Photo: John Fielding · CC BY-SA 2.0Silkstone Common is older than 93% of UK towns: a median age of 52.3
Households in flats make up 2.1%, against 23% across England’s towns. Across Silkstone Common, 58% of households live in a detached house. Fewer adults who have never married than in 98% of UK towns: 22%. The village is home to 1,278 residents in 562 households, by the 2021 Census.
What the Census says about Silkstone Common’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Silkstone Common’s residents are under 52.3 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 28% are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Ages ↓
Many carers
142 residents gave unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age in 2021, 11% of those 5 and over: more than in 92% of UK towns. Relationships & caring ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
28% of residents are 65 or over, a share 85% of UK towns don’t reach
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 50–54: 9.9% of residents, 1.4 times the share across England’s towns. Elsewhere, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. Locally, one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24.
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.
Residents who moved in within the year: 5.7%, 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 47% of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 16% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). To put it in context, 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.
Fewer shared households of unrelated adults than 94% of UK towns: 1.4%
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.
In Silkstone Common the average household is 2.2 people, beside 2.4 across England’s towns. Households with dependent children are rarer here than in 83% of UK towns. Shared households of unrelated adults: 4.3% across England’s towns, for comparison. The census found that 25% of households are one person living alone in the village.
Silkstone Common ranks below 84% of UK towns on households without a car or van: 9.6%
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
In Silkstone Common, 20% of households live in a terraced house. Measured more widely, 24% of households have no car or van across England’s towns.
A smaller share of residents born outside the UK than 95% of UK towns: 2.6%
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
Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (1.5%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.4%). As a reference point, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. 99% of residents have English as their main language, a higher share than in 95% of UK towns.
97% of residents describe themselves as White British, more than in 96% 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: 97% of Silkstone Common · South Yorkshire’s towns 83% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
In Silkstone Common, 57% of residents describe themselves as Christian, beside 46% across England’s towns. Here, just over a third of residents said they have no religion. Typically, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns.
A higher share of married adults and civil partners than 98% of UK towns, at 60%
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
Unpaid carers: 11% here and 8.7% across England’s towns. Married adults and civil partners make up 44% across England’s towns. The number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 34.
Degree-level qualifications reach 42% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 18% of adults have no qualification; in Silkstone Common, 14%, while 42% hold one at degree level (34%). A levels top the qualifications of 17%, many of them students on the way to a degree.
Silkstone Common is younger than 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silkstone Common | 1,278 | — | 52.3 | 28% | 23% |
| Silkstone | 1,682 | 0.9 mi | 55 | 31% | 20% |
| Dodworth | 5,981 | 1.7 mi | 47.4 | 23% | 25% |
| Thurgoland | 1,239 | 2 mi | 49 | 26% | 26% |
| Oxspring | 1,196 | 2.1 mi | 47.6 | 23% | 29% |
| Hoylandswaine | 1,038 | 2.1 mi | 50.9 | 26% | 28% |
| Barugh Green and Redbrook | 7,545 | 2.7 mi | 46.2 | 22% | 26% |
| Penistone | 8,541 | 2.9 mi | 43.6 | 21% | 30% |
Health, work and homes have their own pages
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 Silkstone Common’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 Silkstone Common’s residents
What is the population of Silkstone Common?
The 2021 Census counted 1,278 people in Silkstone Common’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Silkstone Common?
The median age was 52.3 at the 2021 Census. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 28% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Silkstone Common?
97% 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 Silkstone Common?
35% said they had no religion and 57% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 7.3% didn’t answer.
Is Silkstone Common good for families?
23% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Silkstone Common’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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