Photo: Neil Theasby · CC BY-SA 2.0Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 99% in Denby Common, more than in 99% of UK towns
Unpaid carers make up 14%, against 8.7% across England’s towns. Fewer one-person households than in 87% of UK towns: 25%. Denby Common counted 454 residents and 187 households at the 2021 Census. Households in terraced houses account for 7.8%.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 7.8% in Denby Common, less than in 95% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The median age in Denby Common is 46.2, higher than in 63% of UK towns. Elsewhere, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. For Denby Common, the census puts residents aged 65 and over at 22%. The largest age band is 55–59: one in ten residents, 1.5 times the share across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A smaller share of full-time students than 94% of UK towns: 3.5%
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%.
Residents who moved in within the year: 7.4%, below 78% of UK towns. To put it in context, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Households with dependent children: 26%, a lower share than 66% 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.
Households in Denby Common hold 2.3 people on average (England’s towns: 2.4). 2.7% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home. Across the comparison, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns.
Fewer households without a car or van than 90% of UK towns: 8.4%
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
Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns. By way of comparison, nearly a quarter of households have no car or van across England’s towns. The census found that 36% of households live in a detached house in Denby Common.
Fewer residents born abroad than 99% of UK towns: 1.6%
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
90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns, against 100% in Denby Common. The share of residents born outside the UK across England’s towns is 18%. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (0.9%) and in EU countries (0.4%).
Denby Common: 50% of residents said they have no religion, above 94% 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: 99% of Denby Common · Derbyshire’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns, against 45% in Denby Common. Residents with no religion: 37% across England’s towns, for comparison.
Adults who have never married make up 28% in Denby Common, less than in 79% 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
In Denby Common, 51% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, beside 44% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership. Unpaid carers giving 50 hours or more a week: 18.
The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 29%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Denby Common counts 29% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 15% have no qualification (18%).
A younger town than 3 of the 7 around it: Denby Common
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denby Common | 454 | — | 46.2 | 22% | 26% |
| Ripley | 20,191 | 1.7 mi | 46.5 | 23% | 24% |
| Heanor | 24,264 | 1.7 mi | 42.5 | 19% | 26% |
| Smalley | 2,201 | 1.8 mi | 44.6 | 23% | 29% |
| Denby Bottles | 1,756 | 2.1 mi | 38.4 | 15% | 32% |
| Kilburn and Horsley Woodhouse | 4,447 | 2.3 mi | 47.5 | 25% | 24% |
| Ironville | 1,824 | 2.8 mi | 42.4 | 20% | 26% |
| Heage | 2,584 | 3.1 mi | 52.7 | 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 Denby Common’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 Denby Common’s residents
What is the population of Denby Common?
The 2021 Census counted 454 people in Denby Common’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Denby Common?
The median age was 46.2 at the 2021 Census. 7.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 22% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Denby Common?
99% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Derbyshire’s towns. 1.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Denby Common?
50% said they had no religion and 45% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 4% didn’t answer.
Is Denby Common good for families?
26% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Denby Common’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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