Hyde’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 36,451 people in 2021, against 35,902 in the built-up area.
- 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 Hyde’s residents
What is the population of Hyde?
The 2021 Census counted 35,902 people in Hyde’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 37,700 people in mid-2024, 10% more than in 2011.
What is the average age in Hyde?
The median age was 39.3 at the 2021 Census, younger than 84% of UK towns. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 17% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Hyde?
80% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 71% across Greater Manchester’s towns. 9.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Hyde?
39% said they had no religion and 43% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 12% were Muslim and 4.7% didn’t answer.
Is Hyde good for families?
31% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Families are most common in Hyde South (35% of households). Schools are on Hyde’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) · ONS mid-year population estimates for 2021 LSOAs, mid-2011 to mid-2024 · House of Commons Library MSOA names. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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