Photo: Richard Croft · CC BY-SA 2.0Braithwell is older than 94% of UK towns: a median age of 53.1
Households in terraced houses: 8.5%, below 92% of UK towns. The 2021 Census put Braithwell’s population at 848, in 379 households. The share of households in flats stands at 2.9%. Few places have so few households with dependent children: 22% here, fewer than in 90% of UK towns.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 7.2%, a lower share than 98% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 55–59, with one in ten residents, 1.5 times the share across England’s towns. Locally, 28% of residents are 65 or over. Elsewhere, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A smaller share of full-time students than 89% of UK towns: 3.8%
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%.
7.1% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, against 11% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 7.9% of adults are full-time students.
A lower share of one-person households than 83% of UK towns, at 26%
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.
Shared households of unrelated adults make up 1.9%, against 4.3% across England’s towns. By way of comparison, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns.
A higher share of households in detached houses than 90% of UK towns, at 51%
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
The share of households without a car or van trails 87% of UK towns: 9.1%. Meanwhile, 2.9% of households live in a flat, less than in 93% of UK towns; 51% in a detached house, against 21% across England’s towns.
A smaller share of residents born outside the UK than 99% of UK towns: 1.9%
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
Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (0.8%) or in Africa (0.5%). The comparison figure for residents born outside the UK is 18% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 90% of residents have English as their main language; in Braithwell, 100%.
A higher share of residents who describe themselves as White British than 99% of UK towns, at 98%
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 Braithwell · South Yorkshire’s towns 83% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
With residents who describe themselves as Christian at 63%, Braithwell is ahead of 97% of UK towns on that count. Residents who describe themselves as White British: 73% across England’s towns, for comparison. Locally, 32% of residents said they have no religion.
12% of residents give unpaid care, a share 98% of UK towns don’t reach
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
56% of adults are married or in a civil partnership; across England’s towns the figure is 44%. Fewer adults who have never married than in 95% of UK towns: 24%. The comparison figure for unpaid carers is 8.7% across England’s towns.
Qualified to degree level: 32% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
32% of Braithwell’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 17% have none (18%).
1 of the 7 nearest towns are older than Braithwell
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Braithwell | 848 | — | 53.1 | 28% | 22% |
| Maltby | 16,305 | 1.4 mi | 41.9 | 20% | 28% |
| Conisbrough | 11,465 | 2.8 mi | 42.6 | 20% | 28% |
| Wadworth | 1,156 | 2.9 mi | 52.7 | 31% | 21% |
| Warmsworth | 11,317 | 2.9 mi | 41.1 | 18% | 28% |
| Wickersley and Bramley | 24,653 | 3.3 mi | 46.7 | 24% | 27% |
| Denaby Main | 4,310 | 3.6 mi | 38.1 | 19% | 28% |
| Tickhill | 4,909 | 3.8 mi | 55.3 | 35% | 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 Braithwell’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 Braithwell’s residents
What is the population of Braithwell?
The 2021 Census counted 848 people in Braithwell’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Braithwell?
The median age was 53.1 at the 2021 Census. 7.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 28% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Braithwell?
98% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 83% across South Yorkshire’s towns. 1.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Braithwell?
32% said they had no religion and 63% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 4.4% didn’t answer.
Is Braithwell good for families?
22% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Braithwell’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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