Photo: Russ Hamer · CC BY-SA 3.0A median age of 52.4: Barrow upon Trent is older than 93% of UK towns
Where 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns, Barrow upon Trent has 52%. The village’s 245 households held 554 residents at the 2021 Census. The census found that nearly one in ten households have no car or van in the village. More residents who describe themselves as Christian than in 94% of UK towns: 60%.
Barrow upon Trent sits above 89% of UK towns for residents aged 65 and over (29%)
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 50–54, with 9.8% of residents, 1.4 times the share across England’s towns. Barrow upon Trent has fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 88% of UK towns, at 8.4%. Against that, 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 an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Below 95% of UK towns: 6.3% of residents lived at another address a year earlier
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 Barrow upon Trent, just over two in five adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 15% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. For Barrow upon Trent, the census puts full-time students at 4.5%. As a reference point, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
Only 23% of households in Barrow upon Trent have dependent children
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.
Across England’s towns, 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home; in Barrow upon Trent, 1.6%. By way of comparison, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns. For Barrow upon Trent, the census puts one-person households at 28%.
Barrow upon Trent sits below 93% of UK towns for households in terraced houses (8.3%)
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
Across England’s towns, nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment; in Barrow upon Trent, 9.9%. The comparison figure for households in terraced houses is 24% across England’s towns.
Fewer residents born outside the UK than 92% of UK towns: 2.9%
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
Set against 90% across England’s towns, 100% of residents have English as their main language in Barrow upon Trent. Most residents from abroad were born in Africa (1.1%) or in EU countries (0.7%). Across England’s towns, the share of residents born outside the UK is 18%.
No religion: 32% of residents, a lower share than 90% 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 Barrow upon Trent · Derbyshire’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
1.3% of residents are Muslim. Residents with no religion: 37% across England’s towns, for comparison. On residents who describe themselves as White British, Barrow upon Trent sits higher than 70% of UK towns: 94%.
Barrow upon Trent ranks above 94% of UK towns on unpaid carers: 12%
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
57% of adults are married or in a civil partnership; across England’s towns the figure is 44%. Across Barrow upon Trent, 25% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership. Unpaid carers: 8.7% across England’s towns, for comparison.
Degree-level qualifications: held by 37% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 34% across England’s towns, 37% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 13% hold no qualification (18%).
No nearby town is as old as Barrow upon Trent
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 upon Trent | 554 | — | 52.4 | 29% | 23% |
| Melbourne | 4,860 | 2.9 mi | 46.7 | 24% | 26% |
| Findern | 1,608 | 3.1 mi | 52.2 | 31% | 22% |
| Repton | 2,766 | 3.1 mi | 39.9 | 18% | 31% |
| Willington | 2,717 | 3.4 mi | 46.5 | 23% | 27% |
| Aston-on-Trent | 2,433 | 3.8 mi | 51.3 | 29% | 26% |
| Derby | 275,561 | 4 mi | 37.4 | 16% | 30% |
| Shardlow | 1,190 | 5.2 mi | 51.8 | 25% | 18% |
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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 upon Trent’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 upon Trent’s residents
What is the population of Barrow upon Trent?
The 2021 Census counted 554 people in Barrow upon Trent’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Barrow upon Trent?
The median age was 52.4 at the 2021 Census. 8.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 29% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Barrow upon Trent?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Derbyshire’s towns. 2.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Barrow upon Trent?
32% said they had no religion and 60% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1.3% were Muslim and 6.1% didn’t answer.
Is Barrow upon Trent good for families?
23% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Barrow upon Trent’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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