Photo: Mick Melvin · CC BY-SA 2.0Bottom Boat: 39% of households are one person living alone, above 98% of UK towns
The figure for married adults and civil partners is 36% in Bottom Boat and 44% across England’s towns. The village counted 1,191 residents and 549 households at the 2021 Census. On the census count, 27% of households have no car or van. Half of the village’s residents are under 39.3, younger than in 84% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Bottom Boat’s people
More with no religion than most
49% of residents answered “no religion” in 2021 and 46% Christian, against 37% and 46% across England’s towns. Ethnicity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 8% in Bottom Boat, less than in 93% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Across England’s towns, 18% of residents are 65 or over; in Bottom Boat, 17%. To put it in context, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
3.5% of adults are full-time students, fewer than in 95% 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%.
Managerial and professional jobs account for 23% of Bottom Boat’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 33%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. At 6.9%, the share of residents who moved in within the year is lower than in 86% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, the share of full-time students is 7.9%.
Households here average 2.2 people, below 82% 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.
The figure for shared households of unrelated adults is 2.6% in Bottom Boat and 4.3% across England’s towns. The share of households with dependent children stands at 27%.
Bottom Boat sits below 96% of UK towns for households in detached houses (8.6%)
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
Households in flats make up 13%, against 23% across England’s towns. Set beside that, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns. Locally, 38% of households live in a terraced house.
Fewer residents born outside the UK than 74% of UK towns: 4.3%
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 (2.8%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.7%). 97% of residents have English as their main language, fewer than in 62% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, 18% of residents were born outside the UK.
In Bottom Boat, 49% of residents said they have no religion, more than in 90% 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: 93% of Bottom Boat · West Yorkshire’s towns 71% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
After White British, the largest groups are Other White (3.2%), Mixed or multiple (1.3%) and African (0.8%). As a reference point, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. Bottom Boat has more residents who describe themselves as White British than 62% of UK towns, at 93%. On residents who describe themselves as Christian, 46% here is much the same as across England’s towns.
42% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, more than in 94% 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
Against a figure of 8.7% across England’s towns, the share of unpaid carers in Bottom Boat comes in at 10%. The wider picture: nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Unpaid carers giving 50 hours or more a week: 40.
Adults with a degree-level qualification: 20%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 18% of adults have no qualification; in Bottom Boat, 28%, while 20% hold one at degree level (34%).
5 of the 7 nearest towns are older than Bottom Boat
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bottom Boat | 1,191 | — | 39.3 | 17% | 27% |
| Lofthouse and Robin Hood | 4,187 | 2 mi | 44.5 | 19% | 30% |
| Rothwell | 20,964 | 2.2 mi | 43.3 | 20% | 29% |
| Normanton | 21,976 | 2.3 mi | 42.4 | 19% | 28% |
| Methley | 1,196 | 2.3 mi | 38.1 | 10% | 38% |
| Mickletown | 3,362 | 2.7 mi | 42.8 | 19% | 31% |
| Thorpe on the Hill | 1,232 | 2.9 mi | 34.6 | 8.8% | 37% |
| Wakefield | 97,871 | 3.1 mi | 39.8 | 17% | 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 Bottom Boat’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 Bottom Boat’s residents
What is the population of Bottom Boat?
The 2021 Census counted 1,191 people in Bottom Boat’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Bottom Boat?
The median age was 39.3 at the 2021 Census. 8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 17% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Bottom Boat?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 71% across West Yorkshire’s towns. 4.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Bottom Boat?
49% said they had no religion and 46% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1% were Muslim and 3.7% didn’t answer.
Is Bottom Boat good for families?
27% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Bottom Boat’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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