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48.2Median age

Who lives here · ONS Census 2021 & mid-year estimates

Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 8.3% in Baildon, less than in 89% of UK towns

Households with dependent children make up 25%, against 29% across England’s towns. Here, 16% of households live in a terraced house. Few places have as many households without a car or van: 19% here, more than in two thirds of UK towns. Baildon counted 17,056 residents and 7,737 households at the 2021 Census.

±0%people since 2011 26%aged 65 or over 4.5%born abroad 7,737households

Population since 2011

Slower than most: ±0% since 2011, behind 83% of UK towns

ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Baildon’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.

People, mid-2011 = 100

BaildonEnglandAll of West Yorkshire

Change by age, 2011 to 2024

BaildonEngland

0 to 15+2%

16 to 29−24%

30 to 44−10%

45 to 64−8%

65 and over+39%

About 17,600 people in 2011; 17,600 in 2024.

Mid-2015 to mid-2016 brought the biggest yearly rise, 150 people. The 65 and over group saw the biggest change (+39%), the 16 to 29 group the smallest (−24%).

Ages

A median age of 48.2: Baildon is older than 75% of UK towns

Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.

BaildonEngland’s towns

0–410–1420–2430–3440–4450–5460–6470–7480–84

The share of residents aged 65 and over is 26%, against 18% across England’s towns. No age band is larger than 55–59: 7.9% of residents.

Median age of UK towns of 2,500+

2535455565

■ Baildon, 48.2. The typical town is 44.4.

Broad ages · share of residents

Under 1516%

15 to 248.3%

25 to 4421%

45 to 6429%

65 and over26%

BaildonWest Yorkshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Women and men · all residents

51% women, 49% men

Baildon

England

WomenMen

About 96 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.

Students & newcomers

Baildon ranks below 81% of UK towns on full-time students: 4.1%

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

Full-time students4.1%

Higher managerial and professional15%

Lower managerial and professional24%

Intermediate14%

Small employers and self-employed11%

Supervisory and technical5.1%

Semi-routine10%

Routine9.7%

Never worked or long-term unemployed6.1%

BaildonWest Yorkshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Address a year before the Census

Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.

Baildon

8.6%

England’s towns

11%

Moved within the UKTerm-time addressMoved from abroad

Moved in within a year

1,423

residents, 8.4%; England’s towns 11%

Of them from abroad

0.2× England’s share

The figure for residents who moved in within the year is 8.4% in Baildon and 11% across England’s towns. Full-time students: 7.9% across England’s towns, for comparison.

Households

Baildon households average 2.2 people, smaller than in 81% of UK towns

Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.

Living alone, 66+ 17%Living alone, under 66 15%Families with dependent children 25%Couples and families, no young children 41%Shared houses and other 2%

Against West Yorkshire’s towns and England’s towns

Baildon

West Yorkshire’s towns

England’s towns

People per household

1 person32%

2 people38%

3 people15%

4 people11%

5 or more3.8%

England’s towns.

Across England’s towns, the share of shared households of unrelated adults is 4.3%; Baildon has 2%. Census figures put one-person households at 32% locally.

Homes & cars

In Baildon, 15% of households live in a flat or apartment, more than in 68% of UK towns

Accommodation type and cars or vans per household, Census 2021. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.

Type of home

Baildon

West Yorkshire’s towns

England’s towns

DetachedSemi-detachedTerracedFlat or maisonetteCaravan or other

Cars or vans · share of households

No car or van19%

One43%

Two30%

Three or more8.3%

BaildonWest Yorkshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Households in detached houses: 26% here and 21% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, the share of households in flats is 23%.

Where people were born

Only 4.5% of residents were born outside the UK in Baildon

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%

Baildon

4.6%

West Yorkshire’s towns

14%

England’s towns

18%

EU countriesRest of EuropeMiddle East and AsiaAfricaAmericas, Oceania, other

When those born abroad arrived

BaildonEngland’s towns

Before 19711971–801981–901991–20002001–102011–132014–162017–192020–21

Main language · residents aged 3 and over

English is main language98%

Another main language, speaks English very well or well1.5%

Another main language, little or no English0.3%

BaildonWest Yorkshire’s townsEngland’s towns

The share of residents whose main language is English tops 62% of UK towns: 98%. Across England’s towns, residents born outside the UK come to 18%. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (2%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.2%).

Ethnicity & religion

50% describe themselves as Christian, more than in 56% 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

BaildonWest Yorkshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Other White2.6%

Asian2.3%

Mixed1.9%

Black0.6%

Other0.4%

0%10%20%

White British, not charted: 92% of Baildon · West Yorkshire’s towns 71% · England’s towns 73%.

Religion · all residents

BaildonWest Yorkshire’s townsEngland’s towns

No religion42%

Christian50%

Muslim1.4%

Hindu, Sikh, Jewish, Buddhist0.9%

Other religion0.3%

Didn’t answer5.2%

0%30%60%

The next-largest groups, after White British, are Other White (2.6%), Mixed or multiple (1.9%) and Pakistani (1%). As a yardstick, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. The share of residents with no religion is 42%, against 37% across England’s towns.

Relationships & caring

Baildon ranks below 68% of UK towns on adults who have never married: 30%

Legal partnership status (residents 16 and over) and unpaid care (residents 5 and over), Census 2021.

Partnership status · residents 16 and over

Never married or in a civil partnership30%

Married or civil partnership50%

Separated2.3%

Divorced10%

Widowed7.7%

BaildonWest Yorkshire’s townsEngland’s towns

1,517residents give unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age: 9.4%, against 8.7% in England’s towns

Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over

Up to 19 hours a week5.4%

20 to 49 hours1.6%

50 hours or more2.4%

With married adults and civil partners at 50%, Baildon is ahead of 63% of UK towns on that count. The wider picture: nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. The share of unpaid carers stands at 9.4%.

Qualifications

Adults qualified to degree level or above: 35%

Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.

Highest qualification · residents 16 and over

No qualifications16%

Apprenticeship6.2%

A levels or similar17%

Degree level35%

BaildonWest Yorkshire’s townsEngland’s towns

With 35% of its adults qualified to degree level, Baildon compares with 34% across England’s towns; another 16% hold no qualification (18%).

Where in Baildon

From a median age of 45 in Baildon South to 51 in Baildon North

The town’s 3 neighbourhoods (ONS middle-layer areas with 500+ residents inside it, named by the House of Commons Library), youngest first. Census 2021.

Median age 40 → 55 · line = all BaildonAdults who are full-time students

Baildon South453.5%

Saltaire & Baildon West494.1%

Baildon North514.9%

Baildon North is the oldest area, with 28% aged 65 or over; Baildon South the youngest (median age 45). Families with children are most common in Saltaire & Baildon West (27% of households).

Towns its size

59th oldest of 336 UK towns of 12,000 to 23,000 people

Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.

Baildon 48.2

AberystwythSidmouthClitheroe

244362

The youngest is Aberystwyth (25) and the oldest Sidmouth (60.4). Nearest to Baildon in age: Skegness (48.1), Huntington (48.2), Marple (48.2) and Biddulph (48.2).

Neighbours

Every nearby town is younger than Baildon

Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.

ShipleyBingleyGuiseleyMenstonCalverleyYeadonBradfordBaildon

under 3838–4444–5050–5656+

Town	People	Away	Median age	65+	Homes with children
Baildon	17,056	—	48.2	26%	25%
Shipley	29,228	1.1 mi	39	16%	28%
Bingley	21,334	2.4 mi	45.8	23%	26%
Guiseley	12,462	2.9 mi	44.2	22%	31%
Menston	5,905	3.3 mi	45.4	22%	28%
Calverley	3,988	3.5 mi	42.1	19%	33%
Yeadon	14,273	3.6 mi	44.1	22%	26%
Bradford	333,968	3.7 mi	33	12%	39%

More about Baildon’s residents

Health, work and homes have their own pages

Health B⁻Life expectancy, early deaths and Census health, adjusted for age Work & commute BIncome, the claimant count, jobs and how people get to work Cost of living B⁻Owners and renters, prices, rents and council tax Schools BEvery primary and secondary, with results and inspections

How to read these numbers

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 Baildon’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. Baildon’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 17,544 people in 2021, against 17,056 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 Baildon’s residents

What is the population of Baildon?

The 2021 Census counted 17,056 people in Baildon’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 17,600 people in mid-2024, about as many as in 2011.

What is the average age in Baildon?

The median age was 48.2 at the 2021 Census, older than 75% of UK towns. 8.3% of residents were 15 to 24 and 26% were 65 or over.

How diverse is Baildon?

92% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 71% across West Yorkshire’s towns. 4.5% were born outside the UK.

What religion are people in Baildon?

42% said they had no religion and 50% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1.4% were Muslim and 5.2% didn’t answer.

Is Baildon good for families?

25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Families are most common in Saltaire & Baildon West (27% of households). Schools are on Baildon’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 · House of Commons Library MSOA names. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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