Hardwick Wood is older than 97% of UK towns: a median age of 55.1
Set against 24% across England’s towns, 2% of households have no car or van in Hardwick Wood. Census figures put unpaid carers at 17% here. Households in terraced houses are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns. The 2021 Census counted 246 residents in 103 households.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 96% of UK towns, at 34%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 55–59: one in ten residents, 1.5 times the share across England’s towns. In Hardwick Wood, nearly one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24. Elsewhere, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Only 5.8% of residents lived at another address a year earlier in Hardwick Wood
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%.
With full-time students at 4.1%, Hardwick Wood is behind just over four fifths of UK towns on that count. The usual figure: just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
Households with dependent children: 19%, a lower share than 96% 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.
Compared with 4.3% across England’s towns, 5.8% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home here. Across England’s towns, 29% of households have dependent children. Hardwick Wood has fewer one-person households than 98% of UK towns, at 19%.
Hardwick Wood sits above 99% of UK towns for households in detached houses (87%)
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
The figure for households in flats is 3% in Hardwick Wood and 23% across England’s towns. Against that, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
2% born outside the UK, fewer than in 99% 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
The largest groups were born in the Middle East and Asia (0.8%) and in Africa (0.8%). Across the comparison, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. 100% of residents have English as their main language, against 90% across England’s towns.
More residents who describe themselves as White British than 83% of UK towns: 96%
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 Hardwick Wood · Derbyshire’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Here 52% of residents describe themselves as Christian, where the figure across England’s towns is 46%. The usual figure: 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. 2.4% of residents said their religion is Muslim.
59% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, 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
12 residents care, unpaid, for at least 50 hours a week. On adults who have never married, Hardwick Wood sits lower than 92% of UK towns: 25%. For married adults and civil partners, the comparison across England’s towns is 44%.
Degree level: the highest qualification of 31% of adults
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 Hardwick Wood, 18%, while 31% hold one at degree level (34%).
Older than Hardwick Wood: 1 of the 7 towns nearby
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hardwick Wood | 246 | — | 55.1 | 34% | 19% |
| Wingerworth | 6,404 | 0.8 mi | 50.5 | 30% | 21% |
| Old Tupton | 4,190 | 1.6 mi | 49.2 | 27% | 22% |
| Grassmoor | 3,528 | 2.2 mi | 42.1 | 20% | 28% |
| Clay Cross | 8,915 | 2.5 mi | 43.5 | 21% | 24% |
| Holymoorside | 1,363 | 2.7 mi | 55.5 | 33% | 20% |
| North Wingfield and Holmewood | 9,545 | 3.1 mi | 43 | 20% | 24% |
| Chesterfield | 76,394 | 3.3 mi | 45.5 | 22% | 23% |
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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 Hardwick Wood’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 Hardwick Wood’s residents
What is the population of Hardwick Wood?
The 2021 Census counted 246 people in Hardwick Wood’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Hardwick Wood?
The median age was 55.1 at the 2021 Census. 9.3% of residents were 15 to 24 and 34% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Hardwick Wood?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Derbyshire’s towns. 2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Hardwick Wood?
40% said they had no religion and 52% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 2.4% were Muslim and 4.5% didn’t answer.
Is Hardwick Wood good for families?
19% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Hardwick Wood’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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