Photo: mike smith · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 54.7: Breadsall is older than 96% of UK towns
Nearly half of households live in a detached house; across England’s towns the figure is 21%. Breadsall has fewer households in terraced houses than 97% of UK towns, at 5.4%. The 2021 Census counted 795 residents in 368 households. Households with dependent children account for 19%.
Only 7.2% of residents are aged 15 to 24 in Breadsall
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 55–59: one in ten residents, 1.5 times the share across England’s towns. Compared with other places, residents aged 65 and over are common here: 32%, more than in 94% of UK towns. Set beside that, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 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.
In Breadsall, 3.2% of adults are full-time students, fewer than in 98% of UK towns
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%.
Residents who moved in within the year: 7%, below 85% of UK towns. The usual figure: 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Breadsall households average 2.2 people, smaller than in 85% 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.
2.7% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home (England’s towns: 4.3%). In Breadsall, 28% of households are one person living alone.
A lower share of households in flats than 99% of UK towns, at 1.1%
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 Breadsall, 9.3% of households have no car or van, beside 24% across England’s towns. Elsewhere, 23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
Residents whose main language is English: 99%, a higher share than 99% 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
Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (1.8%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1%). Fewer residents born outside the UK than in 70% of UK towns: 4.5%. The benchmark for residents whose main language is English across England’s towns: 90%.
57% describe themselves as Christian, more than in 87% 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 Breadsall · Derbyshire’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
In Breadsall, 94% of residents describe themselves as White British, beside 73% across England’s towns. On residents with no religion, Breadsall sits lower than just over four fifths of UK towns: 35%. As a yardstick, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Of the other groups, the largest are Other White (1.6%), Mixed or multiple (1.4%) and Chinese (0.8%).
Adults who have never married make up 24% in Breadsall, less than in 95% 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
The figure for married adults and civil partners is 56% in Breadsall and 44% across England’s towns. In Breadsall, just over one in ten residents give unpaid care. On average, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Adults with a degree-level qualification: 41%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Breadsall counts 41% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 13% have no qualification (18%).
No nearby town is as old as Breadsall
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breadsall | 795 | — | 54.7 | 32% | 19% |
| Little Eaton | 1,875 | 1.4 mi | 49.7 | 25% | 28% |
| Makeney | 4,691 | 3 mi | 48.1 | 25% | 31% |
| Derby | 275,561 | 3.2 mi | 37.4 | 16% | 30% |
| Kilburn and Horsley Woodhouse | 4,447 | 3.6 mi | 47.5 | 25% | 24% |
| Holbrook | 1,802 | 3.6 mi | 53 | 32% | 23% |
| West Hallam | 5,912 | 3.6 mi | 50.9 | 28% | 23% |
| Milford | 1,077 | 3.8 mi | 49.9 | 25% | 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 Breadsall’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 Breadsall’s residents
What is the population of Breadsall?
The 2021 Census counted 795 people in Breadsall’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Breadsall?
The median age was 54.7 at the 2021 Census. 7.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 32% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Breadsall?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Derbyshire’s towns. 4.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Breadsall?
35% said they had no religion and 57% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 7.2% didn’t answer.
Is Breadsall good for families?
19% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Breadsall’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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