Photo: SnoopingAsUsual · Public domainA higher share of households in terraced houses than 80% of UK towns, at 29%
21% of households have no car or van, against 24% across England’s towns. The share of adults who have never married stands at 36%. The median age in Liversedge is 42.8, lower than in 63% of UK towns. This West Yorkshire town is home to 17,519 residents in 7,642 households, by the 2021 Census.
A +3% change since 2011: slower than 72% of UK towns
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Liversedge’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 17,400 people in 2011; 17,900 in 2024.
The steepest year was mid-2013 to mid-2014, up 210 people. Of the age groups, 65 and over changed most (+27%) and 16 to 29 least (−7%).
Above 72% of UK towns: 10% of residents are aged 15 to 24
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The share of residents aged 65 and over is 20%, against 18% across England’s towns. As a reference point, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. The largest age band is 50–54: 7.6% of residents.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Liversedge, 42.8. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A smaller share of residents who moved in within the year than 82% of UK towns: 7.2%
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%.
The figure for full-time students is 5.1% in Liversedge and 7.9% across England’s towns. Against that, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Only 2% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home in Liversedge
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.
Here nearly a third of households are one person living alone, where the figure across England’s towns is 30%. Against that, 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns. On the census count, 29% of households have dependent children.
In Liversedge, 12% of households live in a flat or apartment, more than in 54% 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
Households in detached houses are about as common here as across England’s towns, at 21%. Typically, 23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
Only 5.1% of Liversedge’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
Set against 90% across England’s towns, 97% of residents have English as their main language in Liversedge. By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in the Middle East and Asia (2.2%) and in EU countries (1.8%). As a yardstick, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns.
A smaller share of residents who describe themselves as White British than 65% of UK towns: 90%
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 Liversedge · West Yorkshire’s towns 71% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Next after White British come Pakistani (3.9%), Mixed or multiple (2.1%) and Other White (1.8%). Across England’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as White British is 73%. Compared with other places, residents who describe themselves as Christian are scarce here: 47%, fewer than in 65% of UK towns. At the same time, 41% of residents said they have no religion; across England’s towns the figure is 37%.
44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership
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
For 478 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week. On married adults and civil partners, Liversedge sits lower than 73% of UK towns: 44%. Unpaid carers: 9.4%, near enough the figure across England’s towns.
Degree-level qualifications: 25% of adults
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 21% hold no qualification (18%).
From a median age of 39 in Hightown & Hartshead Moor to 50 in Cleckheaton
The town’s 4 neighbourhoods (ONS middle-layer areas with 500+ residents inside it, named by the House of Commons Library), youngest first. Census 2021.
Cleckheaton is the oldest area, with 31% aged 65 or over; Hightown & Hartshead Moor the youngest (median age 39). Families with children are most common in Hightown & Hartshead Moor (33% of households).
Among 354 UK towns of 12,000 to 24,000 people, the 134th youngest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Aberystwyth (25), the youngest, and Sidmouth (60.4), the oldest. Nearest to Liversedge in age: Porth (42.7), Houghton-le-Spring (42.8), Cheadle (42.8) and North Hykeham (42.8).
3 of the 7 nearest towns are older than Liversedge
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liversedge | 17,519 | — | 42.8 | 20% | 29% |
| Cleckheaton | 11,607 | 1.3 mi | 42.6 | 20% | 27% |
| Heckmondwike | 13,368 | 1.4 mi | 36.7 | 15% | 34% |
| Mirfield | 19,614 | 2.1 mi | 46 | 24% | 26% |
| Gomersal and Birkenshaw | 13,948 | 2.3 mi | 43.7 | 21% | 30% |
| Scholes (near Cleckheaton) | 2,896 | 2.3 mi | 44 | 22% | 29% |
| Batley | 44,494 | 2.5 mi | 36.2 | 14% | 34% |
| Oakenshaw | 1,571 | 3.1 mi | 41 | 17% | 28% |
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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 Liversedge’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. Liversedge’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 17,775 people in 2021, against 17,519 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 Liversedge’s residents
What is the population of Liversedge?
The 2021 Census counted 17,519 people in Liversedge’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 17,900 people in mid-2024, 3% more than in 2011.
What is the average age in Liversedge?
The median age was 42.8 at the 2021 Census, younger than 63% of UK towns. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 20% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Liversedge?
90% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 71% across West Yorkshire’s towns. 5.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Liversedge?
41% said they had no religion and 47% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 4.5% were Muslim and 5.3% didn’t answer.
Is Liversedge good for families?
29% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Families are most common in Hightown & Hartshead Moor (33% of households). Schools are on Liversedge’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 · House of Commons Library MSOA names. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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