Market Cross · Photo: Andrew Hill · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Bonsall is over 52.6, older than 93% of UK towns
Across England’s towns, 29% of households have dependent children; in Bonsall, 21%. In 2021, the Census found 277 residents here, living in 121 households. 6.6% of households have no car or van. Compared with other places, households in flats are scarce here: 1.6%, fewer than in 98% of UK towns.
Below 99% of UK towns: 4.6% of residents are aged 15 to 24
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 65–69: just over one in ten residents, 2.2 times the share across England’s towns. Typically, 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 105 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Bonsall sits below 99% of UK towns for full-time students (1.3%)
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%.
By its share of residents who moved in within the year (9.4%), Bonsall is above 63% of UK towns. As a reference point, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Shared households of unrelated adults make up 0.8% in Bonsall, less than in 99% 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 28%, against 30% across England’s towns. Measured more widely, 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns.
A larger share of households in detached houses than 85% of UK towns: 45%
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
Locally, a fifth of households live in a terraced house. 1.6% of households live in a flat, less than in 98% of UK towns; 45% in a detached house, against 21% across England’s towns.
Only 2.9% of Bonsall’s residents were born outside the UK
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 largest groups were born in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.8%) and in EU countries (0.4%). Typically, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. At 100%, the share of residents whose main language is English is higher than in 99% of UK towns.
A higher White British share than 95% of UK towns: 97% of residents
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: 97% of Bonsall · Derbyshire’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The share of residents with no religion tops just over four fifths of UK towns: 46%. Typically, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. Locally, 48% of residents describe themselves as Christian.
Above 98% of UK towns: 12% of residents give unpaid care
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 44% across England’s towns, the share of married adults and civil partners in Bonsall comes in at 53%. Unpaid carers: 8.7% across England’s towns, for comparison. In Bonsall, 28% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership.
The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 41%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Bonsall counts 41% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 16% have no qualification (18%).
Bonsall sits below 3 of its 7 closest neighbours on median age
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bonsall | 277 | — | 52.6 | 28% | 21% |
| Cromford | 1,395 | 1.5 mi | 54.3 | 33% | 17% |
| Matlock | 11,990 | 2 mi | 49.4 | 26% | 23% |
| Wirksworth | 4,904 | 2.9 mi | 52.2 | 29% | 21% |
| Tansley | 1,176 | 2.9 mi | 54.8 | 32% | 20% |
| Darley Dale | 3,985 | 3.1 mi | 53.1 | 33% | 21% |
| Crich | 2,070 | 5.1 mi | 51.3 | 28% | 23% |
| South Wingfield | 1,079 | 6.4 mi | 52.2 | 28% | 20% |
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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 Bonsall’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 Bonsall’s residents
What is the population of Bonsall?
The 2021 Census counted 277 people in Bonsall’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Bonsall?
The median age was 52.6 at the 2021 Census. 4.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 28% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Bonsall?
97% 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 Bonsall?
46% said they had no religion and 48% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5.4% didn’t answer.
Is Bonsall good for families?
21% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Bonsall’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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