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48.7Median age

Who lives here · ONS Census 2021

More households in terraced houses than 97% of UK towns: 46%

8.2% of households have no car or van; across England’s towns the figure is 24%. At the 2021 Census Oxenhope was home to 1,898 people in 870 households. The share of residents with no religion stands at 44%. With a median age of 48.7, Oxenhope is older than 78% of UK towns.

23%aged 65 or over 3.5%born abroad 870households

Ages

Fewer young people than 92% of UK towns: 8.1% are 15 to 24

Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.

OxenhopeEngland’s towns

0–410–1420–2430–3440–4450–5460–6470–7480–84

50–54 is the most common age band: nearly one in ten residents, 1.3 times the share across England’s towns. The wider picture: 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 23%.

Broad ages · share of residents

Under 1515%

15 to 248.1%

25 to 4422%

45 to 6432%

65 and over23%

OxenhopeWest Yorkshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Women and men · all residents

51% women, 49% men

Oxenhope

England

WomenMen

About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.

Students & newcomers

Oxenhope ranks below 67% of UK towns on full-time students: 4.4%

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

Full-time students4.4%

Higher managerial and professional16%

Lower managerial and professional27%

Intermediate13%

Small employers and self-employed14%

Supervisory and technical4.9%

Semi-routine8.1%

Routine8.1%

Never worked or long-term unemployed4.6%

OxenhopeWest Yorkshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Address a year before the Census

Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.

Oxenhope

England’s towns

11%

Moved within the UKTerm-time addressMoved from abroad

Moved in within a year

162

residents, 8.6%; England’s towns 11%

Of them from abroad

0.6× England’s share

Managerial and professional jobs take in 43% of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 16% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). 8.6% of residents had moved in within the year before the Census, fewer than the 11% across England’s towns. As a reference point, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.

Households

A lower share of households with dependent children than 76% of UK towns, at 24%

Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.

Living alone, 66+ 13%Living alone, under 66 19%Families with dependent children 24%Couples and families, no young children 41%Shared houses and other 2.2%

Against West Yorkshire’s towns and England’s towns

Oxenhope

West Yorkshire’s towns

England’s towns

People per household

1 person32%

2 people38%

3 people14%

4 people12%

5 or more3.6%

England’s towns.

One-person households make up 32%, against 30% across England’s towns. The benchmark for households with dependent children across England’s towns: 29%. On average, 2.2 people share a household.

Homes & cars

In Oxenhope, 4.4% of households live in a flat or apartment, fewer than in 86% of UK towns

Accommodation type and cars or vans per household, Census 2021. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.

Type of home

Oxenhope

West Yorkshire’s towns

England’s towns

DetachedSemi-detachedTerracedFlat or maisonetteCaravan or other

Cars or vans · share of households

No car or van8.2%

One44%

Two37%

Three or more11%

OxenhopeWest Yorkshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Detached houses are home to 26% of households, against 21% across England’s towns. The comparison figure for households in flats is 23% across England’s towns.

Where people were born

Fewer residents born abroad than 85% of UK towns: 3.5%

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%

Oxenhope

3.5%

West Yorkshire’s towns

14%

England’s towns

18%

EU countriesRest of EuropeMiddle East and AsiaAfricaAmericas, Oceania, other

Main language · residents aged 3 and over

English is main language99%

Another main language, speaks English very well or well0.9%

Another main language, little or no English0.3%

OxenhopeWest Yorkshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (1.9%) or in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (0.7%). Higher than in just over four fifths of UK towns: 99% of residents have English as their main language. The usual figure: 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns.

Ethnicity & religion

Oxenhope ranks above 76% of UK towns on residents who describe themselves as White British: 95%

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

OxenhopeWest Yorkshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Other White2.9%

Asian0.6%

Mixed0.9%

Black0.5%

Other0.3%

0%10%20%

White British, not charted: 95% of Oxenhope · West Yorkshire’s towns 71% · England’s towns 73%.

Religion · all residents

OxenhopeWest Yorkshire’s townsEngland’s towns

No religion44%

Christian49%

Muslim0.2%

Hindu, Sikh, Jewish, Buddhist0.2%

Other religion0.5%

Didn’t answer6.1%

0%30%60%

Residents who describe themselves as Christian make up 49%, against 46% across England’s towns. The share of residents who describe themselves as White British across England’s towns is 73%. Next after White British come Other White (2.9%), Mixed or multiple (0.9%) and Caribbean (0.4%).

Relationships & caring

53% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 78% 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

Never married or in a civil partnership29%

Married or civil partnership53%

Separated1.5%

Divorced9.4%

Widowed7.5%

OxenhopeWest Yorkshire’s townsEngland’s towns

145residents give unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age: 8%, against 8.7% in England’s towns

Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over

Up to 19 hours a week5%

20 to 49 hours1.5%

50 hours or more1.5%

Where nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns, Oxenhope has 29%. The share of unpaid carers stands at 8%. Against that, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.

Qualifications

The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 38%

Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.

Highest qualification · residents 16 and over

No qualifications12%

Apprenticeship6.2%

A levels or similar20%

Degree level38%

OxenhopeWest Yorkshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Across England’s towns, 18% of adults have no qualification; in Oxenhope, 12%, while 38% hold one at degree level (34%).

Neighbours

Oxenhope sits below 1 of its 7 closest neighbours on median age

Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.

HaworthDenholmeCullingworthOakworthWilsdenHardenKeighleyOxenhope

under 3838–4444–5050–5656+

Town	People	Away	Median age	65+	Homes with children
Oxenhope	1,898	—	48.7	23%	24%
Haworth	5,680	1.5 mi	47.2	22%	23%
Denholme	2,960	2.3 mi	40.7	17%	29%
Cullingworth	3,096	2.5 mi	45	23%	28%
Oakworth	3,688	2.5 mi	44.6	19%	28%
Wilsden	3,749	3.8 mi	47.2	24%	25%
Harden	1,602	4 mi	53	29%	22%
Keighley	48,754	4.2 mi	36.1	15%	34%

More about Oxenhope’s residents

Health, work and homes have their own pages

Health BLife expectancy, early deaths and Census health, adjusted for age Work & commute B⁻Income, the claimant count, jobs and how people get to work Cost of living BOwners and renters, prices, rents and council tax Schools B⁻Every primary and secondary, with results and inspections

How to read these numbers

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 Oxenhope’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 Oxenhope’s residents

What is the population of Oxenhope?

The 2021 Census counted 1,898 people in Oxenhope’s built-up area.

What is the average age in Oxenhope?

The median age was 48.7 at the 2021 Census. 8.1% of residents were 15 to 24 and 23% were 65 or over.

How diverse is Oxenhope?

95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 71% across West Yorkshire’s towns. 3.5% were born outside the UK.

What religion are people in Oxenhope?

44% said they had no religion and 49% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 6.1% didn’t answer.

Is Oxenhope good for families?

24% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Oxenhope’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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