Photo: Mtaylor848 · CC BY-SA 3.0Collingham sits above 98% of UK towns for households in detached houses (65%)
Adults who have never married make up 22%, against 39% across England’s towns. Collingham had 2,362 residents in 986 households at the 2021 Census. On the census count, 27% of residents said they have no religion. The median age in the village is 50, higher than in 84% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Collingham’s people
Many older residents
28% of residents were 65 or over in 2021, more than in 87% of UK towns; 15% of households are someone 66 or over living alone. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 87% of UK towns, at 28%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 55–59: 7.3% of residents. Residents aged 15 to 24 are rarer here than in 75% of UK towns. To put it in context, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s 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 95 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Collingham ranks above 78% of UK towns on full-time students: 5.7%
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%.
In Collingham, 53% of adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 9.9% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Here, 8.2% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. Across England’s towns, 7.9% of adults are full-time students.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
A lower share of one-person households than 93% of UK towns, at 23%
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 shared households of unrelated adults trails just over two thirds of UK towns: 2%. The average household has 2.4 people. As a reference point, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns.
Collingham ranks below 91% of UK towns on households in terraced houses: 9.3%
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
Flats are home to 6.8% of households, against 23% across England’s towns. Compared with other places, households without a car or van are scarce here: 9%, fewer than in 87% of UK towns. As a reference point, nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns.
Residents whose main language is English: 100%, a higher share than 99% 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
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (1.4%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (0.9%). Few places have so few residents born outside the UK: 4.2% here, fewer than in 76% of UK towns. For residents whose main language is English, the comparison across England’s towns is 90%.
In Collingham, 65% of residents describe themselves as Christian, more than in 98% 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: 94% of Collingham · West Yorkshire’s towns 71% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Beyond White British, the biggest groups are Other White (2.8%), Mixed or multiple (1.6%) and Pakistani (0.5%). The usual figure: 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. 94% of residents describe themselves as White British, a higher share than in 63% of UK towns.
Collingham: 62% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, above 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
57 people care, unpaid, for 50 hours or more a week. On unpaid carers, Collingham sits lower than 67% of UK towns: 8.8%. Elsewhere, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Adults qualified to degree level or above: 50%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Collingham counts 50% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 11% have no qualification (18%).
Collingham is younger than 2 of its 7 nearest neighbours
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Collingham | 2,362 | — | 50 | 28% | 28% |
| Bardsey | 1,819 | 1.4 mi | 50.1 | 28% | 27% |
| East Keswick | 1,145 | 1.7 mi | 48.8 | 26% | 28% |
| Wetherby | 11,711 | 2.2 mi | 50.8 | 31% | 23% |
| Boston Spa | 6,358 | 2.4 mi | 47.8 | 27% | 27% |
| Scarcroft | 1,634 | 2.7 mi | 47.3 | 22% | 34% |
| Bramham | 1,764 | 2.9 mi | 46.3 | 23% | 29% |
| Thorner | 1,397 | 3.1 mi | 50 | 27% | 25% |
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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 Collingham’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 Collingham’s residents
What is the population of Collingham?
The 2021 Census counted 2,362 people in Collingham’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Collingham?
The median age was 50 at the 2021 Census. 9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 28% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Collingham?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 71% across West Yorkshire’s towns. 4.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Collingham?
27% said they had no religion and 65% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.7% were Muslim and 5.2% didn’t answer.
Is Collingham good for families?
28% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Collingham’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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