Photo: Andrew Hill · CC BY-SA 2.097% of residents describe themselves as White British, more than in 96% of UK towns
Households in detached houses make up 39%, against 21% across England’s towns. Clowne’s 3,439 households held 7,759 residents at the 2021 Census. For Clowne, the census puts households in flats at 6.5%. Shared households of unrelated adults are rarer here than in 75% of UK towns.
Clowne grew +12% from 2011 to 2024, ahead of 68% of UK towns
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Clowne’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 7,600 people in 2011; 8,500 in 2024.
The biggest jump came in the year to mid-2017: 170 more people. Split by age, the 65 and over changed most (+35%) and the 16 to 29 least (−5%).
A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 72% of UK towns: 9.1%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Half of Clowne’s residents are over 45.6, older than in 58% of UK towns. Measured more widely, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. Census figures put residents aged 65 and over at 23% locally. In Bakewell, the oldest of Derbyshire’s towns by this measure, it is 38%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Clowne, 45.6. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A lower share of full-time students than 84% of UK towns, at 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%.
By class, 28% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 32% in routine and semi-routine work (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). Census figures put residents who moved in within the year at 7.8% in Clowne. Typically, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Smaller households than 67% of UK towns: 2.2 people on average
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.
With households with dependent children at 26%, Clowne is behind 64% of UK towns on that count. 30% of households are one person living alone, a lower share than in 52% of UK towns.
Households in terraced houses: 15%, a lower share than 71% 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
Compared with 24% across England’s towns, 17% of households have no car or van here.
Clowne ranks below 98% of UK towns on residents born outside the UK: 2.3%
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
Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (1.2%) or in the Middle East and Asia (0.5%). At 99%, the share of residents whose main language is English is higher than in 88% of UK towns. For comparison, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Born abroad and arrived since 2017: 14% of that group, against 21% across England’s towns.
More residents who describe themselves as Christian than 64% of UK towns: 52%
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 Clowne · Derbyshire’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The groups that follow White British are Other White (1.3%), Mixed or multiple (0.7%) and Chinese (0.2%). As a yardstick, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Residents with no religion are more common here than in 55% of UK towns.
Clowne sits below 63% of UK towns for adults who have never married (30%)
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
Compared with 44% across England’s towns, 49% of adults are married or in a civil partnership here. The census found that 10% of residents give unpaid care in Clowne. The comparison figure for adults who have never married is 39% across England’s towns.
Degree level: the highest qualification of 24% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
21% of Clowne’s adults have no qualification (18% across England’s towns), and 24% have one at degree level (34%).
Among 538 UK towns of 5,000 to 10,000 people, the 248th 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 Clowne in age: Crigglestone and Durkar (45.6), Killamarsh (45.6), Poringland (45.6) and Histon and Impington (45.6).
Nearby, 3 of 7 towns have older populations than Clowne
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clowne | 7,759 | — | 45.6 | 23% | 26% |
| Barlborough | 2,859 | 1.3 mi | 47.6 | 21% | 27% |
| Creswell | 5,792 | 1.9 mi | 38.9 | 19% | 29% |
| Whitwell | 3,722 | 2.4 mi | 47.8 | 23% | 23% |
| Renishaw | 2,425 | 3.1 mi | 38.6 | 14% | 32% |
| Bolsover | 11,228 | 3.2 mi | 45.3 | 22% | 25% |
| Harthill | 1,729 | 3.3 mi | 50.8 | 27% | 23% |
| Duckmanton | 1,775 | 3.7 mi | 39.7 | 19% | 32% |
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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 Clowne’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. Clowne’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 8,424 people in 2021, against 7,759 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 Clowne’s residents
What is the population of Clowne?
The 2021 Census counted 7,759 people in Clowne’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 8,500 people in mid-2024, 12% more than in 2011.
What is the average age in Clowne?
The median age was 45.6 at the 2021 Census, older than 58% of UK towns. 9.1% of residents were 15 to 24 and 23% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Clowne?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Derbyshire’s towns. 2.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Clowne?
42% said they had no religion and 52% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 5.4% didn’t answer.
Is Clowne good for families?
26% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Clowne’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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