Photo: Richard Croft · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 53.8: Austerfield is older than 95% of UK towns
Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns. Austerfield’s 245 households held 551 residents at the 2021 Census. On the census count, two thirds of households live in a detached house. Nearly a fifth of households have dependent children; across England’s towns the figure is 29%.
Below 77% of UK towns: 8.9% of residents are aged 15 to 24
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
25% of residents are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. On average, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 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.
Full-time students: 4.1%, a lower share than 81% of UK towns
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 take in 37% of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 18% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). Census figures put residents who moved in within the year at 8.6% in Austerfield. By way of comparison, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
27% of households are one person living alone, below 74% of UK towns
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.
Against a figure of 4.3% across England’s towns, the share of shared households of unrelated adults in Austerfield comes in at 3.3%. The benchmark for one-person households across England’s towns: 30%. On average, 2.2 people share a household.
A lower share of households without a car or van than 93% of UK towns, at 7.7%
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
8.5% of households live in a terraced house (England’s towns: 24%).
Austerfield sits above 84% of UK towns for residents whose main language is English (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
Here 4.2% of residents were born outside the UK, where the figure across England’s towns is 18%. The largest groups were born in the Middle East and Asia (1.3%) and in EU countries (1.1%). The share of residents whose main language is English across England’s towns is 90%.
Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 95% in Austerfield, more than in 82% 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: 95% of Austerfield · South Yorkshire’s towns 83% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
In Austerfield, 39% of residents said they have no religion, beside 37% across England’s towns. As a reference point, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. Here, 56% of residents describe themselves as Christian.
In Austerfield, 12% of residents give unpaid care, more than in 96% 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
Where 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns, Austerfield has 26%. Married adults and civil partners: 53% of the total. Across England’s towns, nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care.
34% of adults have a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 34% of adults in Austerfield (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 17% (England’s towns: 18%).
A younger town than 2 of the 7 around it: Austerfield
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austerfield | 551 | — | 53.8 | 25% | 19% |
| Bawtry | 3,408 | 0.8 mi | 50.5 | 28% | 22% |
| Harworth and Bircotes | 8,885 | 2.7 mi | 39.6 | 18% | 29% |
| New Rossington and Rossington | 13,911 | 3.5 mi | 40.8 | 19% | 30% |
| Finningley | 5,919 | 3.5 mi | 37.2 | 13% | 39% |
| Ranskill | 1,435 | 4 mi | 48.4 | 27% | 27% |
| Tickhill | 4,909 | 4.3 mi | 55.3 | 35% | 20% |
| Auckley | 1,336 | 4.4 mi | 56.1 | 32% | 20% |
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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 Austerfield’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 Austerfield’s residents
What is the population of Austerfield?
The 2021 Census counted 551 people in Austerfield’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Austerfield?
The median age was 53.8 at the 2021 Census. 8.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 25% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Austerfield?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 83% across South Yorkshire’s towns. 4.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Austerfield?
39% said they had no religion and 56% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 3.8% didn’t answer.
Is Austerfield good for families?
19% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Austerfield’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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