Photo: Alan Fleming · CC BY-SA 2.0In Charlesworth, 21% of households have dependent children, fewer than in 92% of UK towns
The median age in Charlesworth is 50.3, higher than in 86% of UK towns. The 2021 Census put the village’s population at 857, in 397 households. Here, 95% of residents describe themselves as White British. Households without a car or van make up 11%, against 24% across England’s towns.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 73% of UK towns, at 25%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 60–64: 9.3% of residents, 1.6 times the share across England’s towns. Typically, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. Census figures put residents aged 15 to 24 at 9.6% in Charlesworth.
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.
Above 71% of UK towns: 5.4% of adults are full-time students
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 work; in Charlesworth, 43% and 15%. Residents who moved in within the year: 9% of the total. Against that, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Charlesworth households average 2.1 people, smaller than in 87% 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.
The figure for one-person households is 33% in Charlesworth and 30% across England’s towns. 2.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
30% of households live in a terraced house, a share 83% of UK towns don’t reach
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 in flats is 8%, against 23% across England’s towns. Households in terraced houses: 24% across England’s towns, for comparison.
More residents whose main language is English than 99% of UK towns: 100%
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
The share of residents born outside the UK is 3.2%, against 18% across England’s towns. The benchmark for residents whose main language is English across England’s towns: 90%. Most residents from abroad were born in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.2%) or in EU countries (0.8%).
No religion: 43% of residents, a higher share than 65% 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: 95% of Charlesworth · Derbyshire’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The share of residents who describe themselves as Christian is 52%, against 46% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, the share of residents with no religion is 37%. The next-largest groups, after White British, are Other White (2%), Mixed or multiple (1.3%) and Caribbean (0.5%).
Charlesworth ranks above 77% of UK towns on unpaid carers: 10%
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 44% across England’s towns, 47% of adults are married or in a civil partnership in Charlesworth. The usual figure: 8.7% of residents give unpaid care across England’s towns. Some 16 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week.
Adults qualified to degree level or above: 42%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 34% of adults have a degree-level qualification; in Charlesworth, 42%, and 13% have none, against 18%.
Charlesworth is older than every town around it
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlesworth | 857 | — | 50.3 | 25% | 21% |
| Broadbottom | 1,001 | 0.8 mi | 48.8 | 23% | 22% |
| Gamesley | 3,124 | 0.9 mi | 36.5 | 13% | 33% |
| Hadfield | 16,271 | 1.8 mi | 44 | 20% | 27% |
| Glossop | 17,820 | 1.8 mi | 45.8 | 21% | 26% |
| Hattersley | 6,959 | 1.9 mi | 34 | 12% | 35% |
| Marple Bridge | 4,702 | 3.1 mi | 49 | 26% | 29% |
| Hyde | 35,902 | 3.5 mi | 39.3 | 17% | 31% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- The Census was taken in a lockdown, in term time. 21 March 2021 fell in term time, and students were asked to give their term-time address, so most were counted where they study. Some may have been living with family that day.
- “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 Charlesworth’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 Charlesworth’s residents
What is the population of Charlesworth?
The 2021 Census counted 857 people in Charlesworth’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Charlesworth?
The median age was 50.3 at the 2021 Census. 9.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 25% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Charlesworth?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Derbyshire’s towns. 3.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Charlesworth?
43% said they had no religion and 52% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 4.2% didn’t answer.
Is Charlesworth good for families?
21% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Charlesworth’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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