Church of St Helen · Photo: histman · CC BY 2.0Households in detached houses make up 52% in Etwall, more than in 92% of UK towns
Nearly a quarter of households have no car or van across England’s towns, against 11% in Etwall. In Etwall, 55% of adults are married or in a civil partnership. Compared with other places, households with dependent children are common here: 31%, more than in 81% of UK towns. There were 1,273 households locally at the 2021 Census, home to 3,080 residents.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 8.3%, a lower share than 89% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Where 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns, Etwall has 23%. The largest age band is 10–14: 7.1% of residents. The median age here is 44.2, lower than in 52% of UK towns. Against that, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Etwall, 44.2. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 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.
8.9% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, more than in 54% 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%.
Managerial and professional jobs take in 45% of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 17% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). Set beside that, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns. Census figures put full-time students at 4.8% in Etwall.
Bigger households than 65% of UK towns: 2.3 people each on average
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.
Across England’s towns, the share of one-person households is 30%; Etwall has 28%. Shared households of unrelated adults: 2.1% of the total.
12% of households live in a terraced house, below 84% of UK towns
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
5.5% of households live in a flat or apartment, against 23% across England’s towns. As a yardstick, nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns.
More residents whose main language is English than 75% of UK towns: 99%
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
Since 2017: 9% of those born abroad, against 21% across England’s towns. Residents born outside the UK are rarer here than in 67% of UK towns. The comparison figure for residents whose main language is English is 90% across England’s towns.
93% of residents describe themselves as White British, more than in 61% 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 Etwall · Derbyshire’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The figure for residents who describe themselves as Christian is 48% in Etwall and 46% across England’s towns. Across Etwall, just over two in five residents said they have no religion. For residents who describe themselves as White British, the comparison across England’s towns is 73%.
Etwall sits below 87% of UK towns for adults who have never married (26%)
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
73 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. Etwall has fewer unpaid carers than 71% of UK towns, at 8.6%. Measured more widely, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
41% of adults are qualified to degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
41% of Etwall’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 12% have none (18%).
514 UK towns of 2,500 to 4,000 people: this is the 144th youngest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Ages run from 20.6 in Keele to 63.1 in West Chiltington. Nearest to Etwall in age: Colden Common (44.1), Llanbradach (44.1), Alvechurch (44.2) and Bar Hill (44.2).
4 of the 7 nearest towns are older than Etwall
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Etwall | 3,080 | — | 44.2 | 23% | 31% |
| Hilton | 8,269 | 1.5 mi | 37.6 | 11% | 36% |
| Findern | 1,608 | 2.3 mi | 52.2 | 31% | 22% |
| Willington | 2,717 | 2.5 mi | 46.5 | 23% | 27% |
| Rolleston on Dove | 2,902 | 3 mi | 52.7 | 31% | 22% |
| Stretton | 4,646 | 3.2 mi | 49.1 | 26% | 24% |
| Hatton | 2,560 | 3.6 mi | 44.1 | 20% | 26% |
| Repton | 2,766 | 3.6 mi | 39.9 | 18% | 31% |
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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 Etwall’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 Etwall’s residents
What is the population of Etwall?
The 2021 Census counted 3,080 people in Etwall’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Etwall?
The median age was 44.2 at the 2021 Census, younger than 52% of UK towns. 8.3% of residents were 15 to 24 and 23% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Etwall?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Derbyshire’s towns. 4.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Etwall?
42% said they had no religion and 48% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.4% were Muslim and 7.1% didn’t answer.
Is Etwall good for families?
31% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Etwall’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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