Photo: Peter Tarleton · CC BY-SA 2.0Glapwell sits below 99% of UK towns for households in terraced houses (3.3%)
Households with dependent children: 21% here and 29% across England’s towns. At the 2021 Census, 1,559 people lived in Glapwell, in 700 households. In Glapwell, just over a quarter of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership. Compared with other places, residents aged 15 to 24 are scarce here: 8.6%, fewer than in 85% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Glapwell’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Glapwell’s residents are under 51.1 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 27% are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Ages ↓
Many carers
179 residents gave unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age in 2021, 12% of those 5 and over: more than in 97% of UK towns. Relationships & caring ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Glapwell is older than 90% of UK towns: a median age of 51.1
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
In Glapwell, 27% of residents are 65 or over, beside 18% across England’s towns. 50–54 is the most common age band: nearly one in ten residents, 1.3 times the share across England’s towns.
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.
3.5% of adults are full-time students, below 95% 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%.
6.3% of residents lived at another address a year earlier; across England’s towns the figure is 11%. Full-time students: 7.9% across England’s towns, for comparison.
Households here average 2.2 people, below 70% 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.
By its share of shared households of unrelated adults (2.6%), Glapwell is above 61% of UK towns. One-person households: 30% of the total.
A lower share of households in flats than 86% of UK towns, at 4.3%
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
Households without a car or van: 16% here and 24% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, households in flats come to 23%. The census found that just over a third of households live in a detached house in Glapwell.
Fewer residents born outside the UK than 93% of UK towns: 2.9%
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
The share of residents whose main language is English tops just over two thirds of UK towns: 98%. Set beside that, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (1.3%), then in the Middle East and Asia (1.1%).
In Glapwell, 97% of residents describe themselves as White British, more than in 95% 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: 97% of Glapwell · Derbyshire’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
After White British, the most common groups are Other White (1.2%), Mixed or multiple (0.6%) and Arab (0.3%). By way of comparison, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. At 51%, the share of residents who describe themselves as Christian is higher than in three fifths of UK towns. The share of residents with no religion tops 57% of UK towns: 42%.
12% of residents give unpaid care, more than in 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
44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns, against 52% in Glapwell. The wider picture: nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care across England’s towns.
25% of adults hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 25% of Glapwell’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 21% have no qualification (18%).
The towns around Glapwell are all younger
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glapwell | 1,559 | — | 51.1 | 27% | 21% |
| New Houghton | 1,431 | 1.4 mi | 44.4 | 24% | 24% |
| Bolsover | 11,228 | 3 mi | 45.3 | 22% | 25% |
| Shirebrook | 11,571 | 3.1 mi | 39.1 | 16% | 29% |
| Stanton Hill and Skegby | 4,568 | 3.2 mi | 42.8 | 20% | 27% |
| North Wingfield and Holmewood | 9,545 | 3.7 mi | 43 | 20% | 24% |
| Tibshelf | 4,352 | 3.8 mi | 39.7 | 17% | 30% |
| Pilsley and Lower Pilsley | 3,470 | 4 mi | 44.9 | 20% | 24% |
Health, work and homes have their own pages
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 Glapwell’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 Glapwell’s residents
What is the population of Glapwell?
The 2021 Census counted 1,559 people in Glapwell’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Glapwell?
The median age was 51.1 at the 2021 Census. 8.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 27% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Glapwell?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Derbyshire’s towns. 2.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Glapwell?
42% said they had no religion and 51% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.8% were Muslim and 5.4% didn’t answer.
Is Glapwell good for families?
21% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Glapwell’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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