Photo: Andrew Abbott · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Brassington is over 55.6, older than 97% of UK towns
Households with dependent children: 18% here and 29% across England’s towns. 548 residents in 257 households: that is Brassington at the 2021 Census. The share of shared households of unrelated adults stands at 1.2%. Residents who describe themselves as White British are more common here than in 99% of UK towns.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of UK towns: 5.5%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Set against 18% across England’s towns, 27% of residents are 65 or over in Brassington. For comparison, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 117 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Brassington sits below 99% of UK towns for full-time students (2.5%)
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%.
Across England’s towns, the share of residents who moved in within the year is 11%; Brassington has 9.1%. The benchmark for full-time students across England’s towns: 7.9%.
Households here average 2.1 people, below 87% 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 32%, against 30% across England’s towns.
A lower share of households without a car or van than 99% of UK towns, at 3.9%
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
48% of households live in a detached house; across England’s towns the figure is 21%. The wider picture: nearly a quarter of households have no car or van across England’s towns. Here, 7.4% of households live in a terraced house. Brassington has fewer households in flats than 96% of UK towns, at 2.3%.
A lower share of residents born outside the UK than 99% of UK towns, at 1.6%
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 EU countries (0.6%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (0.6%). The wider picture: 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Residents whose main language is English: 100% here and 90% across England’s towns.
Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 56%, a higher share than 83% 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: 99% of Brassington · Derbyshire’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents with no religion make up 37%, close to the figure across England’s towns. The usual figure: 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
A higher share of married adults and civil partners than 97% of UK towns, at 59%
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 23% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, where the figure across England’s towns is 39%. Against that, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. 8 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week.
41% of adults have a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 41% of adults in Brassington, 34% across England’s towns; 18% have no qualification, against 18%.
Every nearby town is younger than Brassington
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brassington | 548 | — | 55.6 | 27% | 18% |
| Wirksworth | 4,904 | 3.5 mi | 52.2 | 29% | 21% |
| Cromford | 1,395 | 4.1 mi | 54.3 | 33% | 17% |
| Matlock | 11,990 | 5.9 mi | 49.4 | 26% | 23% |
| Ashbourne | 8,854 | 5.9 mi | 46.2 | 23% | 26% |
| Darley Dale | 3,985 | 6.1 mi | 53.1 | 33% | 21% |
| Tansley | 1,176 | 6.7 mi | 54.8 | 32% | 20% |
| Mayfield | 1,099 | 7.3 mi | 50.3 | 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 Brassington’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 Brassington’s residents
What is the population of Brassington?
The 2021 Census counted 548 people in Brassington’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Brassington?
The median age was 55.6 at the 2021 Census. 5.5% of residents were 15 to 24 and 27% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Brassington?
99% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Derbyshire’s towns. 1.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Brassington?
37% said they had no religion and 56% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.2% didn’t answer.
Is Brassington good for families?
18% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Brassington’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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