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Population 2,859: a town in Derbyshire, East Midlands.
Barlborough’s lowest grade is for walkability: 9% of commuters get to work on foot, by bike or by public transport. Its overall grade of C+ puts it better than 44% of UK towns, #30 of 59 in Derbyshire. It also trails on schools: primary results beat 55% of towns in England; secondary results beat 9% of towns in England. A median £220,000 buys a home here, 5.1 times what households in the Bolsover council area earn in a year. Jobs & income is where it shines: mean household income £49,318; 1.6% of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefits.
Figures: income, ONS · claimants, DWP · commuting, Census 2021 · prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years.
The 3 things Barlborough does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far Barlborough is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Historic England lists 20 buildings inside Barlborough’s built-up area, 3 of them Grade II*, and 1 scheduled monument.
12% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Barlborough.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 31% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
For 23% of commuters, work was under 5 km away. Work in town: 4% of resident commuters. There are 0.8 jobs in Barlborough for each resident in work.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Key Stage 2 results at the 7 primary schools within 3 km: 62% of pupils meet the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average). The one school in town appears below. GCSE results at the one secondary school within 3 km: just over a third of pupils get a strong pass (grade 5+) in English and maths, and the Attainment 8 average is 37.7.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barlborough Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 191 | B+ |
One GP practice serves the town; just over four in five patients rate theirs good in the GP Patient Survey. 17% of residents have a disability, below Derbyshire’s towns (20%) and close to England’s towns (17%). The nearest A&E to Barlborough is Chesterfield Royal Hospital, 5.6 miles away.
| Census 2021 | Barlborough | Derbyshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 84% | 80% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 5% | 6% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 17% | 20% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · A young population flatters these answers, which are not age-adjusted; the Health Grade instead uses measures that allow for age, such as life expectancy and early deaths.
Violent crime runs at 19 per 1,000 residents a year. A year of reports to August 2026 adds up to 154 offences in Barlborough and 26 cases of nuisance behaviour. Violence and sexual offences accounted for 38% of recorded crime.
Not gradedAnti-social behaviour, shoplifting and other theft are shown but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident.
data.police.uk street-level crime · points inside the ONS built-up-area boundary · OGL · The police category of violence and sexual offences includes harassment and stalking.
Private renters make up 12% of households. 9% live in social housing, below Derbyshire’s towns (16%) and England’s towns (18%) alike. Half of the 168 standard sales inside Barlborough’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026 went for more than £220,000.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £346,250 | 70 |
| Semi-detached | £190,000 | 72 |
| Terraced | £174,950 | 26 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Relative to its size, Barlborough keeps 70 listed buildings per 10,000 residents. Grade II* covers 3 of them. One scheduled monument lies here.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
Degrees are held by just over a third of adults, higher than Derbyshire’s towns (29%) and near England’s towns (34%). Line up the people of Barlborough by age and the one in the middle is 47.6. 21% of residents are 65 or over.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Barlborough | Derbyshire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 17% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 25% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 33% | 27% | 25% |
| 65+ | 21% | 20% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 16% | 19% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 6.5% | 6.5% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 17% | 18% | 17% |
| Degree level | 35% | 29% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Derbyshire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
20 listed buildings in Barlborough.
Church of St James: Photo: John Davidson · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Barlborough Old Hall: Photo: Chris Morgan · CC BY-SA 2.0 · The Pole Almshouses: Photo: Tim Marchant · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Park Street Farmhouse: Photo: Jonathan Thacker · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Geograph
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barlborough | 2,859 | — | C+ | B | C+ | C |
| Clowne | 7,759 | 1.3 | C | B+ | C− | C− |
| Renishaw | 2,425 | 1.9 | — | A | B− | D |
| Harthill | 1,729 | 2.8 | — | C+ | A− | C |
| Killamarsh | 9,082 | 2.9 | C | B+ | B− | C |
| Creswell | 5,792 | 3.1 | C− | B+ | D | D− |
| Whitwell | 3,722 | 3.3 | C | B+ | C | D |
| Staveley | 15,151 | 3.5 | D | B | D | D− |
Renishaw and Harthill have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
That is 2.9 times the typical UK town for its size. It also has 1 scheduled monument.
One state school is inside the town; places are handled by Derbyshire council.
Homes cost less than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £220,000, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: terraced houses £174,950, semi-detached houses £190,000 and detached houses £346,250.
About the middle for its size: 57% of the 1,308 UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people report less crime per resident. Against all UK towns, it grades C+.
Town in Derbyshire, England
Barlborough is a built-up area of 2,859 people, in the Bolsover council area. TownRatings uses ONS’s 2022 built-up areas as towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a council district, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from ONS geography and Census 2021
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · HM Land Registry Price Paid (standard sales, September 2023 to August 2026) · ONS Price Index of Private Rents (August 2026, by council) · MHCLG and Welsh Government council tax, Band D 2026–27 (with parish precepts in England) · data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS small-area life expectancy and healthy life expectancy, 2019 to 2023 (England and Wales), OHID Fingertips small-area indicators (England) and Census 2021 health, adjusted for age · ONS small-area income estimates (financial year ending 2023) · DWP claimant count via Nomis (January to August 2026) · Historic England, National Heritage List for England (listed buildings, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, battlefields, World Heritage Sites), October 2026, inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary · Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties by build period (31 March 2025) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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