Photo: Andrew Hill · CC BY-SA 2.0Great Longstone is older than 98% of UK towns: a median age of 57.1
1.2% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home; across England’s towns the figure is 4.3%. Households without a car or van are rarer here than in 96% of UK towns. In 2021, the Census found 790 residents in Great Longstone, living in 349 households. Census figures put households with dependent children at 22% here.
36% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 97% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Here 7.9% of residents are aged 15 to 24, where the figure across England’s towns is 12%. Across the comparison, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 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.
Above 63% of UK towns: 5.1% of adults are full-time students
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%.
41% of Great Longstone’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 16% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Measured more widely, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. On the census count, 8% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Smaller households than 71% of UK towns: 2.2 people 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.
One-person households make up 29%, against 30% across England’s towns.
A smaller share of households in flats than 97% of UK towns: 1.7%
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 in detached houses: 54%, above 93% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, the share of households in flats is 23%. For Great Longstone, the census puts households in terraced houses at 17%.
Great Longstone sits above 97% of UK towns for residents whose main language is English (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%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (1.5%) and in Africa (1.3%). 4.3% of residents were born outside the UK, fewer than in 73% of UK towns. The benchmark for residents whose main language is English across England’s towns: 90%.
Above 90% of UK towns: 58% of residents describe themselves as Christian
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: 96% of Great Longstone · Derbyshire’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The share of residents who describe themselves as White British tops 84% of UK towns: 96%. Few places have so few residents with no religion: 35% here, fewer than in just over four fifths of UK towns. Against that, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Of the other groups, the largest are Other White (2.4%), Mixed or multiple (1%) and Chinese (0.3%).
A smaller share of adults who have never married than 99% of UK towns: 21%
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
There is little gap on unpaid carers: 8.3%, about the same as across England’s towns. Compared with other places, married adults and civil partners are common here: 61%, more than in 99% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, adults who have never married come to 39%. For 17 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week.
Adults with a degree-level qualification: 44%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 18% of adults have no qualification; in Great Longstone, 16%, while 44% hold one at degree level (34%).
Among its 7 nearest neighbours, 1 are older than Great Longstone
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great Longstone | 790 | — | 57.1 | 36% | 22% |
| Bakewell | 3,275 | 2.1 mi | 58.2 | 38% | 17% |
| Calver | 1,073 | 3.3 mi | 56.3 | 34% | 19% |
| Baslow | 1,172 | 3.4 mi | 56.8 | 36% | 21% |
| Tideswell | 1,554 | 4 mi | 51.3 | 26% | 22% |
| Bradwell | 1,368 | 6.4 mi | 53.5 | 29% | 20% |
| Hathersage | 1,861 | 6.4 mi | 54.3 | 31% | 22% |
| Darley Dale | 3,985 | 6.7 mi | 53.1 | 33% | 21% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- The Census was taken in a lockdown, in term time. 21 March 2021 fell in term time, and students were asked to give their term-time address, so most were counted where they study. Some may have been living with family that day.
- “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 Great Longstone’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 Great Longstone’s residents
What is the population of Great Longstone?
The 2021 Census counted 790 people in Great Longstone’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Great Longstone?
The median age was 57.1 at the 2021 Census. 7.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 36% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Great Longstone?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Derbyshire’s towns. 4.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Great Longstone?
35% said they had no religion and 58% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 6% didn’t answer.
Is Great Longstone good for families?
22% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Great Longstone’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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