Photo: Chris Heaton · CC BY-SA 2.0A larger share of residents who describe themselves as White British than 86% of UK towns: 96%
The share of households in flats trails 81% of UK towns: 5.5%. Census figures put one-person households at 27% in Kippax. Few places have so few households in detached houses: 25% here, fewer than in 62% of UK towns. This West Yorkshire town is home to 10,299 residents in 4,467 households, by the 2021 Census.
Slower than most: +3% since 2011, behind 69% of UK towns
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Kippax’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 9,800 people in 2011; 10,100 in 2024.
Change by age ran from +45% for the 65 and over to −10% for the 30 to 44. The largest rise in a single year came from mid-2020 to mid-2021: 140 people.
Kippax is older than 55% of UK towns: a median age of 45.2
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Where 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns, Kippax has 9.9%. 50–54 is the most common age band: 7.4% of residents.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Kippax, 45.2. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
4.5% of adults are full-time students, below 67% 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%.
Managerial and professional jobs take in 32% of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 26% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). The comparison figure for full-time students is 7.9% across England’s towns. For Kippax, the census puts residents who moved in within the year at 7.8%.
Households with dependent children: 27%, a lower share than 58% 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.
A household here holds 2.3 people on average. Across England’s towns, 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home; in Kippax, 2.4%.
17% of households live in a terraced house, fewer than in 63% 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
Across England’s towns, the share of households without a car or van is 24%; Kippax has 16%.
Only 3.1% of Kippax’s residents were born outside the UK
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 largest groups were born in EU countries (1.6%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.6%). Across England’s towns, 18% of residents were born outside the UK. Residents whose main language is English are more common here than in 87% of UK towns. Recent arrivals (2017 or later) make up 16% of those born abroad (England’s towns: 21%).
More residents who describe themselves as Christian than 63% of UK towns: 52%
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: 96% of Kippax · West Yorkshire’s towns 71% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents with no religion make up 42%, against 37% across England’s towns. Other than White British, most residents describe themselves as Other White (1.5%), Mixed or multiple (1.1%) and African (0.4%). For comparison, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
50% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 63% 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
8.7% of residents give unpaid care across England’s towns, against 10% in Kippax. For married adults and civil partners, the comparison across England’s towns is 44%. The share of adults who have never married stands at 32%.
25% of adults hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 34% across England’s towns, 25% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 20% hold no qualification (18%).
455 UK towns of 7,000 to 14,000 people: this is the 195th oldest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Stoke Gifford is the youngest (27.8); Seaton the oldest (61). Nearest to Kippax in age: Pool and Illogan (45.1), Mold (45.1), Meltham (45.2) and Crediton (45.2).
Kippax 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kippax | 10,299 | — | 45.2 | 22% | 27% |
| Allerton Bywater | 6,958 | 1.3 mi | 39.2 | 18% | 34% |
| Garforth | 15,148 | 1.6 mi | 46.8 | 25% | 27% |
| Swillington | 3,077 | 2 mi | 49.2 | 27% | 22% |
| Mickletown | 3,362 | 2.4 mi | 42.8 | 19% | 31% |
| Micklefield | 2,064 | 2.4 mi | 38 | 17% | 28% |
| Methley | 1,196 | 3 mi | 38.1 | 10% | 38% |
| Castleford | 45,363 | 3.6 mi | 38.7 | 16% | 29% |
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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 Kippax’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out. The population trend compares with the whole county and nation.
- Estimates since 2021 are modelled. The ONS builds mid-year estimates from the Census, births, deaths and migration records. Kippax’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 10,006 people in 2021, against 10,299 in the built-up area.
- 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 Kippax’s residents
What is the population of Kippax?
The 2021 Census counted 10,299 people in Kippax’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 10,100 people in mid-2024, 3% more than in 2011.
What is the average age in Kippax?
The median age was 45.2 at the 2021 Census, older than 55% of UK towns. 9.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 22% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Kippax?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 71% across West Yorkshire’s towns. 3.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Kippax?
42% said they had no religion and 52% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 5.2% didn’t answer.
Is Kippax good for families?
27% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Kippax’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) · ONS mid-year population estimates for 2021 LSOAs, mid-2011 to mid-2024. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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