Photo: Dave Bevis · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Cromford is over 54.3, older than 96% of UK towns
Here 97% of residents describe themselves as White British, where the figure across England’s towns is 73%. For Cromford, the census puts one-person households at 35%. Adults who have never married are rarer here than in 84% of UK towns. The 2021 Census put the village’s population at 1,395, in 682 households.
What the Census says about Cromford’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Cromford’s residents are under 54.3 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 33% 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).
Cromford ranks below 98% of UK towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 7.3%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
With residents aged 65 and over at 33%, Cromford is ahead of 94% of UK towns on that count. The usual figure: 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 96 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
In Cromford, 2.8% of adults are full-time students, fewer than in 99% 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%.
Against a figure of 11% across England’s towns, the share of residents who moved in within the year in Cromford comes in at 6.5%. On average, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Only 17% of households in Cromford have dependent children
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.
In Cromford the average household is 2 people, beside 2.4 across England’s towns. 1.6% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home. Across England’s towns, the share of households with dependent children is 29%.
More detached houses than 71% of UK towns: 37% of households
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
With households in flats at 8.5%, Cromford is behind 63% of UK towns on that count. Households in terraced houses account for 22%. Compared with other places, households without a car or van are common here: 15%, more than in 50% of UK towns. Set beside that, 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
Below 94% of UK towns: 2.8% of residents were born outside the UK
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
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (1.6%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.6%). 99% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 98% of UK towns. For residents born outside the UK, the comparison across England’s towns is 18%.
More residents who describe themselves as Christian than 63% 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 Cromford · Derbyshire’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents with no religion: 43%, above 62% of UK towns. Across the comparison, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
More unpaid carers than 79% of UK towns: 11%
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
Heavy unpaid care, 50 hours a week or more, falls to 47 residents. More married adults and civil partners than in 72% of UK towns: 52%. By way of comparison, nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care across England’s towns.
35% of adults have a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
35% of Cromford’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 21% have none (18%).
Cromford and its 7 nearest towns: 1 of them are older
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cromford | 1,395 | — | 54.3 | 33% | 17% |
| Wirksworth | 4,904 | 1.7 mi | 52.2 | 29% | 21% |
| Matlock | 11,990 | 2.6 mi | 49.4 | 26% | 23% |
| Tansley | 1,176 | 2.8 mi | 54.8 | 32% | 20% |
| Crich | 2,070 | 3.8 mi | 51.3 | 28% | 23% |
| Darley Dale | 3,985 | 4.4 mi | 53.1 | 33% | 21% |
| Ambergate | 1,566 | 5.1 mi | 49.6 | 23% | 25% |
| South Wingfield | 1,079 | 5.3 mi | 52.2 | 28% | 20% |
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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 Cromford’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 Cromford’s residents
What is the population of Cromford?
The 2021 Census counted 1,395 people in Cromford’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Cromford?
The median age was 54.3 at the 2021 Census. 7.3% of residents were 15 to 24 and 33% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Cromford?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Derbyshire’s towns. 2.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Cromford?
43% said they had no religion and 52% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 4.5% didn’t answer.
Is Cromford good for families?
17% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Cromford’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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