Photo: Richard Harvey · CC BY-SA 2.0 uk3.2% of households live in a flat or apartment, below 92% of UK towns
The figure for married adults and civil partners is 52% in Lepton and 44% across England’s towns. Across Lepton, 27% of households are one person living alone. The median age in the town is 47.2, higher than in 70% of UK towns. The 2021 Census put the town’s population at 4,950, in 2,139 households.
More residents aged 65 and over than 61% of UK towns: 23%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 50–54: nearly one in ten residents. Few places have as many residents aged 15 to 24: 10% here, more than in two thirds of UK towns. Across England’s towns, 18% of residents are 65 or over. In Addingham, the oldest of West Yorkshire’s towns by this measure, it is 38%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Lepton, 47.2. 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. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Lepton sits below 67% of UK towns for residents who moved in within the year (8%)
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%.
Across England’s towns, a third of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine or semi-routine work; Lepton has 38% and 22%. The share of residents who moved in within the year across England’s towns is 11%. Full-time students account for 4.9%.
A smaller share of shared households of unrelated adults than 79% of UK towns: 1.8%
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.
Households average 2.3 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. The usual figure: 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns. Census figures put households with dependent children at 27% in Lepton.
13% of households have no car or van, fewer than in 64% 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
A third of households live in a detached house (England’s towns: 21%). The benchmark for households without a car or van across England’s towns: 24%. For Lepton, the census puts households in terraced houses at 20%.
Lepton ranks below 65% of UK towns on residents born outside the UK: 4.9%
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
Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (2.2%) or in the Middle East and Asia (1.6%). As a yardstick, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Compared with 90% across England’s towns, 98% of residents have English as their main language here.
In Lepton, 90% of residents describe themselves as White British, fewer than in 63% 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: 90% of Lepton · West Yorkshire’s towns 71% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Set against 46% across England’s towns, 51% of residents describe themselves as Christian in Lepton. Residents who describe themselves as White British: 73% across England’s towns, for comparison. Next after White British come Mixed or multiple (2.8%), Other White (2.6%) and Indian (1.9%).
30% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, below 68% 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
Unpaid carers giving 50 hours or more a week: 116. The wider picture: nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. 9.1% of residents give unpaid care, about the same as across England’s towns.
The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 33%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
15% of Lepton’s adults have no qualification (18% across England’s towns), and 33% have one at degree level (34%).
359th oldest of 810 UK towns of 3,000 to 7,000 people
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 Lepton in age: Wilsden (47.2), Snaith (47.2), Leiston (47.2) and Adderbury and Twyford (47.2).
A younger town than 1 of the 7 around it: Lepton
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lepton | 4,950 | — | 47.2 | 23% | 27% |
| Kirkburton | 4,033 | 1.4 mi | 46.4 | 23% | 28% |
| Kirkheaton | 3,492 | 1.9 mi | 48.8 | 26% | 25% |
| Grange Moor | 1,118 | 2 mi | 46.8 | 19% | 30% |
| Shelley | 2,696 | 2.5 mi | 46 | 20% | 33% |
| Flockton | 1,732 | 3.2 mi | 41.2 | 18% | 31% |
| Mirfield | 19,614 | 3.3 mi | 46 | 24% | 26% |
| Shepley | 2,515 | 3.4 mi | 46.4 | 25% | 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 Lepton’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 Lepton’s residents
What is the population of Lepton?
The 2021 Census counted 4,950 people in Lepton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Lepton?
The median age was 47.2 at the 2021 Census, older than 70% of UK towns. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 23% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Lepton?
90% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 71% across West Yorkshire’s towns. 4.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Lepton?
40% said they had no religion and 51% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.8% were Muslim and 5.5% didn’t answer.
Is Lepton good for families?
27% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Lepton’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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