Photo: Tim Green · CC BY 2.0Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 91% of UK towns: 8.2%
Married adults and civil partners: 51%, above two thirds of UK towns. The share of shared households of unrelated adults stands at 1.6%. 7.4% of households live in a flat or apartment, a lower share than in 70% of UK towns. Steeton’s 2,150 households held 5,019 residents at the 2021 Census.
What the Census says about Steeton’s people
Growing faster than most
ONS mid-year estimates put Steeton at 4,400 in 2011 and 5,300 in 2024, up 21%, against 10% for England: faster growth than in 88% 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.
+21% since 2011, a pace 88% of UK towns didn’t match
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Steeton’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 4,400 people in 2011; 5,300 in 2024.
Of the age groups, 65 and over changed most (+37%) and 16 to 29 least (−3%). No year added more people than mid-2017 to mid-2018: 180.
Steeton is younger than 65% of UK towns: a median age of 42.6
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Set against 18% across England’s towns, a fifth of residents are 65 or over in Steeton. 50–54 is the most common age band: 7.6% of residents.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Steeton, 42.6. 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.
Below 77% of UK towns: 4.2% of adults are full-time students
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%.
40% of Steeton’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 21% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 7.9% of adults are full-time students. The census found that nearly one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier here.
2.3 people per household, fewer than in 56% 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.
In Steeton, 29% of households are one person living alone, beside 30% across England’s towns. The census found that 27% of households have dependent children here.
More households in terraced houses than 91% of UK towns: 36%
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
20% of households live in a detached house; across England’s towns the figure is 21%. Elsewhere, 24% of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns. In Steeton, 14% of households have no car or van.
7.6% of residents were born outside the UK, a share 61% of UK towns don’t reach
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
With residents whose main language is English at 97%, Steeton is behind 62% of UK towns on that count. Across England’s towns, the share of residents born outside the UK is 18%. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in the Middle East and Asia (3.7%) and in EU countries (2.2%).
Steeton ranks below 61% of UK towns on residents who describe themselves as White British: 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 Steeton · West Yorkshire’s towns 71% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
1.8% of residents are Muslim. Elsewhere, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 50% here and 46% across England’s towns.
Steeton sits below 50% of UK towns for adults who have never married (32%)
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
In Steeton, nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care. Typically, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Among adults, 36% hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
14% of Steeton’s adults have no qualification (18% across England’s towns), and 36% have one at degree level (34%).
Ranked by age, 131st youngest of 516 UK towns this size
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 Bailrigg (18.9), the youngest, and Barton on Sea (65.3), the oldest. Nearest to Steeton in age: Chilton (42.5), Warboys (42.5), Datchet (42.6) and Long Ashton (42.6).
5 of the 7 nearest towns are older than Steeton
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steeton | 5,019 | — | 42.6 | 20% | 27% |
| Sutton-in-Craven | 2,719 | 1.3 mi | 46.6 | 24% | 27% |
| Cross Hills | 4,809 | 1.4 mi | 47.8 | 27% | 27% |
| Silsden | 8,392 | 1.4 mi | 47.6 | 26% | 22% |
| Low Bradley | 1,203 | 2.9 mi | 55.9 | 33% | 21% |
| Keighley | 48,754 | 2.9 mi | 36.1 | 15% | 34% |
| Cowling | 1,439 | 3.4 mi | 38 | 13% | 34% |
| Oakworth | 3,688 | 3.5 mi | 44.6 | 19% | 28% |
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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 Steeton’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. Steeton’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 5,208 people in 2021, against 5,019 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 Steeton’s residents
What is the population of Steeton?
The 2021 Census counted 5,019 people in Steeton’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 5,300 people in mid-2024, 21% more than in 2011.
What is the average age in Steeton?
The median age was 42.6 at the 2021 Census, younger than 65% of UK towns. 8.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 20% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Steeton?
90% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 71% across West Yorkshire’s towns. 7.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Steeton?
41% said they had no religion and 50% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1.8% were Muslim and 5.4% didn’t answer.
Is Steeton good for families?
27% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Steeton’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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