Photo: Neil Theasby · CC BY-SA 2.0Bamford is older than 94% of UK towns: a median age of 53.2
0.8% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home (England’s towns: 4.3%). Lower than in 93% of UK towns: 21% of households have dependent children. Bamford had 784 residents in 390 households at the 2021 Census. For Bamford, the census puts households in terraced houses at 30%.
A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of UK towns, at 7%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 60–64 than any other five-year age: 9.7% of residents, 1.7 times the share across England’s towns. On the census count, 30% of residents are 65 or over. To put it in context, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 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 lower share of residents who moved in within the year than 99% of UK towns, at 5%
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%.
43% of Bamford’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 18% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Across Bamford, 5.8% of adults are full-time students. For residents who moved in within the year, the comparison across England’s towns is 11%.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Bamford 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.
The share of one-person households is 33%, against 30% across England’s towns.
Only 11% of households have no car or van in Bamford
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
Where nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns, Bamford has 15%. Across England’s towns, the share of households without a car or van is 24%. For Bamford, the census puts households in detached houses at 28%.
Fewer residents born abroad than 66% of UK towns: 4.9%
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 share of residents whose main language is English tops 69% of UK towns: 98%. The benchmark for residents born outside the UK across England’s towns: 18%. By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (3.5%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (0.8%).
Residents who describe themselves as White British: 94%, a higher share than 67% of UK towns
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: 94% of Bamford · Derbyshire’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
With residents with no religion at 42%, Bamford is ahead of 57% of UK towns on that count. By way of comparison, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. The census found that 52% of residents describe themselves as Christian here.
More married adults and civil partners than 83% of UK towns: 54%
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
There is little gap on unpaid carers: 8.7%, about the same as across England’s towns. 28% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, fewer than in 78% of UK towns. As a yardstick, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Degree-level qualifications: 48% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
With 48% of its adults qualified to degree level, Bamford compares with 34% across England’s towns; another 12% hold no qualification (18%).
Nearby, 4 of 7 towns have older populations than Bamford
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bamford | 784 | — | 53.2 | 30% | 21% |
| Hathersage | 1,861 | 1.9 mi | 54.3 | 31% | 22% |
| Bradwell | 1,368 | 2.5 mi | 53.5 | 29% | 20% |
| Tideswell | 1,554 | 5.9 mi | 51.3 | 26% | 22% |
| Calver | 1,073 | 6 mi | 56.3 | 34% | 19% |
| Baslow | 1,172 | 7.4 mi | 56.8 | 36% | 21% |
| Worrall | 1,320 | 8.1 mi | 49 | 25% | 30% |
| Oughtibridge | 3,128 | 8.6 mi | 46.7 | 22% | 29% |
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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 Bamford’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 Bamford’s residents
What is the population of Bamford?
The 2021 Census counted 784 people in Bamford’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Bamford?
The median age was 53.2 at the 2021 Census. 7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 30% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Bamford?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Derbyshire’s towns. 4.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Bamford?
42% said they had no religion and 52% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 4.8% didn’t answer.
Is Bamford good for families?
21% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Bamford’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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