Photo: Graham Hogg · CC BY-SA 2.0Bradwell is older than 94% of UK towns: a median age of 53.5
Households with dependent children make up 20%, against 29% across England’s towns. At the 2021 Census Bradwell was home to 1,368 people in 653 households. Census figures put households in flats at 4% here. Married adults and civil partners are more common here than in 85% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Bradwell’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Bradwell’s residents are under 53.5 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 29% 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).
A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of UK towns: 6.9%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
29% of residents are 65 or over; across England’s towns the figure is 18%. Typically, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Bradwell sits below 95% of UK towns for full-time students (3.5%)
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 just over a third of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 25% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). In Bradwell, 7.3% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. For comparison, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Households here average 2.1 people, below 93% 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.
In Bradwell, 2.9% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, beside 4.3% across England’s towns. The share of one-person households stands at 32%.
A smaller share of households without a car or van than 61% of UK towns: 13%
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
In Bradwell, 30% of households live in a detached house, beside 21% across England’s towns. Every 8th household or so has no car or van. 23% of households live in a terraced house.
2.6% of residents were born outside the UK, fewer than in 96% 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
Residents whose main language is English: 99% here and 90% across England’s towns. Across the comparison, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns.
Above 97% of UK towns: 97% of residents describe themselves as White British
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 Bradwell · Derbyshire’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Where 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns, Bradwell has 52%. As a reference point, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. For Bradwell, the census puts residents with no religion at 41%.
Bradwell ranks below 84% of UK towns on adults who have never married: 27%
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
Here 11% of residents give unpaid care, where the figure across England’s towns is 8.7%. Adults who have never married: 39% across England’s towns, for comparison.
The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 36%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
With 36% of its adults qualified to degree level, Bradwell compares with 34% across England’s towns; another 17% hold no qualification (18%).
Median age: 3 of the 7 towns around Bradwell 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bradwell | 1,368 | — | 53.5 | 29% | 20% |
| Hathersage | 1,861 | 3.6 mi | 54.3 | 31% | 22% |
| Tideswell | 1,554 | 3.8 mi | 51.3 | 26% | 22% |
| Calver | 1,073 | 6.3 mi | 56.3 | 34% | 19% |
| Dove Holes | 1,156 | 6.4 mi | 43.6 | 20% | 26% |
| Chapel-en-le-Frith | 7,235 | 7.3 mi | 45.4 | 23% | 27% |
| Baslow | 1,172 | 7.6 mi | 56.8 | 36% | 21% |
| Chinley | 1,913 | 8.2 mi | 45.4 | 21% | 28% |
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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 Bradwell’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 Bradwell’s residents
What is the population of Bradwell?
The 2021 Census counted 1,368 people in Bradwell’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Bradwell?
The median age was 53.5 at the 2021 Census. 6.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 29% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Bradwell?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Derbyshire’s towns. 2.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Bradwell?
41% said they had no religion and 52% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.4% were Muslim and 6.4% didn’t answer.
Is Bradwell good for families?
20% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Bradwell’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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