Photo: Richard Vince · CC BY-SA 2.0Crich is older than 90% of UK towns: a median age of 51.3
Here 97% of residents describe themselves as White British, where the figure across England’s towns is 73%. Lower than in 96% of UK towns: 2.3% of households live in a flat or apartment. At the 2021 Census, 2,070 people lived in Crich, in 943 households. The census found that 56% of adults are married or in a civil partnership here.
What the Census says about Crich’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Crich’s residents are under 51.3 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 28% are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
6.8% of residents are aged 15 to 24, fewer than in 99% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Here 28% of residents are 65 or over, where the figure across England’s towns is 18%. Across the comparison, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
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.
A smaller share of full-time students than 99% of UK towns: 3%
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 23% in routine and semi-routine work (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). Against that, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. For Crich, the census puts residents who moved in within the year at 9%.
Crich sits below 87% of UK towns for households with dependent children (23%)
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.
Where 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns, Crich has 2.8%. For Crich, the census puts one-person households at 26%. Elsewhere, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns.
Crich sits above 88% of UK towns for households in detached houses (48%)
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
18% of households live in a terraced house, against 24% across England’s towns. Crich has fewer households without a car or van than 78% of UK towns, at 11%. Measured more widely, 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
Residents born outside the UK: 2.5%, a lower share than 96% 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
Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (1.4%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.4%). Across England’s towns, residents born outside the UK come to 18%. At 99%, the share of residents whose main language is English is higher than in 97% of UK towns.
43% of residents said they have no religion, a share 61% of UK towns don’t reach
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 Crich · Derbyshire’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
After White British, the largest groups are Other White (2%), Mixed or multiple (0.6%) and African (0.2%). 51% of residents describe themselves as Christian, more than in 61% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, the share of residents with no religion is 37%.
Adults who have never married: 24%, a lower share than 96% of UK towns
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
For 66 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week. Across the comparison, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. 10% of residents give unpaid care, a higher share than in 74% of UK towns.
39% of adults hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Crich counts 39% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 18% have no qualification (18%).
A younger town than 5 of the 7 around it: Crich
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crich | 2,070 | — | 51.3 | 28% | 23% |
| Ambergate | 1,566 | 1.7 mi | 49.6 | 23% | 25% |
| South Wingfield | 1,079 | 2.1 mi | 52.2 | 28% | 20% |
| Heage | 2,584 | 2.8 mi | 52.7 | 29% | 21% |
| Cromford | 1,395 | 3.8 mi | 54.3 | 33% | 17% |
| Tansley | 1,176 | 3.9 mi | 54.8 | 32% | 20% |
| Belper | 19,076 | 3.9 mi | 47.1 | 22% | 24% |
| Wirksworth | 4,904 | 3.9 mi | 52.2 | 29% | 21% |
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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 Crich’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 Crich’s residents
What is the population of Crich?
The 2021 Census counted 2,070 people in Crich’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Crich?
The median age was 51.3 at the 2021 Census. 6.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 28% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Crich?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Derbyshire’s towns. 2.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Crich?
43% said they had no religion and 51% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 5.2% didn’t answer.
Is Crich good for families?
23% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Crich’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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