Photo: Bob1960evens · Public domainSprotbrough sits below 99% of UK towns for households in terraced houses (1.9%)
The share of residents who describe themselves as Christian is 56%, against 46% across England’s towns. The census found that 2.7% of households live in a flat or apartment in Sprotbrough. This South Yorkshire town has fewer shared households of unrelated adults than 86% of UK towns, at 1.7%. In 2021, the Census found 7,546 residents in the town, living in 3,236 households.
What the Census says about Sprotbrough’s people
Fewer people than in 2011
ONS mid-year estimates put Sprotbrough at 7,700 in 2011 and 7,500 in 2024, down 3%, against 10% for England: slower growth than in 94% 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.
−3% since 2011, a pace below 94% of UK towns
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Sprotbrough’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 7,700 people in 2011; 7,500 in 2024.
Growth was strongest among the 65 and over (+15%) and weakest among the 0 to 15 (−15%).
Sprotbrough is older than 69% of UK towns: a median age of 47
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Set against 12% across England’s towns, 9.1% of residents are aged 15 to 24 in Sprotbrough. 55–59 is the most common age band: 8.1% of residents. Residents aged 65 and over are more common here than in nearly two thirds of UK towns.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Sprotbrough, 47. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Sprotbrough ranks below 76% of UK towns on residents who moved in within the year: 7.5%
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%.
The figure for full-time students is 4.7% in Sprotbrough and 7.9% across England’s towns. The share of residents who moved in within the year across England’s towns is 11%.
Fewer one-person households than 78% of UK towns: 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.
A household here has 2.3 people on average; across England’s towns, 2.4. The share of one-person households across England’s towns is 30%. Locally, 27% of households have dependent children.
Sprotbrough sits above 78% of UK towns for households in detached houses (41%)
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
Compared with 24% across England’s towns, 13% of households have no car or van here. Households in detached houses: 21% across England’s towns, for comparison.
3.8% of residents were born outside the UK, below 81% 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
Set against 90% across England’s towns, 98% of residents have English as their main language in Sprotbrough. Across England’s towns, the share of residents born outside the UK is 18%. Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (1.8%), then in the Middle East and Asia (0.9%).
Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 95% in Sprotbrough, more than in 78% 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 Sprotbrough · South Yorkshire’s towns 83% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The next-largest groups, after White British, are Other White (1.7%), Mixed or multiple (1.2%) and Chinese (0.6%). Sprotbrough has fewer residents with no religion than 70% of UK towns, at 38%. Across England’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as White British is 73%.
Sprotbrough sits above 81% of UK towns for married adults and civil partners (53%)
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
The figure for adults who have never married is 28% in Sprotbrough and 39% across England’s towns. At the same time, the town has more unpaid carers than 70% of UK towns, at 10%. Married adults and civil partners make up 44% across England’s towns. Heavy unpaid care, 50 hours a week or more, falls to 212 residents.
33% of adults are qualified to degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 34% of adults have a degree-level qualification; in Sprotbrough, 33%, and 16% have none, against 18%.
Of 538 UK towns its size (5,000 to 10,000 people), the 192nd oldest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Ages run from 30.9 in Red Lodge to 65.3 in Barton on Sea. Nearest to Sprotbrough in age: Rhoose (46.9), Seaton (47), Whitchurch (47) and Penkridge (47).
Nearby, 1 of 7 towns have older populations than Sprotbrough
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sprotbrough | 7,546 | — | 47 | 24% | 27% |
| Scawthorpe and Cusworth | 13,020 | 1.4 mi | 43.6 | 20% | 28% |
| Bentley | 12,044 | 2 mi | 36.5 | 15% | 29% |
| Warmsworth | 11,317 | 2.4 mi | 41.1 | 18% | 28% |
| Doncaster | 87,440 | 2.4 mi | 38.9 | 17% | 28% |
| Arksey | 1,578 | 3 mi | 49.4 | 27% | 24% |
| Toll Bar | 1,213 | 3.3 mi | 37.5 | 18% | 33% |
| Conisbrough | 11,465 | 3.7 mi | 42.6 | 20% | 28% |
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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 Sprotbrough’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. Sprotbrough’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 7,546 people in 2021, against 7,546 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 Sprotbrough’s residents
What is the population of Sprotbrough?
The 2021 Census counted 7,546 people in Sprotbrough’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 7,500 people in mid-2024, 3% fewer than in 2011.
What is the average age in Sprotbrough?
The median age was 47 at the 2021 Census, older than 69% of UK towns. 9.1% of residents were 15 to 24 and 24% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Sprotbrough?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 83% across South Yorkshire’s towns. 3.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Sprotbrough?
38% said they had no religion and 56% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.5% were Muslim and 5.3% didn’t answer.
Is Sprotbrough good for families?
27% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Sprotbrough’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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