Photo: Peter Turner · CC BY-SA 2.01.4% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, below 96% of UK towns
Here 9% of residents are aged 15 to 24, where the figure across England’s towns is 12%. Residents who describe themselves as White British are more common here than in 86% of UK towns. Chapel-en-le-Frith’s 3,167 households held 7,235 residents at the 2021 Census. 30% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership.
+12% since 2011, a pace 66% of UK towns didn’t match
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Chapel-en-le-Frith’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 6,400 people in 2011; 7,100 in 2024.
The biggest jump came in the year to mid-2018: 190 more people. By age, the 65 and over group changed most (+44%) and the 16 to 29 group least (−7%).
More residents aged 65 and over than 62% of UK towns: 23%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The median age in Chapel-en-le-Frith is 45.4, higher than in 57% of UK towns. On average, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. No age band is larger than 50–54: 7.3% of residents. In Bakewell, the oldest of Derbyshire’s towns by this measure, it is 38%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Chapel-en-le-Frith, 45.4. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Below 75% of UK towns: 7.6% of residents lived at another address a year earlier
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 take in nearly a third of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 27% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). The wider picture: just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns. On the census count, 4.4% of adults are full-time students.
2.3 people per household, fewer than in 58% 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.
One-person households account for 29%. Here, 27% of households have dependent children.
Few flats: only 7.2% of households in Chapel-en-le-Frith live in one
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
The share of households without a car or van is 13%, against 24% across England’s towns. The wider picture: nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns. The census found that 22% of households live in a terraced house in Chapel-en-le-Frith.
Fewer residents born outside the UK than 80% of UK towns: 3.8%
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
The largest groups were born in EU countries (1.9%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.7%). By way of comparison, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Residents whose main language is English are more common here than in 86% of UK towns. Born abroad and arrived since 2017: 6.1% of that group, against 21% across England’s towns.
A higher share of residents with no religion than 75% of UK towns, at 45%
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: 96% of Chapel-en-le-Frith · Derbyshire’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The largest groups after White British are Other White (2.2%), Mixed or multiple (0.9%) and Chinese (0.5%). Across England’s towns, 37% of residents said they have no religion. 48% of residents describe themselves as Christian, against 46% across England’s towns.
Chapel-en-le-Frith ranks above 61% of UK towns on married adults and civil partners: 50%
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
Set against 8.7% across England’s towns, 9.8% of residents give unpaid care in Chapel-en-le-Frith. Married adults and civil partners make up 44% across England’s towns.
30% of adults have qualifications at degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 30% of adults in Chapel-en-le-Frith (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 17% (England’s towns: 18%).
538 UK towns of 5,000 to 10,000 people: this is the 260th oldest
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 Chapel-en-le-Frith in age: Menston (45.4), Longridge (45.4), Calverton (45.4) and Esher (45.4).
Of the 7 towns nearest Chapel-en-le-Frith, 4 are older
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chapel-en-le-Frith | 7,235 | — | 45.4 | 23% | 27% |
| Chinley | 1,913 | 1.5 mi | 45.4 | 21% | 28% |
| Dove Holes | 1,156 | 1.9 mi | 43.6 | 20% | 26% |
| Whaley Bridge | 4,618 | 2.9 mi | 49.6 | 23% | 24% |
| Furness Vale | 1,069 | 3.5 mi | 51.2 | 24% | 22% |
| Hayfield | 1,878 | 4.2 mi | 52.1 | 27% | 23% |
| Buxton | 20,048 | 4.6 mi | 47.1 | 23% | 24% |
| New Mills | 9,195 | 4.7 mi | 45.3 | 20% | 25% |
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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 Chapel-en-le-Frith’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. Chapel-en-le-Frith’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 7,136 people in 2021, against 7,235 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 Chapel-en-le-Frith’s residents
What is the population of Chapel-en-le-Frith?
The 2021 Census counted 7,235 people in Chapel-en-le-Frith’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 7,100 people in mid-2024, 12% more than in 2011.
What is the average age in Chapel-en-le-Frith?
The median age was 45.4 at the 2021 Census, older than 57% of UK towns. 9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 23% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Chapel-en-le-Frith?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Derbyshire’s towns. 3.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Chapel-en-le-Frith?
45% said they had no religion and 48% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 5.6% didn’t answer.
Is Chapel-en-le-Frith good for families?
27% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Chapel-en-le-Frith’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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