Photo: Jerry Evans · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Egginton is over 56.8, older than 98% of UK towns
Across England’s towns, 29% of households have dependent children; in Egginton, 19%. Few places have so few residents with no religion: 27% here, fewer than in 96% of UK towns. Its 253 households held 545 residents at the 2021 Census. 61% of adults are married or in a civil partnership.
6.6% of residents are aged 15 to 24, below 99% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 55–59, with 10% of residents, 1.5 times the share across England’s towns. The wider picture: 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. For Egginton, the census puts residents aged 65 and over at 35%.
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.
Fewer full-time students than 99% of UK towns: 2.5%
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%.
By class, 48% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 15% in routine and semi-routine work (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). Here, 4.7% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. Typically, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Fewer people live alone than in 86% of UK towns: 25% of households
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 average 2.2 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. Shared households of unrelated adults are more common here than in 52% of UK towns. Measured more widely, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns.
Few flats: only 0.8% of households in Egginton 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
The share of households in detached houses tops 97% of UK towns: 61%. For comparison, nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns. One household in every 12 has no car or van. On households in terraced houses, Egginton sits lower than 63% of UK towns: 17%.
3.5% of residents were born outside the UK, below 85% 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
99% of residents have English as their main language, against 90% across England’s towns. Across the comparison, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in the Middle East and Asia (2%) and in EU countries (1.1%).
63% of residents describe themselves as Christian, more than in 97% 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: 93% of Egginton · Derbyshire’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Other than White British, most residents describe themselves as Other White (2.9%), Indian (1.5%) and Mixed or multiple (1.5%). Typically, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. 93% of residents describe themselves as White British, a higher share than in 58% of UK towns.
Adults who have never married: 21%, a lower share than 99% 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
13 residents care, unpaid, for at least 50 hours a week. On average, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Unpaid carers are more common here than in just over four fifths of UK towns.
A degree-level qualification for 40% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Egginton counts 40% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 12% have no qualification (18%).
Every neighbour of Egginton has a younger population
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egginton | 545 | — | 56.8 | 35% | 19% |
| Stretton | 4,646 | 1.4 mi | 49.1 | 26% | 24% |
| Hilton | 8,269 | 1.5 mi | 37.6 | 11% | 36% |
| Rolleston on Dove | 2,902 | 1.7 mi | 52.7 | 31% | 22% |
| Etwall | 3,080 | 1.9 mi | 44.2 | 23% | 31% |
| Willington | 2,717 | 2 mi | 46.5 | 23% | 27% |
| Repton | 2,766 | 2.7 mi | 39.9 | 18% | 31% |
| Findern | 1,608 | 2.9 mi | 52.2 | 31% | 22% |
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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 Egginton’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 Egginton’s residents
What is the population of Egginton?
The 2021 Census counted 545 people in Egginton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Egginton?
The median age was 56.8 at the 2021 Census. 6.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 35% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Egginton?
93% 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 Egginton?
27% said they had no religion and 63% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 7.2% didn’t answer.
Is Egginton good for families?
19% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Egginton’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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