Photo: Bill Boaden · CC BY-SA 2.0Baslow is older than 98% of UK towns: a median age of 56.8
The share of married adults and civil partners is 61%, against 44% across England’s towns. In 2021, the Census found 1,172 residents in Baslow, living in 531 households. Households without a car or van account for 7.4%. The village has more residents who describe themselves as Christian than 94% of UK towns, at 60%.
What the Census says about Baslow’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Baslow’s residents are under 56.8 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 36% are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
36% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 98% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
By its share of residents aged 15 to 24 (7.7%), Baslow is below 95% of UK towns. The usual figure: 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 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.
Above 78% of UK towns: 5.6% of adults are full-time students
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%.
Managerial and professional jobs take in nearly half of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 13% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). Fewer residents who moved in within the year than in just over three quarters of UK towns: 7.5%. The wider picture: 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
A smaller share of shared households of unrelated adults than 96% of UK towns: 1.3%
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.
With households with dependent children at 21%, Baslow is behind 92% of UK towns on that count. Average household size: 2.2 people. 28% of households are one person living alone, a lower share than in 64% of UK towns. On average, 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns.
Baslow: 55% of households live in a detached house, above 94% 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
By its share of households in flats (4.7%), Baslow is below 84% of UK towns. Measured more widely, 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns. Census figures put households in terraced houses at 16% here.
A lower share of residents born outside the UK than 91% of UK towns, at 3%
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 the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (0.9%) or in EU countries (0.9%). 100% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 99% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, residents born outside the UK come to 18%.
Baslow: 96% of residents describe themselves as White British, above 88% 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: 96% of Baslow · Derbyshire’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Leading the other groups after White British: Mixed or multiple (1.6%), Other White (1.3%) and Indian (0.3%). For residents who describe themselves as White British, the comparison across England’s towns is 73%. Few places have so few residents with no religion: 33% here, fewer than in 87% of UK towns.
21% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, fewer than in 99% 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
Against a figure of 8.7% across England’s towns, the share of unpaid carers in Baslow comes in at 9.9%. 25 residents give 50 hours or more of unpaid care each week. Across England’s towns, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership.
49% of adults are qualified to degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
49% of Baslow’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 11% have none (18%).
Of the 7 towns nearest Baslow, 1 are older
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baslow | 1,172 | — | 56.8 | 36% | 21% |
| Calver | 1,073 | 1.4 mi | 56.3 | 34% | 19% |
| Bakewell | 3,275 | 3.4 mi | 58.2 | 38% | 17% |
| Holymoorside | 1,363 | 5.5 mi | 55.5 | 33% | 20% |
| Darley Dale | 3,985 | 5.7 mi | 53.1 | 33% | 21% |
| Hathersage | 1,861 | 5.8 mi | 54.3 | 31% | 22% |
| Tideswell | 1,554 | 6.7 mi | 51.3 | 26% | 22% |
| Dronfield | 21,161 | 7 mi | 49.9 | 29% | 25% |
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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 Baslow’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 Baslow’s residents
What is the population of Baslow?
The 2021 Census counted 1,172 people in Baslow’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Baslow?
The median age was 56.8 at the 2021 Census. 7.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 36% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Baslow?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Derbyshire’s towns. 3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Baslow?
33% said they had no religion and 60% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.1% didn’t answer.
Is Baslow good for families?
21% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Baslow’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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