Photo: Dave Bevis · CC BY-SA 2.0Fewer flats than 99% of UK towns: 1% of households
Against a figure of 24% across England’s towns, the share of households without a car or van in Ambergate comes in at 7.2%. Here, 98% of residents describe themselves as White British. The median age here is 49.6, higher than in 83% of UK towns. At the 2021 Census, 1,566 people lived in the village, in 662 households.
Residents aged 65 and over: 23%, a higher share than 62% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Here 10% of residents are aged 15 to 24, where the figure across England’s towns is 12%. To put it in context, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A smaller share of residents who moved in within the year than 97% of UK towns: 6%
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%.
In Ambergate, 5.4% of adults are full-time students, beside 7.9% across England’s towns. To put it in context, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
23% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 94% of UK towns
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Derbyshire’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
The share of shared households of unrelated adults is 3%, against 4.3% across England’s towns. The benchmark for one-person households across England’s towns: 30%. In Ambergate, a quarter of households have dependent children.
A larger share of households in detached houses than 85% of UK towns: 45%
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
Terraced houses are home to 14% of households, against 24% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, the share of households in detached houses is 21%.
Fewer residents born abroad than 96% of UK towns: 2.5%
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%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (1.4%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (0.4%). The share of residents born outside the UK across England’s towns is 18%. At 100%, the share of residents whose main language is English is higher than in 99% of UK towns.
Above 79% of UK towns: 46% of residents said they have no religion
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: 98% of Ambergate · Derbyshire’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
In Ambergate, 47% of residents describe themselves as Christian, beside 46% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 37% of residents said they have no religion.
56% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, a share 90% of UK towns don’t reach
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
11% of residents give unpaid care, against 8.7% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, the share of married adults and civil partners is 44%. On the census count, 27% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership.
36% of adults have qualifications at degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 36% of Ambergate’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 16% have no qualification (18%).
Nearby, 4 of 7 towns have older populations than Ambergate
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ambergate | 1,566 | — | 49.6 | 23% | 25% |
| Heage | 2,584 | 1.2 mi | 52.7 | 29% | 21% |
| Crich | 2,070 | 1.7 mi | 51.3 | 28% | 23% |
| Belper | 19,076 | 2.2 mi | 47.1 | 22% | 24% |
| Ripley | 20,191 | 3 mi | 46.5 | 23% | 24% |
| South Wingfield | 1,079 | 3.1 mi | 52.2 | 28% | 20% |
| Denby Bottles | 1,756 | 3.5 mi | 38.4 | 15% | 32% |
| Milford | 1,077 | 3.8 mi | 49.9 | 25% | 20% |
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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.
- “Derbyshire’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Derbyshire (or England), summed the same way as Ambergate’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 Ambergate’s residents
What is the population of Ambergate?
The 2021 Census counted 1,566 people in Ambergate’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Ambergate?
The median age was 49.6 at the 2021 Census. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 23% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Ambergate?
98% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Derbyshire’s towns. 2.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Ambergate?
46% said they had no religion and 47% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 5.8% didn’t answer.
Is Ambergate good for families?
25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Ambergate’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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