Photo: Gordon Hatton · CC BY-SA 2.0Harden is older than 94% of UK towns: a median age of 53
2.3% of households live in a flat or apartment, against 23% across England’s towns. In 2021, the Census found 1,602 residents in Harden, living in 743 households. On the census count, 22% of households have dependent children. Residents with no religion are rarer here than in 84% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Harden’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Harden’s residents are under 53 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 29% are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Below 93% of UK towns: 7.9% of residents are aged 15 to 24
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 55–59: one in ten residents, 1.5 times the share across England’s towns. Elsewhere, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. On the census count, 29% of residents are 65 or over.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 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.
10% of residents moved in within a year, more than in 80% 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%.
52% of Harden’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 12% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. To put it in context, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns. Census figures put full-time students at 5% here.
Harden households average 2.2 people, smaller than in 80% 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 census found that 2.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home in Harden. Set against 30% across England’s towns, 29% of households are one person living alone here.
More households in terraced houses than 81% of UK towns: 29%
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
Just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns, against 42% in Harden. For comparison, nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns. Households without a car or van: 11% of the total.
2.6% of residents were born outside the UK, fewer than in 95% 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
Across England’s towns, the share of residents whose main language is English is 90%; Harden has 99%. For comparison, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (1.2%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.7%).
A larger share of residents who describe themselves as Christian than 90% of UK towns: 58%
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 Harden · West Yorkshire’s towns 71% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
1.2% of residents said their religion is Muslim. Across England’s towns, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian. Harden has more residents who describe themselves as White British than 69% of UK towns, at 94%.
58% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 95% 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
With adults who have never married at 25%, Harden is behind 92% of UK towns on that count. Married adults and civil partners make up 44% across England’s towns. The number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 42. Higher than in 62% of UK towns: 9.8% of residents give unpaid care.
Adults qualified to degree level or above: 42%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 42% of adults in Harden, 34% across England’s towns; 9.6% have no qualification, against 18%.
No nearby town is as old as Harden
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harden | 1,602 | — | 53 | 29% | 22% |
| Wilsden | 3,749 | 1.5 mi | 47.2 | 24% | 25% |
| Cullingworth | 3,096 | 1.6 mi | 45 | 23% | 28% |
| Bingley | 21,334 | 1.8 mi | 45.8 | 23% | 26% |
| Keighley | 48,754 | 2.2 mi | 36.1 | 15% | 34% |
| East Morton | 1,227 | 2.5 mi | 50.6 | 22% | 25% |
| Denholme | 2,960 | 3 mi | 40.7 | 17% | 29% |
| Haworth | 5,680 | 3.1 mi | 47.2 | 22% | 23% |
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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 Harden’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 Harden’s residents
What is the population of Harden?
The 2021 Census counted 1,602 people in Harden’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Harden?
The median age was 53 at the 2021 Census. 7.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 29% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Harden?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 71% across West Yorkshire’s towns. 2.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Harden?
34% said they had no religion and 58% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1.2% were Muslim and 5.4% didn’t answer.
Is Harden good for families?
22% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Harden’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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