Photo: Mtaylor848 · CC BY-SA 3.0Micklefield is younger than 89% of UK towns: a median age of 38
Adults who have never married: 43%, above 95% of UK towns. Households in terraced houses are more common here than in 93% of UK towns. At the 2021 Census Micklefield was home to 2,064 people in 913 households. Census figures put residents with no religion at 46% here.
What the Census says about Micklefield’s people
Younger than most towns
Half of Micklefield’s residents are under 38 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 11% are 15 to 24 and 17% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
17% of residents are 65 or over, below 85% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Across England’s towns, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 12%; Micklefield has 11%. The wider picture: 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
14% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, more than in 95% 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%.
By class, 34% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 25% in routine and semi-routine work (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). The share of full-time students stands at 4.8%. For comparison, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
Households here average 2.3 people, below 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.
The share of households with dependent children tops 62% of UK towns: 28%. Census figures put shared households of unrelated adults at 2.5% in Micklefield.
5.5% of households live in a flat or apartment, below 81% 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
Compared with 21% across England’s towns, 19% of households live in a detached house here. Against that, 23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns. Across Micklefield, 16% of households have no car or van.
Fewer residents born outside the UK than 57% of UK towns: 5.7%
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 two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (2.5%) and in Africa (1.3%). For residents born outside the UK, the comparison across England’s towns is 18%. Across England’s towns, just over a fifth of those born abroad arrived in 2017 or later; here, 8.6%.
Residents who describe themselves as White British: 93%, a higher share than 56% 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: 93% of Micklefield · West Yorkshire’s towns 71% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Little separates the share of residents who describe themselves as Christian here, 46%, from the figure across England’s towns. For comparison, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. The next-largest groups, after White British, are Other White (3.1%), Mixed or multiple (1.1%) and African (1%).
38% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, fewer than in 95% 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
Across England’s towns, 8.7% of residents give unpaid care; in Micklefield, 11%. Unpaid care takes 50 hours a week or more for 75 people. As a reference point, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
30% of adults have a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 30% of adults in Micklefield, 34% across England’s towns; 21% have no qualification, against 18%.
No nearby town is as young as Micklefield
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Micklefield | 2,064 | — | 38 | 17% | 28% |
| Garforth | 15,148 | 2.2 mi | 46.8 | 25% | 27% |
| Kippax | 10,299 | 2.4 mi | 45.2 | 22% | 27% |
| Aberford | 1,551 | 2.9 mi | 46.4 | 21% | 30% |
| Sherburn in Elmet | 8,569 | 3.1 mi | 39.1 | 17% | 30% |
| South Milford | 2,409 | 3.2 mi | 40.8 | 17% | 32% |
| Allerton Bywater | 6,958 | 3.5 mi | 39.2 | 18% | 34% |
| Barwick in Elmet | 2,180 | 3.9 mi | 54.2 | 32% | 21% |
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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 Micklefield’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 Micklefield’s residents
What is the population of Micklefield?
The 2021 Census counted 2,064 people in Micklefield’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Micklefield?
The median age was 38 at the 2021 Census. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 17% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Micklefield?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 71% across West Yorkshire’s towns. 5.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Micklefield?
46% said they had no religion and 46% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.5% were Muslim and 6% didn’t answer.
Is Micklefield good for families?
28% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Micklefield’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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