Photo: habiloid · CC BY-SA 2.0Bingley sits above 83% of UK towns for households in flats (20%)
Where 24% of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns, Bingley has 28%. One-person households are more common here than in 82% of UK towns. The town had 21,334 residents in 9,680 households at the 2021 Census. For Bingley, the census puts residents aged 65 and over at 23%.
From 2011 to 2024, 75% of UK towns grew faster than Bingley: +2%
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Bingley’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 22,400 people in 2011; 22,900 in 2024.
Change by age ran from +41% for the 65 and over to −17% for the 16 to 29. In one year, mid-2012 to mid-2013, the population rose by 290, the most of any year.
Bingley sits below 81% of UK towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (8.8%)
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 55–59 than any other five-year age: 7.4% of residents. By way of comparison, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. Half of Bingley’s residents are over 45.8, older than in 60% of UK towns. In Addingham, the oldest of West Yorkshire’s towns by this measure, it is 38%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Bingley, 45.8. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 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.
Bingley ranks below 63% of UK towns on residents who moved in within the year: 8.1%
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
Address a year before the Census
Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.
By class, 40% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 20% in routine and semi-routine work (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). For comparison, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns. In Bingley, 5% of adults are full-time students.
Bingley households average 2.2 people, smaller than in 79% of UK towns
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.
2.1% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, against 4.3% across England’s towns. On households with dependent children, Bingley sits lower than 62% of UK towns: 26%.
21% of households have no car or van, more than in 76% 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
Detached houses are home to 20% of households, against 21% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, the share of households without a car or van is 24%.
Fewer residents born outside the UK than 54% of UK towns: 6%
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
Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (2.6%) and in the Middle East and Asia (2.1%). The usual figure: 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. 13% of those born abroad arrived in 2017 or later, against 21% across England’s towns.
A smaller share of residents who describe themselves as White British than 70% of UK towns: 88%
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 Bingley · West Yorkshire’s towns 71% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The largest groups after White British are Pakistani (3.7%), Other White (3%) and Mixed or multiple (2.1%). Set beside that, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as Christian is 46%; Bingley has 48%.
A smaller share of adults who have never married than 56% of UK towns: 31%
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
Some 497 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. The benchmark for adults who have never married across England’s towns: 39%. On unpaid carers, Bingley sits lower than 60% of UK towns: 9%. Set against 44% across England’s towns, 47% of adults are married or in a civil partnership in the town.
Adults with a degree-level qualification: 37%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Bingley, 37% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 15% have no qualification at all (18%).
From a median age of 43 in Bingley Town to 50 in Crossflatts & Eldwick
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.
Crossflatts & Eldwick is the oldest area, with 27% aged 65 or over; Bingley Town the youngest (median age 43). Families with children are most common in Cottingley, Harden & Wilsden (29% of households).
85th highest median age among 289 UK towns of 15,000 to 29,000
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Bangor is the youngest (26.4); South Hayling the oldest (57.2). Nearest to Bingley in age: Royton (45.7), Cramlington (45.8), Glossop (45.8) and Oswestry (45.8).
Bingley sits below 4 of its 7 closest neighbours on median age
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bingley | 21,334 | — | 45.8 | 23% | 26% |
| Harden | 1,602 | 1.8 mi | 53 | 29% | 22% |
| East Morton | 1,227 | 2 mi | 50.6 | 22% | 25% |
| Wilsden | 3,749 | 2.4 mi | 47.2 | 24% | 25% |
| Shipley | 29,228 | 2.4 mi | 39 | 16% | 28% |
| Baildon | 17,056 | 2.4 mi | 48.2 | 26% | 25% |
| Cullingworth | 3,096 | 3.2 mi | 45 | 23% | 28% |
| Keighley | 48,754 | 3.5 mi | 36.1 | 15% | 34% |
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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 Bingley’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. Bingley’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 22,549 people in 2021, against 21,334 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 Bingley’s residents
What is the population of Bingley?
The 2021 Census counted 21,334 people in Bingley’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 22,900 people in mid-2024, 2% more than in 2011.
What is the average age in Bingley?
The median age was 45.8 at the 2021 Census, older than 60% of UK towns. 8.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 23% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Bingley?
88% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 71% across West Yorkshire’s towns. 6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Bingley?
41% said they had no religion and 48% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 4.4% were Muslim and 5.2% didn’t answer.
Is Bingley good for families?
26% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Families are most common in Cottingley, Harden & Wilsden (29% of households). Schools are on Bingley’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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