Photo: Mtaylor848 · CC BY-SA 3.0Half of Linton is over 52.4, older than 93% of UK towns
One-person households make up 13%, against 30% across England’s towns. Locally, 0.7% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home. More residents who describe themselves as Christian than in 99% of UK towns: 68%. The 2021 Census put Linton’s population at 340, in 136 households.
Linton ranks below 99% of UK towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 4.2%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Residents aged 65 and over: 30%, above 92% of UK towns. As a reference point, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Linton ranks below 99% of UK towns on full-time students: 2.6%
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%.
Just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns, against 9.5% in Linton. Set beside that, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Linton households average 2.5 people, larger than in 87% 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.
Households with dependent children account for 27%.
A lower share of households without a car or van than 99% of UK towns, at 3.7%
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, nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment; in Linton, 13%. As a reference point, nearly a quarter of households have no car or van across England’s towns. Locally, 80% of households live in a detached house.
3.8% of residents were born outside the UK, below 80% 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
Residents whose main language is English: 99% here and 90% across England’s towns. The usual figure: 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (2.1%) and in Africa (1.2%).
Below 98% of UK towns: 24% of residents said they have no religion
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: 91% of Linton · West Yorkshire’s towns 71% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Besides White British, the main groups are Other White (4.1%), Indian (1.8%) and Mixed or multiple (1.8%). The benchmark for residents with no religion across England’s towns: 37%. The share of residents who describe themselves as White British is 91%, against 73% across England’s towns.
76% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 99% 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
Adults who have never married make up 14%, against 39% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, the share of married adults and civil partners is 44%. The share of unpaid carers stands at 6.8%.
The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 56%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Linton’s adults: 56% with a degree-level qualification and 8.4% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
No nearby town is as old as Linton
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linton | 340 | — | 52.4 | 30% | 27% |
| Collingham | 2,362 | 0.7 mi | 50 | 28% | 28% |
| Wetherby | 11,711 | 1.6 mi | 50.8 | 31% | 23% |
| Bardsey | 1,819 | 2 mi | 50.1 | 28% | 27% |
| East Keswick | 1,145 | 2.1 mi | 48.8 | 26% | 28% |
| Boston Spa | 6,358 | 2.4 mi | 47.8 | 27% | 27% |
| Spofforth | 1,175 | 3 mi | 49.5 | 25% | 27% |
| Bramham | 1,764 | 3.3 mi | 46.3 | 23% | 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 Linton’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 Linton’s residents
What is the population of Linton?
The 2021 Census counted 340 people in Linton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Linton?
The median age was 52.4 at the 2021 Census. 4.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 30% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Linton?
91% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 71% across West Yorkshire’s towns. 3.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Linton?
24% said they had no religion and 68% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.5% didn’t answer.
Is Linton good for families?
27% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Linton’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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