Photo: Ian S · CC BY-SA 2.0Kirkhamgate is older than 91% of UK towns: a median age of 51.6
With households with dependent children at 22%, Kirkhamgate is behind 88% of UK towns on that count. The census found that 1.5% of households live in a flat or apartment locally. On adults who have never married, Kirkhamgate sits lower than 89% of UK towns: 26%. The 2021 Census put the village’s population at 952, in 456 households.
Below 94% of UK towns: 7.9% of residents are aged 15 to 24
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
People aged 65 and over make up 27% of residents, against 18% across England’s towns. Measured more widely, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
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. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
A lower share of residents who moved in within the year than 94% of UK towns, at 6.4%
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%.
Set against 7.9% across England’s towns, 4.3% of adults are full-time students in Kirkhamgate. Measured more widely, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
2.1 people per household, fewer than in 95% 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.
Shared households of unrelated adults make up 2%, against 4.3% across England’s towns. One-person households: 34% of the total.
Kirkhamgate ranks below 83% of UK towns on households in terraced houses: 12%
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
13% of households have no car or van; across England’s towns the figure is 24%. For Kirkhamgate, the census puts households in detached houses at 35%.
99% of residents have English as their main language, a share 88% of UK towns don’t reach
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
The largest groups were born in the Middle East and Asia (1.7%) and in EU countries (1.2%). On residents born outside the UK, Kirkhamgate sits lower than 77% of UK towns: 4%. The benchmark for residents whose main language is English across England’s towns: 90%.
Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 56%, a higher share than 84% 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 Kirkhamgate · West Yorkshire’s towns 71% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Leading the other groups after White British: Mixed or multiple (1.7%), Other White (0.8%) and Indian (0.8%). Compared with other places, residents who describe themselves as White British are common here: 94%, more than in 69% of UK towns. For comparison, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. At 37%, the share of residents with no religion is in line with the figure across England’s towns.
54% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, a share 83% of UK towns don’t reach
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
Set against 8.7% across England’s towns, one in ten residents give unpaid care in Kirkhamgate. For married adults and civil partners, the comparison across England’s towns is 44%. Some 35 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week.
31% of adults have a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 34% across England’s towns, 31% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 21% hold no qualification (18%).
Kirkhamgate is older 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kirkhamgate | 952 | — | 51.6 | 27% | 22% |
| East Ardsley | 15,238 | 1.7 mi | 45 | 19% | 29% |
| Ossett | 21,854 | 1.9 mi | 45 | 23% | 27% |
| Wakefield | 97,871 | 2.2 mi | 39.8 | 17% | 29% |
| Thorpe on the Hill | 1,232 | 2.3 mi | 34.6 | 8.8% | 37% |
| Horbury | 9,868 | 2.8 mi | 46.1 | 22% | 26% |
| Lofthouse and Robin Hood | 4,187 | 3 mi | 44.5 | 19% | 30% |
| Dewsbury | 63,730 | 3.5 mi | 34.4 | 13% | 38% |
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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 Kirkhamgate’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 Kirkhamgate’s residents
What is the population of Kirkhamgate?
The 2021 Census counted 952 people in Kirkhamgate’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Kirkhamgate?
The median age was 51.6 at the 2021 Census. 7.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 27% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Kirkhamgate?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 71% across West Yorkshire’s towns. 4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Kirkhamgate?
37% said they had no religion and 56% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.7% were Muslim and 4.7% didn’t answer.
Is Kirkhamgate good for families?
22% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Kirkhamgate’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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