Photo: Alan Murray-Rust · CC BY-SA 2.0Findern is older than 92% of UK towns: a median age of 52.2
The share of households with dependent children trails 88% of UK towns: 22%. Compared with other places, households in flats are scarce here: 3%, fewer than in 93% of UK towns. Findern is home to 1,608 residents in 713 households, by the 2021 Census. The census found that 61% of households live in a detached house here.
What the Census says about Findern’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Findern’s residents are under 52.2 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 31% are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
31% of Findern is 65 or over, a higher share than 92% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 70–74: nearly one in ten residents, 1.8 times the share across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 18% of residents are 65 or over. The share of residents aged 15 to 24 stands at 8.2%.
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.
Full-time students: 2.8%, a lower share than 99% 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%.
Across England’s towns, a third of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine or semi-routine work; Findern has 41% and 21%. Typically, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. Locally, 5.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
1.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, fewer than in 97% 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.
26% of households are one person living alone; across England’s towns the figure is 30%. The benchmark for shared households of unrelated adults across England’s towns: 4.3%. The average household has 2.3 people.
7.1% of households live in a terraced house, below 95% 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
Set against 24% across England’s towns, 7.8% of households have no car or van in Findern.
3.3% born outside the UK, fewer than in 87% 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
Residents born abroad were most often born in the Middle East and Asia (1.4%), then in EU countries (1.1%). The share of residents born outside the UK across England’s towns is 18%. 99% of residents have English as their main language, a higher share than in 74% of UK towns.
More residents who describe themselves as Christian than 74% of UK towns: 54%
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 Findern · Derbyshire’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Other than White British, most residents describe themselves as Indian (2.2%), Mixed or multiple (1.7%) and Other White (1.2%). Few places have as many residents who describe themselves as White British: 94% here, more than in 65% of UK towns. Measured more widely, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. 36% of residents said they have no religion, against 37% across England’s towns.
Married adults and civil partners: 59%, a higher share than 97% 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
Compared with 39% across England’s towns, nearly a quarter of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership here. Across England’s towns, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership. 45 residents give 50 hours or more of unpaid care each week. Few places have as many unpaid carers: 9.7% here, more than in 60% of UK towns.
35% of adults have a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Findern counts 35% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 15% have no qualification (18%).
1 in 7 nearby towns have a higher median age than Findern
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Findern | 1,608 | — | 52.2 | 31% | 22% |
| Willington | 2,717 | 1.6 mi | 46.5 | 23% | 27% |
| Etwall | 3,080 | 2.3 mi | 44.2 | 23% | 31% |
| Repton | 2,766 | 2.5 mi | 39.9 | 18% | 31% |
| Hilton | 8,269 | 3.6 mi | 37.6 | 11% | 36% |
| Derby | 275,561 | 3.9 mi | 37.4 | 16% | 30% |
| Stretton | 4,646 | 4.1 mi | 49.1 | 26% | 24% |
| Rolleston on Dove | 2,902 | 4.6 mi | 52.7 | 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 Findern’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 Findern’s residents
What is the population of Findern?
The 2021 Census counted 1,608 people in Findern’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Findern?
The median age was 52.2 at the 2021 Census. 8.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 31% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Findern?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Derbyshire’s towns. 3.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Findern?
36% said they had no religion and 54% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.6% were Muslim and 6.7% didn’t answer.
Is Findern good for families?
22% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Findern’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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