Photo: Andrew Hill · CC BY-SA 2.012% of residents give unpaid care, more than in 98% of UK towns
Set against 37% across England’s towns, 47% of residents said they have no religion in Grassmoor. Households in terraced houses: 14% of the total. Few places have so few shared households of unrelated adults: 1.9% here, fewer than in 74% of UK towns. This Derbyshire town had 3,528 residents and 1,574 households at the 2021 Census, with a median age of 42.1 (younger than 68% of UK towns).
What the Census says about Grassmoor’s people
Many carers
413 residents gave unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age in 2021, 12% of those 5 and over: more than in 98% of UK towns. Relationships & caring ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Grassmoor is younger than 68% of UK towns: a median age of 42.1
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
9.6% of residents are aged 15 to 24, against 12% across England’s towns. Residents aged 65 and over account for 20%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Grassmoor, 42.1. The typical town is 44.4.
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.
4.4% of adults are full-time students, fewer than in 68% 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%.
Against a figure of 11% across England’s towns, the share of residents who moved in within the year in Grassmoor comes in at 9.2%. Across England’s towns, full-time students come to 7.9%.
Households here average 2.2 people, below 68% 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.
With one-person households at 31%, Grassmoor is ahead of 59% of UK towns on that count. Locally, 28% of households have dependent children.
Grassmoor sits below 66% of UK towns for households in flats (8%)
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
Little separates the share of households without a car or van here, 24%, from the figure across England’s towns. The share of households in flats across England’s towns is 23%. The census found that 27% of households live in a detached house in Grassmoor.
Grassmoor ranks below 90% of UK towns on residents born outside the UK: 3.1%
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
The share of residents whose main language is English tops 81% of UK towns: 99%. Across the comparison, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (1.1%), then in the Middle East and Asia (0.9%).
95% of residents describe themselves as White British, more than in 76% 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 Grassmoor · Derbyshire’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Next after White British come Mixed or multiple (1.9%), Other White (1.4%) and Chinese (0.5%). The share of residents who describe themselves as White British across England’s towns is 73%. Fewer residents who describe themselves as Christian than in 74% of UK towns: 46%.
Grassmoor sits below 88% of UK towns for married adults and civil partners (41%)
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
151 people care, unpaid, for 50 hours or more a week. For married adults and civil partners, the comparison across England’s towns is 44%. On adults who have never married, Grassmoor sits higher than 83% of UK towns: 38%.
Degree-level qualifications: 21% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
24% of Grassmoor’s adults have no qualification (18% across England’s towns), and 21% have one at degree level (34%).
Ranked by age, 132nd youngest of 749 UK towns this size
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Ages run from 18.9 in Bailrigg to 64.6 in Milford on Sea. Nearest to Grassmoor in age: Ynysybwl (42), Calverley (42.1), Broomfield (42.1) and Ruabon (42.1).
Every neighbour of Grassmoor has an older 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grassmoor | 3,528 | — | 42.1 | 20% | 28% |
| Old Tupton | 4,190 | 1.2 mi | 49.2 | 27% | 22% |
| North Wingfield and Holmewood | 9,545 | 1.4 mi | 43 | 20% | 24% |
| Wingerworth | 6,404 | 1.5 mi | 50.5 | 30% | 21% |
| Clay Cross | 8,915 | 2.5 mi | 43.5 | 21% | 24% |
| Pilsley and Lower Pilsley | 3,470 | 3 mi | 44.9 | 20% | 24% |
| Chesterfield | 76,394 | 3.4 mi | 45.5 | 22% | 23% |
| Brimington | 11,068 | 3.7 mi | 46.2 | 22% | 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 Grassmoor’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 Grassmoor’s residents
What is the population of Grassmoor?
The 2021 Census counted 3,528 people in Grassmoor’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Grassmoor?
The median age was 42.1 at the 2021 Census, younger than 68% of UK towns. 9.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 20% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Grassmoor?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Derbyshire’s towns. 3.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Grassmoor?
47% said they had no religion and 46% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 6.2% didn’t answer.
Is Grassmoor good for families?
28% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Grassmoor’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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