Photo: victuallers2 · CC BY 2.0A lower share of households with dependent children than 91% of UK towns, at 22%
In Breaston and Draycott, 11% of households live in a terraced house, beside 24% across England’s towns. Its 3,441 households held 7,393 residents at the 2021 Census. Households in detached houses: nearly two fifths of the total. 46% of residents said they have no religion, a higher share than in 80% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Breaston and Draycott’s people
Fewer people than in 2011
ONS mid-year estimates put Breaston and Draycott at 7,500 in 2011 and 7,300 in 2024, down 4%, against 10% for England: slower growth than in 96% of UK towns. Since 2011 ↓
Older than most towns
Half of Breaston and Draycott’s residents are under 50.1 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 27% 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) and ONS mid-year population estimates.
Since 2011, Breaston and Draycott has changed by −4%, slower than 96% of UK towns
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Breaston and Draycott’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 7,500 people in 2011; 7,300 in 2024.
The 65 and over group saw the biggest change (+24%), the 30 to 44 group the smallest (−15%).
Half of Breaston and Draycott is over 50.1, older than 85% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Nearly one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24; across England’s towns the figure is 12%. On the census count, 27% of residents are 65 or over.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Breaston and Draycott, 50.1. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A smaller share of full-time students than 81% of UK towns: 4.1%
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%.
With residents who moved in within the year at 7.6%, Breaston and Draycott is behind nearly three quarters of UK towns on that count. For comparison, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Smaller households than 86% of UK towns: 2.1 people on average
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.
Where 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns, Breaston and Draycott has 2.1%. Meanwhile, on one-person households, Breaston and Draycott sits higher than 71% of UK towns: 32%.
Below 62% of UK towns: 13% of households have no car or van
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
10% of households live in a flat or apartment, against 23% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, the share of households without a car or van is 24%.
Fewer residents born abroad than 77% of UK towns: 4%
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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (2.1%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.9%). Residents born outside the UK make up 18% across England’s towns. At 99%, the share of residents whose main language is English is higher than in 84% of UK towns. Recent arrivals (2017 or later) make up 5.1% of those born abroad (England’s towns: 21%).
A higher share of residents who describe themselves as White British than 68% of UK towns, at 94%
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 Breaston and Draycott · Derbyshire’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Besides White British, the main groups are Other White (2%), Mixed or multiple (1.7%) and Indian (0.9%). As a reference point, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. 47% of residents describe themselves as Christian, fewer than in 67% of UK towns.
Only 30% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership in Breaston and Draycott
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 51% in Breaston and Draycott and 44% across England’s towns. Measured more widely, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. The census found that 10% of residents give unpaid care here.
Degree level: the highest qualification of 33% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Breaston and Draycott, 33% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 16% have no qualification at all (18%).
Ranked by age, 83rd oldest of 538 UK towns this size
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Red Lodge is the youngest (30.9); Barton on Sea the oldest (65.3). Nearest to Breaston and Draycott in age: Somerton (50), Henfield (50), Broseley (50.2) and Midhurst (50.2).
A younger town than 2 of the 7 around it: Breaston and Draycott
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breaston and Draycott | 7,393 | — | 50.1 | 27% | 22% |
| Long Eaton | 37,815 | 1.7 mi | 42.6 | 19% | 26% |
| Sandiacre | 9,373 | 2.2 mi | 43.5 | 22% | 27% |
| Shardlow | 1,190 | 2.2 mi | 51.8 | 25% | 18% |
| Borrowash | 7,171 | 2.2 mi | 47.7 | 24% | 26% |
| Stapleford | 15,041 | 3.3 mi | 40.8 | 19% | 28% |
| Aston-on-Trent | 2,433 | 3.6 mi | 51.3 | 29% | 26% |
| Castle Donington | 7,344 | 3.8 mi | 43.6 | 21% | 27% |
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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 Breaston and Draycott’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out. The population trend compares with the whole county and nation.
- Estimates since 2021 are modelled. The ONS builds mid-year estimates from the Census, births, deaths and migration records. Breaston and Draycott’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 7,393 people in 2021, against 7,393 in the built-up area.
- 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 Breaston and Draycott’s residents
What is the population of Breaston and Draycott?
The 2021 Census counted 7,393 people in Breaston and Draycott’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 7,300 people in mid-2024, 4% fewer than in 2011.
What is the average age in Breaston and Draycott?
The median age was 50.1 at the 2021 Census, older than 85% of UK towns. 9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 27% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Breaston and Draycott?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Derbyshire’s towns. 4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Breaston and Draycott?
46% said they had no religion and 47% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 5.3% didn’t answer.
Is Breaston and Draycott good for families?
22% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Breaston and Draycott’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) · ONS mid-year population estimates for 2021 LSOAs, mid-2011 to mid-2024. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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