Photo: Dave Bevis · CC BY-SA 2.0Creswell is younger than 86% of UK towns: a median age of 38.9
6.1% of households live in a flat or apartment, against 23% across England’s towns. On married adults and civil partners, Creswell sits lower than 90% of UK towns: 41%. At the 2021 Census Creswell was home to 5,792 people in 2,560 households. The share of households in terraced houses stands at 31%.
What the Census says about Creswell’s people
Younger than most towns
Half of Creswell’s residents are under 38.9 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 9.9% are 15 to 24 and 19% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
More with no religion than most
47% of residents answered “no religion” in 2021 and 46% 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).
Below 72% of UK towns: 19% of residents are 65 or over
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 25–29, with 7.9% of residents. By way of comparison, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. Residents aged 15 to 24 are more common here than in 55% of UK towns. In Bakewell, the oldest of Derbyshire’s towns by this measure, it is 38%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Creswell, 38.9. 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.
In Creswell, 4.4% of adults are full-time students, fewer than in 68% of UK towns
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%.
9.7% of residents lived at another address a year before the Census, against 11% across England’s towns. The share of full-time students across England’s towns is 7.9%.
A lower share of shared households of unrelated adults than 80% of UK towns, at 1.8%
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.
A household here has 2.2 people on average; across England’s towns, 2.4. The benchmark for shared households of unrelated adults across England’s towns: 4.3%. For Creswell, the census puts one-person households at 32%. Compared with other places, households with dependent children are common here: 29%, more than in 67% of UK towns.
More car-free households than 81% of UK towns: 22% in Creswell
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 figure for households in detached houses is 20% in Creswell and 21% across England’s towns. Typically, 24% of households have no car or van across England’s towns.
4.7% of residents were born outside the UK, below 68% 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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (3.5%) or in Africa (0.5%). Measured more widely, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. At 97%, the share of residents whose main language is English is lower than in just over three fifths of UK towns. Where just over a fifth of those born abroad across England’s towns arrived in 2017 or later, here the share is 13%.
A higher share of residents with no religion than 86% of UK towns, at 47%
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: 94% of Creswell · Derbyshire’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Besides White British, the main groups are Other White (3.5%), Mixed or multiple (1.1%) and African (0.3%). Higher than in 71% of UK towns: 94% of residents describe themselves as White British. As a reference point, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. On residents who describe themselves as Christian, 46% here is much the same as across England’s towns.
More unpaid carers than 88% of UK towns: 11% of residents
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
The number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 234. Unpaid carers: 8.7% across England’s towns, for comparison. Few places have as many adults who have never married: 39% here, more than in 85% of UK towns.
The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 20%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
20% of Creswell’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 26% have none (18%).
Ranked by age, 74th youngest of 624 UK towns this size
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Ages run from 18.9 in Bailrigg to 65.3 in Barton on Sea. Nearest to Creswell in age: Brampton (38.8), Odiham (38.8), Moulton (38.9) and Brampton (39).
Every neighbour of Creswell has an older population
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Creswell | 5,792 | — | 38.9 | 19% | 29% |
| Whitwell | 3,722 | 1.6 mi | 47.8 | 23% | 23% |
| Clowne | 7,759 | 1.9 mi | 45.6 | 23% | 26% |
| Langwith | 3,009 | 2.5 mi | 42.2 | 19% | 26% |
| Barlborough | 2,859 | 3.1 mi | 47.6 | 21% | 27% |
| Bolsover | 11,228 | 3.5 mi | 45.3 | 22% | 25% |
| Shirebrook | 11,571 | 3.9 mi | 39.1 | 16% | 29% |
| Church Warsop | 2,139 | 4.2 mi | 45.1 | 21% | 27% |
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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 Creswell’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 Creswell’s residents
What is the population of Creswell?
The 2021 Census counted 5,792 people in Creswell’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Creswell?
The median age was 38.9 at the 2021 Census, younger than 86% of UK towns. 9.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 19% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Creswell?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Derbyshire’s towns. 4.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Creswell?
47% said they had no religion and 46% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 6% didn’t answer.
Is Creswell good for families?
29% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Creswell’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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