Photo: Tim Green · CC BY 2.0A median age of 57.1: Addingham is older than 98% of UK towns
Here nearly a fifth of households have dependent children, where the figure across England’s towns is 29%. The 2021 Census put Addingham’s population at 3,247, in 1,596 households. Census figures put married adults and civil partners at 56% locally. Shared households of unrelated adults are rarer here than in 92% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Addingham’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Addingham’s residents are under 57.1 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 38% are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
38% of Addingham is 65 or over, a higher share than 98% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 6.2%, against 12% across England’s towns. Across the comparison, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Addingham, 57.1. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
A lower share of full-time students than 97% of UK towns, at 3.3%
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 account for 47% of Addingham’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 17%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. To put it in context, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. Locally, 8% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
One-person homes: 36% of households in Addingham
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against West Yorkshire’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
In Addingham the average household is 2 people, beside 2.4 across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, one-person households come to 30%.
A smaller share of households without a car or van than 64% of UK towns: 13%
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
Addingham sits close to the norm on households in terraced houses: 24%, about the same as across England’s towns. In one household in 8 there is no car or van. 33% of households live in a detached house, more than in 60% of UK towns.
Addingham ranks above 96% of UK towns on residents whose main language is English: 99%
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
In Addingham, 3.8% of residents were born outside the UK, beside 18% across England’s towns. By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (1.6%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1%). As a yardstick, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
Addingham ranks above 93% of UK towns on residents who describe themselves as Christian: 59%
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 Addingham · West Yorkshire’s towns 71% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 96%, against 73% across England’s towns. In Addingham, just over a third of residents said they have no religion. To put it in context, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
Adults who have never married make up 21% in Addingham, less than in 99% 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
In Addingham, 9.9% of residents give unpaid care, beside 8.7% across England’s towns. Unpaid carers giving 50 hours or more a week: 94. To put it in context, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
44% of adults have qualifications at 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 Addingham, 44%, and 13% have none, against 18%.
19th highest median age among 514 UK towns of 2,500 to 4,000
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Keele is the youngest (20.6); West Chiltington the oldest (63.1). Nearest to Addingham in age: Broadway (56.5), Wootton (56.7), Beaminster (57.7) and West Parley (57.7).
Every nearby town is younger than Addingham
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Addingham | 3,247 | — | 57.1 | 38% | 19% |
| Ilkley | 14,852 | 3 mi | 51.3 | 30% | 25% |
| Silsden | 8,392 | 3 mi | 47.6 | 26% | 22% |
| Steeton | 5,019 | 4.4 mi | 42.6 | 20% | 27% |
| Low Bradley | 1,203 | 4.6 mi | 55.9 | 33% | 21% |
| Embsay | 1,723 | 5 mi | 49.3 | 27% | 27% |
| East Morton | 1,227 | 5 mi | 50.6 | 22% | 25% |
| Cross Hills | 4,809 | 5.3 mi | 47.8 | 27% | 27% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- “West Yorkshire’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in West Yorkshire (or England), summed the same way as Addingham’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 Addingham’s residents
What is the population of Addingham?
The 2021 Census counted 3,247 people in Addingham’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Addingham?
The median age was 57.1 at the 2021 Census, older than 98% of UK towns. 6.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 38% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Addingham?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 71% across West Yorkshire’s towns. 3.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Addingham?
35% said they had no religion and 59% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 4.6% didn’t answer.
Is Addingham good for families?
19% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Addingham’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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