Photo: John Fielding · CC BY-SA 2.0A lower share of shared households of unrelated adults than 99% of UK towns, at 0.9%
Set against 18% across England’s towns, just over one in ten residents are 65 or over in Hade Edge. 530 residents in 215 households: that is Hade Edge at the 2021 Census. On the census count, 35% of households have dependent children. Lower than in 98% of UK towns: 5.6% of households have no car or van.
Younger than 74% of UK towns: half of Hade Edge is under 41.2
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
50–54 is the most common age band: 9.8% of residents, 1.4 times the share across England’s towns. Higher than in 79% of UK towns: 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
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.
More residents who moved in within the year than 97% of UK towns: 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%.
By its share of full-time students (6.8%), Hade Edge is above 90% of UK towns. The usual figure: 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Fewer one-person households than 89% of UK towns: 24%
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.
At 2.5 people, the average household compares with 2.4 across England’s towns. One-person households: 30% across England’s towns, for comparison.
Households in flats: 0.5%, a lower share than 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
Here 26% of households live in a terraced house, where the figure across England’s towns is 24%. Few places have as many households in detached houses: 54% here, more than in 93% of UK towns. The comparison figure for households in flats is 23% across England’s towns.
99% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 88% 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
Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (1.9%), then in Africa (1.3%). Fewer residents born outside the UK than in 73% of UK towns: 4.3%. As a reference point, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
In Hade Edge, 49% of residents said they have no religion, more than in 91% 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: 95% of Hade Edge · West Yorkshire’s towns 71% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Of the other groups, the largest are Mixed or multiple (1.9%), Other White (1.7%) and Indian (1.5%). The usual figure: 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. Hade Edge has fewer residents who describe themselves as Christian than 90% of UK towns, at 41%. The share of residents who describe themselves as White British tops 74% of UK towns: 95%.
In Hade Edge, 6.7% of residents give unpaid care, fewer than in 98% 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
Heavy unpaid care, 50 hours a week or more, falls to 10 residents. Married adults and civil partners are more common here than in 62% of UK towns. Set beside that, nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care across England’s towns. Nearly a third of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership; across England’s towns the figure is 39%.
Degree-level qualifications: 43% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 43% of adults in Hade Edge, 34% across England’s towns; 8.5% have no qualification, against 18%. A levels are as far as 21% have gone so far, many of them students midway to a degree.
Hade Edge is younger than every town around it
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hade Edge | 530 | — | 41.2 | 12% | 35% |
| Scholes (near Hade Edge) | 1,888 | 1.4 mi | 49.5 | 25% | 26% |
| Holmfirth | 4,982 | 1.7 mi | 46.8 | 21% | 28% |
| Holmbridge | 1,219 | 1.8 mi | 48.4 | 21% | 24% |
| Upperthong | 1,094 | 2.1 mi | 50.6 | 25% | 26% |
| Honley | 14,399 | 3.5 mi | 47.6 | 24% | 27% |
| Shepley | 2,515 | 4 mi | 46.4 | 25% | 29% |
| Meltham | 8,325 | 4.4 mi | 45.2 | 23% | 28% |
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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 Hade Edge’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 Hade Edge’s residents
What is the population of Hade Edge?
The 2021 Census counted 530 people in Hade Edge’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Hade Edge?
The median age was 41.2 at the 2021 Census. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 12% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Hade Edge?
95% 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 Hade Edge?
49% said they had no religion and 41% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.6% were Muslim and 7.4% didn’t answer.
Is Hade Edge good for families?
35% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Hade Edge’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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