Photo: Bill Boaden · CC BY-SA 2.0A higher share of one-person households than 88% of UK towns, at 35%
A household here has 2.1 people on average; across England’s towns, 2.4. Census day 2021: 11,068 residents and 5,137 households in Brimington. Locally, 8.7% of residents are aged 15 to 24. Compared with other places, unpaid carers are common here: 11%, more than in 82% of UK towns.
Brimington changed by +4% from 2011 to 2024, behind 67% of UK towns
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Brimington’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 11,300 people in 2011; 11,700 in 2024.
The steepest year was mid-2023 to mid-2024, up 170 people. Change by age ran from +19% for the 65 and over to −15% for the 16 to 29.
Brimington is older than 63% of UK towns: a median age of 46.2
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 55–59 than any other five-year age: 7.5% of residents. On residents aged 65 and over, Brimington sits higher than 54% of UK towns: 22%. In Bakewell, the oldest of Derbyshire’s towns by this measure, it is 38%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Brimington, 46.2. The typical town is 44.4.
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.
Fewer full-time students than 85% of UK towns: 4%
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, 33% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine or semi-routine work; Brimington has 27% and 32%. 8.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 53% of UK towns. As a reference point, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
24% of households have dependent children, below 79% 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.
1.8% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, against 4.3% across England’s towns. Set beside that, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns.
A smaller share of households in flats than 72% of UK towns: 7.1%
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
With households in detached houses at 24%, Brimington is behind 64% of UK towns on that count. On average, 23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns. Across Brimington, just over a fifth of households have no car or van. 18% of households live in a terraced house, fewer than in 59% of UK towns.
3.4% of residents were born outside the UK, below 86% 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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (1.4%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.9%). Residents born outside the UK: 18% across England’s towns, for comparison. 99% of residents have English as their main language, a higher share than in 73% of UK towns.
More residents who describe themselves as White British than 75% of UK towns: 95%
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: 95% of Brimington · Derbyshire’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Next after White British come Other White (1.6%), Mixed or multiple (1.2%) and Indian (0.7%). As a yardstick, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. Higher than in 69% of UK towns: 44% of residents said they have no religion. At the same time, with residents who describe themselves as Christian at 50%, Brimington is behind 51% of UK towns on that count.
Adults who have never married: 35%, a higher share than 69% 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
Some 354 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. The share of adults who have never married across England’s towns is 39%. On married adults and civil partners, Brimington sits lower than 79% of UK towns: 43%.
24% of adults hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Brimington counts 24% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 22% have no qualification (18%).
From a median age of 37 in New Whittington, Hollingwood & Barrow Hill to 50 in Arkwright Town & Temple Normanton
The town’s 3 neighbourhoods (ONS middle-layer areas with 500+ residents inside it, named by the House of Commons Library), youngest first. Census 2021.
Arkwright Town & Temple Normanton is the oldest area, with 27% aged 65 or over; New Whittington, Hollingwood & Barrow Hill the youngest (median age 37). Families with children are most common in New Whittington, Hollingwood & Barrow Hill (28% of households).
Ranked by age, 128th oldest of 397 UK towns this size
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Aberystwyth is the youngest (25); Sidmouth the oldest (60.4). Nearest to Brimington in age: Wideopen (46.2), Little Lever (46.2), Ashbourne (46.2) and Warlingham (46.2).
Brimington is younger than 2 of its 7 nearest neighbours
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brimington | 11,068 | — | 46.2 | 22% | 24% |
| Staveley | 15,151 | 1.4 mi | 41.7 | 19% | 29% |
| Chesterfield | 76,394 | 2 mi | 45.5 | 22% | 23% |
| Duckmanton | 1,775 | 2.3 mi | 39.7 | 19% | 32% |
| Grassmoor | 3,528 | 3.7 mi | 42.1 | 20% | 28% |
| Eckington | 7,435 | 3.8 mi | 46.5 | 23% | 24% |
| Wingerworth | 6,404 | 4 mi | 50.5 | 30% | 21% |
| Renishaw | 2,425 | 4 mi | 38.6 | 14% | 32% |
Health, work and homes have their own pages
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 Brimington’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. Brimington’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 11,274 people in 2021, against 11,068 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 Brimington’s residents
What is the population of Brimington?
The 2021 Census counted 11,068 people in Brimington’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 11,700 people in mid-2024, 4% more than in 2011.
What is the average age in Brimington?
The median age was 46.2 at the 2021 Census, older than 63% of UK towns. 8.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 22% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Brimington?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Derbyshire’s towns. 3.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Brimington?
44% said they had no religion and 50% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.5% were Muslim and 5.4% didn’t answer.
Is Brimington good for families?
24% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Families are most common in New Whittington, Hollingwood & Barrow Hill (28% of households). Schools are on Brimington’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 · House of Commons Library MSOA names. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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