Photo: Jonathan Clitheroe · CC BY-SA 2.0Households in detached houses: 62%, a higher share than 97% of UK towns
Across England’s towns, 29% of households have dependent children; in Doveridge, 23%. The village had 1,760 residents in 746 households at the 2021 Census. Households without a car or van account for 8.2%. 31% of residents said they have no religion, a lower share than in 91% of UK towns.
Doveridge is older than 79% of UK towns: a median age of 48.9
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Residents aged 65 and over: 24% here and 18% across England’s towns. In Bakewell, the oldest of Derbyshire’s towns by this measure, it is 38%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A larger share of residents who moved in within the year than 95% of UK towns: 13%
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%.
At 7%, full-time students sit close to the figure across England’s towns. On average, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
1.9% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, below 76% 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.
At 2.3 people, the average household compares with 2.4 across England’s towns. On the census count, 29% of households are one person living alone. As a reference point, 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns.
Few flats: only 3.1% of households in Doveridge live in one
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
In Doveridge, 10% of households live in a terraced house, beside 24% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, the share of households in flats is 23%.
A lower share of residents born outside the UK than 67% of UK towns, at 4.8%
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
Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (1.5%), then in the Middle East and Asia (1.3%). As a yardstick, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Doveridge has more residents whose main language is English than 58% of UK towns, at 98%.
Doveridge sits above 91% of UK towns for residents who describe themselves as Christian (58%)
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 Doveridge · Derbyshire’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Of the other groups, the largest are Other White (2.7%), Chinese (1%) and Mixed or multiple (0.9%). For comparison, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Doveridge has more residents who describe themselves as White British than 69% of UK towns, at 94%.
53% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 80% 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
Where 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns, Doveridge has 29%. For comparison, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Here, 6.8% of residents give unpaid care.
Degree-level qualifications: 38% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 38% of adults in Doveridge, 34% across England’s towns; 13% have no qualification, against 18%. For 17%, A levels are the highest qualification so far, many of them students still working towards a degree.
2 of the 7 nearest towns are older than Doveridge
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doveridge | 1,760 | — | 48.9 | 24% | 23% |
| Uttoxeter | 14,024 | 2.2 mi | 41.9 | 19% | 29% |
| Rocester | 1,679 | 3.3 mi | 42.2 | 18% | 28% |
| Abbots Bromley | 1,331 | 6.4 mi | 53.6 | 31% | 22% |
| Hatton | 2,560 | 6.4 mi | 44.1 | 20% | 26% |
| Tutbury | 3,674 | 6.6 mi | 46.8 | 23% | 25% |
| Mayfield | 1,099 | 7.3 mi | 50.3 | 28% | 20% |
| Upper Tean | 3,244 | 7.6 mi | 46.5 | 23% | 27% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- The Census was taken in a lockdown, in term time. 21 March 2021 fell in term time, and students were asked to give their term-time address, so most were counted where they study. Some may have been living with family that day.
- “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 Doveridge’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 Doveridge’s residents
What is the population of Doveridge?
The 2021 Census counted 1,760 people in Doveridge’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Doveridge?
The median age was 48.9 at the 2021 Census. 13% of residents were 15 to 24 and 24% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Doveridge?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Derbyshire’s towns. 4.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Doveridge?
31% said they had no religion and 58% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 9.4% didn’t answer.
Is Doveridge good for families?
23% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Doveridge’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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