Photo: Chris Heaton · CC BY-SA 2.027% of households live in a terraced house, a share 76% of UK towns don’t reach
36% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, against 39% across England’s towns. There were 9,636 households in Normanton at the 2021 Census, home to 21,976 residents. Locally, 54% of residents describe themselves as Christian. The median age here is 42.4, lower than in 66% of UK towns.
Since 2011, Normanton has grown +11%, faster than 65% of UK towns
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Normanton’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 20,600 people in 2011; 22,900 in 2024.
In one year, mid-2022 to mid-2023, the population rose by 400, the most of any year. Change by age ran from +28% for the 65 and over to −5% for the 16 to 29.
In Normanton, 19% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 73% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns, against 10% in Normanton. As a reference point, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. The largest age band is 50–54: nearly one in ten residents.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Normanton, 42.4. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A smaller share of residents who moved in within the year than 81% 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%.
Across England’s towns, 7.9% of adults are full-time students; in Normanton, 4.6%. Typically, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
More shared households of unrelated adults than 66% of UK towns: 2.7%
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. Across the comparison, 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns. Locally, 28% of households have dependent children.
Normanton: 23% of households have no car or van, above 82% 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
At 21%, households in detached houses sit close to the figure across England’s towns. One household in every 4 has no car or van.
93% of residents have English as their main language, fewer than in 86% 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
The newest arrivals, from 2017 or later, are 17% of those born abroad (against 21% across England’s towns). The comparison figure for residents whose main language is English is 90% across England’s towns. For Normanton, the census puts residents born outside the UK at 9.4%.
Residents who describe themselves as White British: 89%, a lower share than 67% 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: 89% of Normanton · West Yorkshire’s towns 71% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents with no religion make up 40%, against 37% across England’s towns. The groups that follow White British are Other White (7.3%), Mixed or multiple (0.9%) and African (0.5%). Against that, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns.
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
628 people care, unpaid, for 50 hours or more a week. Fewer married adults and civil partners than in 72% of UK towns: 44%. At 9%, the share of unpaid carers is in line with the figure across England’s towns.
Degree-level qualifications: 22% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
25% of Normanton’s adults have no qualification (18% across England’s towns), and 22% have one at degree level (34%).
From a median age of 39 in Normanton West to 49 in Altofts
The town’s 3 neighbourhoods (ONS middle-layer areas with 500+ residents inside it, named by the House of Commons Library), youngest first. Census 2021.
Altofts is the oldest area, with 25% aged 65 or over; Normanton West the youngest (median age 39). Families with children are most common in Normanton East (29% of households).
Ranked by age, 114th youngest of 302 UK towns this size
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Bangor is the youngest (26.4); South Hayling the oldest (57.2). Nearest to Normanton in age: Rugeley (42.1), Redruth (42.2), Bourne (42.4) and Brownhills (42.4).
Normanton sits below 3 of its 7 closest neighbours on median age
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normanton | 21,976 | — | 42.4 | 19% | 28% |
| Streethouse | 1,691 | 1.7 mi | 39.5 | 18% | 33% |
| Sharlston | 2,163 | 2.1 mi | 45.8 | 20% | 28% |
| Methley | 1,196 | 2.1 mi | 38.1 | 10% | 38% |
| Bottom Boat | 1,191 | 2.3 mi | 39.3 | 17% | 27% |
| Mickletown | 3,362 | 2.8 mi | 42.8 | 19% | 31% |
| Featherstone | 11,657 | 2.9 mi | 39.9 | 19% | 27% |
| Crofton | 6,127 | 2.9 mi | 44.1 | 21% | 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 Normanton’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. Normanton’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 22,033 people in 2021, against 21,976 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 Normanton’s residents
What is the population of Normanton?
The 2021 Census counted 21,976 people in Normanton’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 22,900 people in mid-2024, 11% more than in 2011.
What is the average age in Normanton?
The median age was 42.4 at the 2021 Census, younger than 66% of UK towns. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 19% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Normanton?
89% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 71% across West Yorkshire’s towns. 9.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Normanton?
40% said they had no religion and 54% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.7% were Muslim and 4.9% didn’t answer.
Is Normanton good for families?
28% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Families are most common in Normanton East (29% of households). Schools are on Normanton’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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