Photo: Jonathan Clitheroe · CC BY-SA 2.0Eckington ranks above 88% of UK towns on one-person households: 35%
The share of households with dependent children is 24%, against 29% across England’s towns. Meanwhile, on households without a car or van, Eckington sits higher than 69% of UK towns: 19%. At the 2021 Census Eckington was home to 7,435 people in 3,456 households. Residents who describe themselves as White British account for 95%.
Eckington changed by +1% from 2011 to 2024, slower than 79% of UK towns
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Eckington’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 7,400 people in 2011; 7,500 in 2024.
The largest rise in a single year came from mid-2020 to mid-2021: 130 people. By age, the 65 and over group changed most (+18%) and the 16 to 29 group least (−21%).
A median age of 46.5: Eckington is older than 65% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
9.4% of residents are aged 15 to 24, against 12% across England’s towns. On the census count, 23% of residents are 65 or over.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Eckington, 46.5. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
4.5% of adults are full-time students, below 65% 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%.
8% of residents lived at another address a year earlier; across England’s towns the figure is 11%. Full-time students make up 7.9% across England’s towns.
Households here average 2.1 people, below 88% 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.
4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns, against 1.7% in Eckington.
Eckington sits below 62% of UK towns for households in flats (8.7%)
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
Locally, 29% of households live in a detached house. At 20%, the share of households in terraced houses is lower than in half of UK towns.
A smaller share of residents born outside the UK than 85% of UK towns: 3.5%
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
Of residents born abroad, 21% arrived in 2017 or later, against 21% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 18% of residents were born outside the UK. Here, 98% of residents have English as their main language.
Eckington: 52% of residents describe themselves as Christian, above 63% 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: 95% of Eckington · Derbyshire’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Beyond White British, the biggest groups are Other White (2.1%), Mixed or multiple (1.1%) and Indian (0.3%). Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 46% across England’s towns, for comparison. Few places have so few residents with no religion: 40% here, fewer than in 56% of UK towns.
Above 62% of UK towns: 34% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership
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
10% of residents give unpaid care, against 8.7% across England’s towns. As a reference point, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Married adults and civil partners: 44% of the total.
Adults qualified to degree level or above: 22%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 34% across England’s towns, 22% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 23% hold no qualification (18%).
217th highest median age among 538 UK towns of 5,000 to 10,000
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
The youngest is Red Lodge (30.9) and the oldest Barton on Sea (65.3). Nearest to Eckington in age: Seaton Delaval (46.5), Pelton and Ouston (46.5), Deeping St James (46.5) and Perton (46.5).
2 in 7 nearby towns have a higher median age than Eckington
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eckington | 7,435 | — | 46.5 | 23% | 24% |
| Renishaw | 2,425 | 1.8 mi | 38.6 | 14% | 32% |
| Killamarsh | 9,082 | 2.3 mi | 45.6 | 22% | 27% |
| Staveley | 15,151 | 3 mi | 41.7 | 19% | 29% |
| Barlborough | 2,859 | 3.6 mi | 47.6 | 21% | 27% |
| Brimington | 11,068 | 3.8 mi | 46.2 | 22% | 24% |
| Duckmanton | 1,775 | 4.4 mi | 39.7 | 19% | 32% |
| Dronfield | 21,161 | 4.4 mi | 49.9 | 29% | 25% |
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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 Eckington’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out. The population trend compares with the whole county and nation.
- Estimates since 2021 are modelled. The ONS builds mid-year estimates from the Census, births, deaths and migration records. Eckington’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 7,435 people in 2021, against 7,435 in the built-up area.
- 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 Eckington’s residents
What is the population of Eckington?
The 2021 Census counted 7,435 people in Eckington’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 7,500 people in mid-2024, 1% more than in 2011.
What is the average age in Eckington?
The median age was 46.5 at the 2021 Census, older than 65% of UK towns. 9.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 23% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Eckington?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Derbyshire’s towns. 3.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Eckington?
40% said they had no religion and 52% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 6.9% didn’t answer.
Is Eckington good for families?
24% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Eckington’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) · ONS mid-year population estimates for 2021 LSOAs, mid-2011 to mid-2024. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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