Photo: Jonathan Clitheroe · CC BY-SA 2.096% of residents describe themselves as White British, more than in 93% of UK towns
In Conisbrough, 11% of residents give unpaid care, beside 8.7% across England’s towns. Fewer households in detached houses than in 80% of UK towns: 17%. This South Yorkshire town had 11,465 residents in 4,963 households at the 2021 Census. For Conisbrough, the census puts households in flats at 6.6%.
What the Census says about Conisbrough’s people
Fewer people than in 2011
ONS mid-year estimates put Conisbrough at 11,400 in 2011 and 11,000 in 2024, down 4%, against 10% for England: slower growth than in 96% of UK towns. Since 2011 ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area) and ONS mid-year population estimates.
Conisbrough changed by −4% from 2011 to 2024, slower than 96% of UK towns
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Conisbrough’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 11,400 people in 2011; 11,000 in 2024.
The 65 and over age group changed most (+21%) and the 16 to 29 least (−25%).
Younger than 65% of UK towns: half of Conisbrough is under 42.6
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Against a figure of 18% across England’s towns, the share of residents aged 65 and over in Conisbrough comes in at 20%. 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24, a higher share than in 78% of UK towns. The largest age band is 55–59: 7.7% of residents.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Conisbrough, 42.6. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
6% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, below 97% 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%.
Full-time students make up 4.6% of adults, against 7.9% across England’s towns. Against that, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
A smaller share of shared households of unrelated adults than 58% of UK towns: 2.2%
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.
28% of households have dependent children. A household here has 2.3 people on average; across England’s towns, 2.4.
More car-free households than 86% of UK towns: 25% in Conisbrough
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
Households in terraced houses: 23% here and 24% across England’s towns. In one household in 4 there is no car or van.
Residents born outside the UK make up 2.6% in Conisbrough, less than in 96% 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
The share of residents whose main language is English is 99%, against 90% across England’s towns. By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (1.6%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.4%). Elsewhere, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns.
In Conisbrough, 42% of residents said they have no religion, more than in 60% 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: 96% of Conisbrough · South Yorkshire’s towns 83% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Christians make up just over half of residents, against 46% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, residents with no religion come to 37%. Of the other groups, the largest are Other White (1.4%), Mixed or multiple (0.8%) and African (0.2%).
37% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, more than in 77% 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
43% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, against 44% across England’s towns. Set beside that, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
19% 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 19% of adults in Conisbrough (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 27% (England’s towns: 18%).
From a median age of 40 in Conisbrough South to 52 in Cadeby, Hickleton & Hampole
The town’s 3 neighbourhoods (ONS middle-layer areas with 500+ residents inside it, named by the House of Commons Library), youngest first. Census 2021.
Cadeby, Hickleton & Hampole is the oldest area, with 29% aged 65 or over; Conisbrough South the youngest (median age 40). Families with children are most common in Conisbrough South (31% of households).
397 UK towns of 8,000 to 15,000 people: this is the 129th youngest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Aberystwyth (25), the youngest, and Sidmouth (60.4), the oldest. Nearest to Conisbrough in age: Brandon (42.6), Cleckheaton (42.6), Epping (42.6) and Byfleet (42.6).
Conisbrough and its 7 nearest towns: 4 of them are older
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conisbrough | 11,465 | — | 42.6 | 20% | 28% |
| Denaby Main | 4,310 | 0.9 mi | 38.1 | 19% | 28% |
| Warmsworth | 11,317 | 1.9 mi | 41.1 | 18% | 28% |
| Mexborough | 15,560 | 2.3 mi | 39.4 | 18% | 28% |
| Barnburgh and Harlington | 1,849 | 3.3 mi | 53.5 | 31% | 20% |
| Swinton | 15,911 | 3.4 mi | 43.7 | 21% | 27% |
| Thrybergh and Dalton | 5,858 | 3.6 mi | 42.7 | 20% | 26% |
| Sprotbrough | 7,546 | 3.7 mi | 47 | 24% | 27% |
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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 Conisbrough’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. Conisbrough’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 11,122 people in 2021, against 11,465 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 Conisbrough’s residents
What is the population of Conisbrough?
The 2021 Census counted 11,465 people in Conisbrough’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 11,000 people in mid-2024, 4% fewer than in 2011.
What is the average age in Conisbrough?
The median age was 42.6 at the 2021 Census, younger than 65% of UK towns. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 20% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Conisbrough?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 83% across South Yorkshire’s towns. 2.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Conisbrough?
42% said they had no religion and 51% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 5.1% didn’t answer.
Is Conisbrough good for families?
28% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Families are most common in Conisbrough South (31% of households). Schools are on Conisbrough’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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