Photo: Stephen Craven · CC BY-SA 2.0Mickletown sits below 89% of UK towns for households in flats (3.8%)
The share of residents who describe themselves as Christian is 55%, against 46% across England’s towns. 3,362 residents in 1,392 households: that is Mickletown at the 2021 Census. Census figures put shared households of unrelated adults at 1.6% locally. One-person households are rarer here than in 72% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Mickletown’s people
Growing faster than most
ONS mid-year estimates put Mickletown at 3,000 in 2011 and 3,600 in 2024, up 21%, against 10% for England: faster growth than in 87% of UK towns. Since 2011 ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area) and ONS mid-year population estimates.
Mickletown grew +21% from 2011 to 2024, faster than 87% of UK towns
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Mickletown’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 3,000 people in 2011; 3,600 in 2024.
Of the age groups, 16 to 29 changed most (+30%) and 0 to 15 least (+14%). In one year, mid-2020 to mid-2021, the population rose by 130, the most of any year.
Younger than 63% of UK towns: half of Mickletown is under 42.8
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Against a figure of 18% across England’s towns, the share of residents aged 65 and over in Mickletown comes in at 19%. The share of residents aged 15 to 24 stands at 9.4%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Mickletown, 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.
5.4% of adults are full-time students, more than in 71% 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%.
Managerial and professional jobs take in 40% of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 19% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). On the census count, 8.3% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. The wider picture: 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
31% of households have dependent children, more than in 81% 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 average 2.4 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. Against that, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns.
Fewer households without a car or van than 70% of UK towns: 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
Nearly a third of households live in a detached house, against 21% across England’s towns. The benchmark for households without a car or van across England’s towns: 24%. The share of households in terraced houses stands at 20%.
Residents born outside the UK: 3.3%, a lower share than 87% 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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Born abroad and arrived since 2017: 16% of that group, against 21% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 18% of residents were born outside the UK. Residents whose main language is English: 99% of the total.
95% of residents describe themselves as White British, more than in 78% 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: 95% of Mickletown · West Yorkshire’s towns 71% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents with no religion: 40% here and 37% across England’s towns. By way of comparison, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. The largest groups after White British are Other White (1.8%), Mixed or multiple (1.4%) and African (0.7%).
Mickletown: 50% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, above 61% 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
80 residents give 50 hours or more of unpaid care each week. For married adults and civil partners, the comparison across England’s towns is 44%. In Mickletown, 31% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, beside 39% across England’s towns.
Degree-level qualifications reach 33% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 34% across England’s towns, 33% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 17% hold no qualification (18%).
164th youngest of 749 UK towns of 2,500 to 5,000 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 64.6 in Milford on Sea. Nearest to Mickletown in age: Camelford (42.7), Alltwen (42.7), Stanton Hill and Skegby (42.8) and Long Itchington (42.8).
Mickletown and its 7 nearest towns: 2 of them are older
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mickletown | 3,362 | — | 42.8 | 19% | 31% |
| Methley | 1,196 | 0.7 mi | 38.1 | 10% | 38% |
| Allerton Bywater | 6,958 | 1.3 mi | 39.2 | 18% | 34% |
| Swillington | 3,077 | 2.1 mi | 49.2 | 27% | 22% |
| Kippax | 10,299 | 2.4 mi | 45.2 | 22% | 27% |
| Bottom Boat | 1,191 | 2.7 mi | 39.3 | 17% | 27% |
| Castleford | 45,363 | 2.8 mi | 38.7 | 16% | 29% |
| Normanton | 21,976 | 2.8 mi | 42.4 | 19% | 28% |
Health, work and homes have their own pages
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 Mickletown’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. Mickletown’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 3,362 people in 2021, against 3,362 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 Mickletown’s residents
What is the population of Mickletown?
The 2021 Census counted 3,362 people in Mickletown’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 3,600 people in mid-2024, 21% more than in 2011.
What is the average age in Mickletown?
The median age was 42.8 at the 2021 Census, younger than 63% of UK towns. 9.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 19% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Mickletown?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 71% across West Yorkshire’s towns. 3.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Mickletown?
40% said they had no religion and 55% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 4.8% didn’t answer.
Is Mickletown good for families?
31% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Mickletown’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. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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