Photo: Steven Newton · CC BY 2.0A median age of 59.4: Castleton is older than 99% of UK towns
By its share of adults who have never married (24%), Castleton is below 95% of UK towns. 36% of households are one person living alone, a higher share than in 90% of UK towns. The village is home to 544 residents in 274 households, by the 2021 Census. On the census count, 12% of households have dependent children.
Castleton ranks above 98% of UK towns on residents aged 65 and over: 38%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Where 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns, Castleton has 5.9%. For comparison, 18% of residents are 65 or over 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.
Castleton sits below 99% of UK towns for full-time students (2.8%)
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 account for just over two fifths of Castleton’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 18%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. To put it in context, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. Here, 7% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
Households here average 2 people, below 99% 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.
Where 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns, Castleton has 2.9%.
A smaller share of households without a car or van than 71% of UK towns: 12%
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
7.2% of households live in a flat or apartment, against 23% across England’s towns. Castleton has more households in detached houses than 54% of UK towns, at 31%. The wider picture: nearly a quarter of households have no car or van across England’s towns. Here, just over a fifth of households live in a terraced house.
Residents born outside the UK: 1.8%, a lower 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
100% of residents have English as their main language, against 90% across England’s towns. Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (0.7%), then in Africa (0.6%). The comparison figure for residents born outside the UK is 18% across England’s towns.
Residents who describe themselves as White British: 97%, a higher share than 93% 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: 97% of Castleton · Derbyshire’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
37% of residents said they have no religion, about the same as across England’s towns. On the census count, 54% of residents describe themselves as Christian. Across England’s towns, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British.
Castleton: 13% of residents give unpaid care, above 99% 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
By its share of married adults and civil partners (53%), Castleton is above 81% of UK towns. For 19 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week. As a yardstick, nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care across England’s towns.
The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 41%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 41% of adults in Castleton, 34% across England’s towns; 13% have no qualification, against 18%.
No nearby town is as old as Castleton
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castleton | 544 | — | 59.4 | 38% | 12% |
| Bradwell | 1,368 | 1.7 mi | 53.5 | 29% | 20% |
| Tideswell | 1,554 | 4.5 mi | 51.3 | 26% | 22% |
| Hathersage | 1,861 | 5.1 mi | 54.3 | 31% | 22% |
| Dove Holes | 1,156 | 5.4 mi | 43.6 | 20% | 26% |
| Chapel-en-le-Frith | 7,235 | 6 mi | 45.4 | 23% | 27% |
| Chinley | 1,913 | 6.7 mi | 45.4 | 21% | 28% |
| Hayfield | 1,878 | 7.4 mi | 52.1 | 27% | 23% |
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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 Castleton’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 Castleton’s residents
What is the population of Castleton?
The 2021 Census counted 544 people in Castleton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Castleton?
The median age was 59.4 at the 2021 Census. 5.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 38% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Castleton?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Derbyshire’s towns. 1.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Castleton?
37% said they had no religion and 54% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 7.7% didn’t answer.
Is Castleton good for families?
12% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Castleton’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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