Photo: Tim Green from Bradford · CC BY 2.0Households in terraced houses: 1.9%, a lower share than 99% of UK towns
Set against 12% across England’s towns, 6.9% of residents are aged 15 to 24 in Bardsey. The village is home to 1,819 residents in 745 households, by the 2021 Census. 5.3% of households have no car or van. On residents who describe themselves as Christian, Bardsey sits higher than 93% of UK towns: 59%.
What the Census says about Bardsey’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Bardsey’s residents are under 50.1 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 28% 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).
Older than 85% of UK towns: half of Bardsey is over 50.1
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 50–54: nearly one in ten residents. Residents aged 65 and over are more common here than in 84% of UK towns. In Addingham, the oldest of West Yorkshire’s towns by this measure, it is 38%.
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.
Only 4.1% of adults are full-time students in Bardsey
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%.
Where just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns, Bardsey has 7.1%. For comparison, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
A smaller share of one-person households than 97% of UK towns: 20%
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 Bardsey the average household is 2.4 people, beside 2.4 across England’s towns. Still, fewer shared households of unrelated adults than in just over three fifths of UK towns: 2.2%. Across England’s towns, one-person households come to 30%. 27% of households have dependent children.
Bardsey: 69% of households live in a detached house, above 99% of UK towns
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
By its share of households in flats (4.5%), Bardsey is below 85% of UK towns. Against that, 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
Below 53% of UK towns: 98% of residents have English as their main language
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
Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (2.4%) or in the Middle East and Asia (2%). Residents whose main language is English: 90% across England’s towns, for comparison. Of residents born abroad, 6.9% arrived in 2017 or later, against 21% across England’s towns.
Only 28% of residents said they have no religion in Bardsey
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: 88% of Bardsey · West Yorkshire’s towns 71% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Compared with 73% across England’s towns, 88% of residents describe themselves as White British here. Against that, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. Islam is the religion of 2.5% of residents.
Married adults and civil partners make up 68% in Bardsey, more 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
Compared with 39% across England’s towns, 18% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership here. Across the comparison, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Here, 7.7% of residents give unpaid care.
49% of adults hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
With 49% of its adults qualified to degree level, Bardsey compares with 34% across England’s towns; another 11% hold no qualification (18%).
No nearby town is as old as Bardsey
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bardsey | 1,819 | — | 50.1 | 28% | 27% |
| East Keswick | 1,145 | 0.7 mi | 48.8 | 26% | 28% |
| Scarcroft | 1,634 | 1.4 mi | 47.3 | 22% | 34% |
| Collingham | 2,362 | 1.4 mi | 50 | 28% | 28% |
| Thorner | 1,397 | 2.2 mi | 50 | 27% | 25% |
| Shadwell | 1,452 | 3 mi | 47.7 | 24% | 29% |
| Boston Spa | 6,358 | 3.5 mi | 47.8 | 27% | 27% |
| Bramham | 1,764 | 3.5 mi | 46.3 | 23% | 29% |
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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 Bardsey’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 Bardsey’s residents
What is the population of Bardsey?
The 2021 Census counted 1,819 people in Bardsey’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Bardsey?
The median age was 50.1 at the 2021 Census. 6.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 28% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Bardsey?
88% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 71% across West Yorkshire’s towns. 6.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Bardsey?
28% said they had no religion and 59% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 2.5% were Muslim and 5.1% didn’t answer.
Is Bardsey good for families?
27% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Bardsey’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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