Photo: BazzaDaRambler · CC BY 2.0A median age of 54.3: Upper Cumberworth is older than 96% of UK towns
17% of households are one person living alone, against 30% across England’s towns. Upper Cumberworth’s 280 households held 660 residents at the 2021 Census. For Upper Cumberworth, the census puts households in terraced houses at 10%. Higher than in 95% of UK towns: 59% of households live in a detached house.
34% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 96% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 70–74: 11% of residents, 2.3 times the share across England’s towns. On residents aged 15 to 24, Upper Cumberworth sits lower than 89% of UK towns: 8.3%. Measured more widely, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Upper Cumberworth ranks below 69% 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
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 46% of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 15% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). Residents who moved in within the year account for 9.9%. Across England’s towns, 7.9% of adults are full-time students.
A smaller share of shared households of unrelated adults than 94% of UK towns: 1.4%
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.
A household here has 2.4 people on average; across England’s towns, 2.4. Compared with other places, households with dependent children are scarce here: 26%, fewer than in nearly two thirds of UK towns. Across England’s towns, 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
Upper Cumberworth sits below 99% of UK towns for households in flats (1.4%)
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
Here 5.8% of households have no car or van, where the figure across England’s towns is 24%. On average, nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
A lower share of residents born outside the UK than 83% of UK towns, at 3.6%
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%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (2.6%) or in Africa (0.8%). 99% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 75% of UK towns. For comparison, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns.
Fewer residents with no religion than 91% of UK towns: 32%
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: 96% of Upper Cumberworth · West Yorkshire’s towns 71% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Against a figure of 46% across England’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as Christian in Upper Cumberworth comes in at 59%. Residents with no religion: 37% across England’s towns, for comparison. 96% of residents describe themselves as White British.
68% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 99% 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
Nothing unusual on unpaid carers: 8.8%, close to the figure across England’s towns. The share of adults who have never married stands at 20%. Married adults and civil partners make up 44% across England’s towns.
Degree-level qualifications: held by 41% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Upper Cumberworth’s adults: 41% with a degree-level qualification and 13% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
No nearby town is as old as Upper Cumberworth
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Cumberworth | 660 | — | 54.3 | 34% | 26% |
| Shepley | 2,515 | 1.1 mi | 46.4 | 25% | 29% |
| Denby Dale | 2,734 | 1.5 mi | 47.4 | 24% | 27% |
| Shelley | 2,696 | 1.6 mi | 46 | 20% | 33% |
| Skelmanthorpe | 4,458 | 2.1 mi | 47.5 | 26% | 25% |
| Kirkburton | 4,033 | 2.8 mi | 46.4 | 23% | 28% |
| Scholes (near Hade Edge) | 1,888 | 3 mi | 49.5 | 25% | 26% |
| Clayton West and Scissett | 4,382 | 3.4 mi | 45.4 | 22% | 30% |
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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 Upper Cumberworth’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 Upper Cumberworth’s residents
What is the population of Upper Cumberworth?
The 2021 Census counted 660 people in Upper Cumberworth’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Upper Cumberworth?
The median age was 54.3 at the 2021 Census. 8.3% of residents were 15 to 24 and 34% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Upper Cumberworth?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 71% across West Yorkshire’s towns. 3.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Upper Cumberworth?
32% said they had no religion and 59% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 7.8% didn’t answer.
Is Upper Cumberworth good for families?
26% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Upper Cumberworth’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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