Photo: Mark Shirley downloaded by Victuallers · CC BY 2.0Half of Ashover is over 57.8, older than 98% of UK towns
The share of residents with no religion is 26%, against 37% across England’s towns. Ashover’s 299 households held 632 residents at the 2021 Census. 16% of households have dependent children. At 7.8%, the share of households in terraced houses is lower than in 94% of UK towns.
Above 97% of UK towns: 36% of residents are 65 or over
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Across England’s towns, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 12%; Ashover has 7.9%. Measured more widely, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 85 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.
9.7% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, a share 70% of UK towns don’t reach
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, a third of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine work; in Ashover, 43% and 16%. Full-time students are rarer here than in 53% of UK towns. On average, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
Ashover households average 2.1 people, smaller than in 96% 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.
A third of households are one person living alone; across England’s towns the figure is 30%. Census figures put shared households of unrelated adults at 3.7% in Ashover.
Ashover: 44% of households live in a detached house, 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
The share of households without a car or van is 11%, against 24% across England’s towns. The census found that just over one in ten households live in a flat or apartment in Ashover. Typically, 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
A larger share of residents whose main language is English than 82% of UK towns: 99%
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
Born outside the UK: 5.9% of residents, against 18% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, residents whose main language is English come to 90%. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (3.5%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.1%).
Above 99% of UK towns: 66% of residents describe themselves as Christian
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: 93% of Ashover · Derbyshire’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
93% of residents describe themselves as White British (England’s towns: 73%). The usual figure: 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. After White British, the most common groups are Other White (3%), Mixed or multiple (1.7%) and Indian (0.6%).
Only 22% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership in Ashover
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
Against a figure of 44% across England’s towns, the share of married adults and civil partners in Ashover comes in at 56%. For comparison, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. In Ashover, 11% of residents give unpaid care.
Among adults, 43% hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 43% of adults in Ashover (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 15% (England’s towns: 18%).
The towns around Ashover are all younger
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashover | 632 | — | 57.8 | 36% | 16% |
| Tansley | 1,176 | 2.8 mi | 54.8 | 32% | 20% |
| Clay Cross | 8,915 | 2.8 mi | 43.5 | 21% | 24% |
| Wingerworth | 6,404 | 3 mi | 50.5 | 30% | 21% |
| Old Tupton | 4,190 | 3 mi | 49.2 | 27% | 22% |
| Matlock | 11,990 | 3.4 mi | 49.4 | 26% | 23% |
| Holymoorside | 1,363 | 3.7 mi | 55.5 | 33% | 20% |
| Grassmoor | 3,528 | 4.1 mi | 42.1 | 20% | 28% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- “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 Ashover’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 Ashover’s residents
What is the population of Ashover?
The 2021 Census counted 632 people in Ashover’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Ashover?
The median age was 57.8 at the 2021 Census. 7.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 36% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Ashover?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Derbyshire’s towns. 5.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Ashover?
26% said they had no religion and 66% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 7.1% didn’t answer.
Is Ashover good for families?
16% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Ashover’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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