Photo: Robert Wade · CC BY-SA 2.0Hebden Bridge sits above 99% of UK towns for one-person households (41%)
24% of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns, against 56% in Hebden Bridge. Census day 2021: 5,230 residents and 2,601 households locally. Locally, 28% of households have no car or van. Adults who have never married are more common here than in 93% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Hebden Bridge’s people
More with no religion than most
64% of residents answered “no religion” in 2021 and 26% 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).
In Hebden Bridge, 8% of residents are aged 15 to 24, fewer than in 92% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
With a median age of 46.7, Hebden Bridge is older than nearly two thirds of UK towns. As a reference point, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. For Hebden Bridge, the census puts residents aged 65 and over at 19%. In Addingham, the oldest of West Yorkshire’s towns by this measure, it is 38%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Hebden Bridge, 46.7. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Hebden Bridge sits above 61% of UK towns for full-time students (5.1%)
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 residents who moved in within the year (10%), Hebden Bridge is above 80% of UK towns. As a reference point, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
2 people per household, fewer than in 98% 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.
Families with dependent children are 24% of households (England’s towns 29%), and 16% are someone 66 or over living alone (West Yorkshire’s towns 12%). In Hebden Bridge, 2.4% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
Hebden Bridge ranks below 96% of UK towns on households in detached houses: 8.1%
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
18% of households live in a flat or apartment, against 23% across England’s towns. Households in detached houses: 21% across England’s towns, for comparison.
7.7% born outside the UK, more than in 62% 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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (3.5%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.6%). Compared with other places, residents whose main language is English are common here: 98%, more than in 62% of UK towns. Elsewhere, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. 14% of those born abroad arrived in 2017 or later, against 21% across England’s towns.
64% of residents said they have no religion, a share 99% of UK towns don’t reach
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: 88% of Hebden Bridge · West Yorkshire’s towns 71% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Where 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns, Hebden Bridge has 88%. Few places have so few residents who describe themselves as Christian: 26% here, fewer than in 99% of UK towns. Elsewhere, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. Leading the other groups after White British: Other White (5.8%), Mixed or multiple (3.5%) and Chinese (0.3%).
Married adults and civil partners: 37%, a lower share than 96% 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
Nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care across England’s towns, against 9.7% in Hebden Bridge. Unpaid carers giving 50 hours or more a week: 98. As a yardstick, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
57% of adults have qualifications at degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 34% across England’s towns, 57% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 10% hold no qualification (18%).
516 UK towns of 4,000 to 7,000 people: this is the 235th oldest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Ages run from 18.9 in Bailrigg to 65.3 in Barton on Sea. Nearest to Hebden Bridge in age: Virginia Water (46.6), Weston (46.6), Melbourne (46.7) and Coleshill (46.7).
Among its 7 nearest neighbours, 2 are older than Hebden Bridge
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hebden Bridge | 5,230 | — | 46.7 | 19% | 24% |
| Mytholmroyd | 3,852 | 1.4 mi | 48.4 | 24% | 24% |
| Luddenden Foot | 2,148 | 3.2 mi | 44.9 | 17% | 29% |
| Todmorden | 12,971 | 4.1 mi | 43.4 | 20% | 26% |
| Sowerby Bridge | 4,483 | 4.4 mi | 41.7 | 18% | 30% |
| Oxenhope | 1,898 | 5.2 mi | 48.7 | 23% | 24% |
| Halifax | 88,111 | 5.5 mi | 37.9 | 16% | 31% |
| Ripponden | 4,775 | 5.7 mi | 44.1 | 18% | 32% |
Health, work and homes have their own pages
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 Hebden Bridge’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 Hebden Bridge’s residents
What is the population of Hebden Bridge?
The 2021 Census counted 5,230 people in Hebden Bridge’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Hebden Bridge?
The median age was 46.7 at the 2021 Census, older than 66% of UK towns. 8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 19% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Hebden Bridge?
88% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 71% across West Yorkshire’s towns. 7.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Hebden Bridge?
64% said they had no religion and 26% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.6% were Muslim and 6% didn’t answer.
Is Hebden Bridge good for families?
24% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Hebden Bridge’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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