Photo: Dave Bevis · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 35: Barrow Hill is younger than 96% of UK towns
Christians make up 36% of residents, against 46% across England’s towns. Lower than in 98% of UK towns: 33% of adults are married or in a civil partnership. Barrow Hill’s 428 households held 978 residents at the 2021 Census. Locally, 31% of households have no car or van.
Barrow Hill sits below 94% of UK towns for residents aged 65 and over (13%)
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 30–34 than any other five-year age: 9.7% of residents, 1.4 times the share across England’s towns. 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24, more than in 93% of UK towns. Measured more widely, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
In Barrow Hill, 3.8% of adults are full-time students, fewer than in 90% of UK towns
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%.
Residents who moved in within the year make up 9.1%, against 11% across England’s towns. For full-time students, the comparison across England’s towns is 7.9%.
Barrow Hill ranks above 89% of UK towns on one-person households: 36%
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.
30% of households have dependent children, against 29% across England’s towns. Here, 1.9% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
Households in detached houses make up 9.7% in Barrow Hill, less than in 95% 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
Households in terraced houses: 16%, below 65% of UK towns. For households in detached houses, the comparison across England’s towns is 21%. The share of households in flats stands at 19%.
4.2% of residents were born outside the UK, below 75% of UK towns
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 (2.4%) or in the Middle East and Asia (1%). 98% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 55% of UK towns. The usual figure: 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns.
More residents with no religion than 98% of UK towns: 56%
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 Barrow Hill · Derbyshire’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Islam is the religion of 1.4% of residents. The comparison figure for residents with no religion is 37% across England’s towns. On residents who describe themselves as White British, Barrow Hill sits higher than 64% of UK towns: 94%.
Adults who have never married: 46%, a higher share than 97% 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
The share of unpaid carers tops 96% of UK towns: 12%. 47 residents give 50 hours or more of unpaid care each week. Measured more widely, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Adults qualified to degree level or above: 18%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 18% of Barrow Hill’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 28% have no qualification (18%).
Barrow Hill is younger than every town around it
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barrow Hill | 978 | — | 35 | 13% | 30% |
| Staveley | 15,151 | 1.1 mi | 41.7 | 19% | 29% |
| Brimington | 11,068 | 1.7 mi | 46.2 | 22% | 24% |
| Eckington | 7,435 | 2.1 mi | 46.5 | 23% | 24% |
| Renishaw | 2,425 | 2.4 mi | 38.6 | 14% | 32% |
| Duckmanton | 1,775 | 2.6 mi | 39.7 | 19% | 32% |
| Chesterfield | 76,394 | 3.5 mi | 45.5 | 22% | 23% |
| Barlborough | 2,859 | 3.7 mi | 47.6 | 21% | 27% |
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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 Barrow Hill’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 Barrow Hill’s residents
What is the population of Barrow Hill?
The 2021 Census counted 978 people in Barrow Hill’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Barrow Hill?
The median age was 35 at the 2021 Census. 12% of residents were 15 to 24 and 13% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Barrow Hill?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Derbyshire’s towns. 4.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Barrow Hill?
56% said they had no religion and 36% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1.4% were Muslim and 5.1% didn’t answer.
Is Barrow Hill good for families?
30% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Barrow Hill’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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