Photo: Bill Henderson · CC BY-SA 2.0Below 99% of UK towns: 0.7% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home
Where 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns, Badsworth has 18%. For Badsworth, the census puts households without a car or van at 2.5%. Fewer adults who have never married than in 98% of UK towns: 22%. The village is home to 697 residents in 290 households, by the 2021 Census.
Half of Badsworth is over 51, older than 89% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The figure for residents aged 65 and over is 24% in Badsworth and 18% across England’s towns. 50–54 is the most common age band: just over one in ten residents, 1.6 times the share across England’s towns.
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.
7.1% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 84% 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%.
Across England’s towns, a third of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine work; in Badsworth, 54% and 10%. The wider picture: just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns. The census found that 6.7% of adults are full-time students locally.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Bigger households than 82% of UK towns: 2.4 people each on average
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.
The share of households with dependent children stands at 28%.
Fewer households in flats than 99% of UK towns: 0.4%
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
Against a figure of 24% across England’s towns, the share of households in terraced houses in Badsworth comes in at 12%. Households in detached houses: 77% of the total. Measured more widely, nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
Residents born outside the UK make up 3.9% in Badsworth, less than in 79% 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%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
The largest groups were born in EU countries (1.6%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.3%). Badsworth has more residents whose main language is English than 72% of UK towns, at 99%. Across England’s towns, 18% of residents were born outside the UK.
Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 61%, a higher share than 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: 95% of Badsworth · West Yorkshire’s towns 71% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 95%, against 73% across England’s towns. 32% of residents said they have no religion, fewer than in 89% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian. Other than White British, most residents describe themselves as Other White (1.6%), Mixed or multiple (1.1%) and Indian (0.7%).
A larger share of married adults and civil partners than 99% of UK towns: 65%
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
18 residents care, unpaid, for at least 50 hours a week. The comparison figure for married adults and civil partners is 44% across England’s towns. There is little gap on unpaid carers: 9%, about the same as across England’s towns.
Degree-level qualifications: 48% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 34% across England’s towns, 48% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 11% hold no qualification (18%). A levels are the highest qualification of 15%, many of them students still working towards a degree.
Of the 7 towns nearest Badsworth, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Badsworth | 697 | — | 51 | 24% | 28% |
| Upton | 6,332 | 1.4 mi | 40.3 | 17% | 30% |
| Ackworth Moor Top | 6,275 | 1.9 mi | 40.5 | 18% | 30% |
| South Elmsall | 11,187 | 2.5 mi | 41.7 | 20% | 28% |
| Hemsworth | 9,177 | 2.5 mi | 44.6 | 22% | 25% |
| South Kirkby | 8,880 | 2.8 mi | 39.5 | 18% | 31% |
| Fitzwilliam and Kinsley | 4,993 | 3 mi | 36.2 | 16% | 32% |
| Darrington | 1,194 | 3.4 mi | 54.1 | 32% | 22% |
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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.
- “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 Badsworth’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 Badsworth’s residents
What is the population of Badsworth?
The 2021 Census counted 697 people in Badsworth’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Badsworth?
The median age was 51 at the 2021 Census. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 24% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Badsworth?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 71% across West Yorkshire’s towns. 3.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Badsworth?
32% said they had no religion and 61% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1.3% were Muslim and 3% didn’t answer.
Is Badsworth good for families?
28% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Badsworth’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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