Photo: Terry Robinson · CC BY-SA 2.0A smaller share of shared households of unrelated adults than 94% of UK towns: 1.4%
Against a figure of 73% across England’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as White British in Deepcar comes in at 96%. Across Deepcar, a quarter of households have dependent children. Half of the town’s residents are over 46.6, older than in 66% of UK towns. At the 2021 Census, 5,644 people lived in the town, in 2,543 households.
What the Census says about Deepcar’s people
Fewer people than in 2011
ONS mid-year estimates put Deepcar at 5,900 in 2011 and 5,500 in 2024, down 5%, against 10% for England: slower growth than in 98% 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.
Slower growth than 98% of UK towns: Deepcar changed by −5% since 2011
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Deepcar’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 5,900 people in 2011; 5,500 in 2024.
The 65 and over age group moved most (+20%); the 0 to 15 group moved least (−22%).
More residents aged 15 to 24 than 62% of UK towns: 10%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns, against 23% in Deepcar. By way of comparison, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. More residents are 50–54 than any other five-year age: 8.5% of residents.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Deepcar, 46.6. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Residents who moved in within the year: 4.9%, a lower share than 99% 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 33% of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 25% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). On average, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns. 5.1% 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.
Deepcar households average 2.2 people, smaller than in 76% 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.
Locally, 30% of households are one person living alone.
A larger share of households in detached houses than 70% of UK towns: 37%
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
24% of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns, against 18% in Deepcar. The wider picture: 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns. Here, 7.3% of households live in a flat or apartment.
Fewer residents born abroad than 98% of UK towns: 2.3%
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
Where just over a fifth of those born abroad across England’s towns arrived in 2017 or later, here the share is 15%. Residents born outside the UK make up 18% across England’s towns. Across Deepcar, 99% of residents have English as their main language.
A higher share of residents with no religion than 79% of UK towns, at 46%
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 Deepcar · South Yorkshire’s towns 83% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Leading the other groups after White British: Other White (1.3%), Mixed or multiple (1.3%) and Chinese (0.3%). The usual figure: 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. Here 49% of residents describe themselves as Christian, where the figure across England’s towns is 46%.
In Deepcar, 49% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 56% 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
Against a figure of 39% across England’s towns, the share of adults who have never married in Deepcar comes in at 33%. As a reference point, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. 159 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. Unpaid carers are more common here than in 62% of UK towns.
Degree-level qualifications: held by 29% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
29% of Deepcar’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 16% have none (18%).
624 UK towns of 4,000 to 8,000 people: this is the 280th oldest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Ages run from 18.9 in Bailrigg to 65.3 in Barton on Sea. Nearest to Deepcar in age: Deeping St James (46.5), Pill (46.5), Burwell (46.6) and Toddington (46.6).
Deepcar is younger than 5 of its 7 nearest neighbours
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deepcar | 5,644 | — | 46.6 | 23% | 25% |
| Stocksbridge | 7,264 | 1 mi | 46.7 | 25% | 25% |
| Wharncliffe Side | 1,387 | 2.1 mi | 45.4 | 22% | 31% |
| Thurgoland | 1,239 | 2.2 mi | 49 | 26% | 26% |
| Oxspring | 1,196 | 2.9 mi | 47.6 | 23% | 29% |
| Oughtibridge | 3,128 | 3.2 mi | 46.7 | 22% | 29% |
| Worrall | 1,320 | 3.8 mi | 49 | 25% | 30% |
| Penistone | 8,541 | 3.9 mi | 43.6 | 21% | 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.
- “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 Deepcar’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. Deepcar’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 5,619 people in 2021, against 5,644 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 Deepcar’s residents
What is the population of Deepcar?
The 2021 Census counted 5,644 people in Deepcar’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 5,500 people in mid-2024, 5% fewer than in 2011.
What is the average age in Deepcar?
The median age was 46.6 at the 2021 Census, older than 66% of UK towns. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 23% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Deepcar?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 83% across South Yorkshire’s towns. 2.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Deepcar?
46% said they had no religion and 49% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 5.1% didn’t answer.
Is Deepcar good for families?
25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Deepcar’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. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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