Photo: Stephen McKay · CC BY-SA 2.0Shared households of unrelated adults: 1.2%, a lower share than 98% of UK towns
7.6% of residents are aged 15 to 24; across England’s towns the figure is 12%. Chinley’s 833 households held 1,913 residents at the 2021 Census. Census figures put households without a car or van at 9.8% locally. At 29%, the share of households in terraced houses is higher than in four fifths of UK towns.
What the Census says about Chinley’s people
More with no religion than most
49% of residents answered “no religion” in 2021 and 44% Christian, against 37% and 46% across England’s towns. Ethnicity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Half of Chinley is over 45.4, older than 57% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 50–54: 8% of residents. In Bakewell, the oldest of Derbyshire’s towns by this measure, it is 38%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Only 7.7% of residents lived at another address a year earlier in Chinley
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%.
By class, just over two in five adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 19% in routine and semi-routine work (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). The usual figure: just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns. Full-time students: 4.5% of the total.
In Chinley, 27% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 75% 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 households with dependent children is 28% in Chinley and 29% across England’s towns. The usual figure: 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. Average household size: 2.3 people.
In Chinley, 6% of households live in a flat or apartment, fewer than in 78% of UK towns
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
Locally, 29% of households live in a detached house. Against that, 23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
Residents whose main language is English: 99%, a higher share than 94% 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
Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (2.2%), then in the Middle East and Asia (0.6%). 3.5% of residents were born outside the UK, a lower share than in 84% of UK towns. For comparison, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
49% said they have no religion, more than in 91% 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: 96% of Chinley · Derbyshire’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Next after White British come Other White (2.1%), Mixed or multiple (1.5%) and Chinese (0.4%). At 96%, the share of residents who describe themselves as White British is higher than in 82% of UK towns. Across the comparison, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. The share of residents who describe themselves as Christian trails just over four fifths of UK towns: 44%.
A higher share of married adults and civil partners than 77% of UK towns, at 52%
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
41 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. Fewer adults who have never married than in 72% of UK towns: 29%. For comparison, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Nothing unusual on unpaid carers: 7.8%, close to the figure across England’s towns.
Degree-level qualifications: held by 40% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 40% of Chinley’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 12% have no qualification (18%).
4 in 7 nearby towns have a higher median age than Chinley
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chinley | 1,913 | — | 45.4 | 21% | 28% |
| Chapel-en-le-Frith | 7,235 | 1.5 mi | 45.4 | 23% | 27% |
| Whaley Bridge | 4,618 | 2.1 mi | 49.6 | 23% | 24% |
| Furness Vale | 1,069 | 2.2 mi | 51.2 | 24% | 22% |
| Hayfield | 1,878 | 2.9 mi | 52.1 | 27% | 23% |
| New Mills | 9,195 | 3.2 mi | 45.3 | 20% | 25% |
| Dove Holes | 1,156 | 3.4 mi | 43.6 | 20% | 26% |
| Disley | 3,891 | 4.1 mi | 47.8 | 24% | 26% |
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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 Chinley’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 Chinley’s residents
What is the population of Chinley?
The 2021 Census counted 1,913 people in Chinley’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Chinley?
The median age was 45.4 at the 2021 Census. 7.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 21% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Chinley?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Derbyshire’s towns. 3.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Chinley?
49% said they had no religion and 44% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 5.7% didn’t answer.
Is Chinley good for families?
28% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Chinley’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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