Photo: Humphrey Bolton · CC BY-SA 2.0Only 0.8% of households live in a flat or apartment in Flockton
One-person households make up 21%, against 30% across England’s towns. Census day 2021: 1,732 residents and 728 households in Flockton. 8% of residents are aged 15 to 24. On households in detached houses, Flockton sits higher than 77% of UK towns: 41%.
What the Census says about Flockton’s people
A village people move to
16% of residents gave a different address a year before the 2021 Census, 1.5 times the share across England’s towns. Students & newcomers ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
A median age of 41.2: Flockton is younger than 74% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Little separates the share of residents aged 65 and over here, 18%, from the figure across England’s towns. The largest age band is 50–54: nearly one in ten residents.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Flockton ranks above 97% of UK towns on residents who moved in within the year: 16%
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 44% of Flockton’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 21%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. At 3.9%, the share of full-time students is lower than in 86% of UK towns. Elsewhere, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
Fewer shared households of unrelated adults than 81% of UK towns: 1.8%
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.
Compared with 29% across England’s towns, 31% of households have dependent children here. On average, 2.4 people share a household. Typically, 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns.
10% of households have no car or van, fewer than in 80% 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
At 24%, households in terraced houses sit close to the figure across England’s towns.
3.5% born outside the UK, fewer than in 85% 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
Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (1.6%) or in the Middle East and Asia (0.8%). On residents whose main language is English, Flockton sits higher than just over four fifths of UK towns: 99%. Against that, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns.
Flockton: 94% of residents describe themselves as White British, above 65% 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 Flockton · West Yorkshire’s towns 71% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The share of residents with no religion is 42%, against 37% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British. Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 52% of the total.
Married adults and civil partners make up 50% in Flockton, more than in 61% 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
Unpaid carers: 8.1%, near enough the figure across England’s towns. Across Flockton, just over a third of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership. Against that, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Among adults, 37% hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
With 37% of its adults qualified to degree level, Flockton compares with 34% across England’s towns; another 15% hold no qualification (18%).
Every nearby town is older than Flockton
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flockton | 1,732 | — | 41.2 | 18% | 31% |
| Emley | 1,433 | 1.3 mi | 50.6 | 29% | 22% |
| Grange Moor | 1,118 | 1.4 mi | 46.8 | 19% | 30% |
| Middlestown and Overton | 2,409 | 1.8 mi | 49 | 26% | 25% |
| Netherton (Wakefield) | 2,331 | 2.4 mi | 50.6 | 27% | 22% |
| Clayton West and Scissett | 4,382 | 2.7 mi | 45.4 | 22% | 30% |
| Skelmanthorpe | 4,458 | 2.8 mi | 47.5 | 26% | 25% |
| Kirkburton | 4,033 | 3.1 mi | 46.4 | 23% | 28% |
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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 Flockton’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 Flockton’s residents
What is the population of Flockton?
The 2021 Census counted 1,732 people in Flockton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Flockton?
The median age was 41.2 at the 2021 Census. 8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 18% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Flockton?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 71% across West Yorkshire’s towns. 3.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Flockton?
42% said they had no religion and 52% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.7% were Muslim and 5% didn’t answer.
Is Flockton good for families?
31% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Flockton’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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