Photo: David · CC BY 2.0Older than 98% of UK towns: half of Hartington is over 57.9
Set against 37% across England’s towns, just over a fifth of residents said they have no religion in Hartington. 16% of households have dependent children. Lower than in 93% of UK towns: 23% of households are one person living alone. The village is home to 303 residents in 134 households, by the 2021 Census.
In Hartington, 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.
No age band is larger than 70–74: 11% of residents, 2.3 times the share across England’s towns. Elsewhere, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. On the census count, nearly one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
3.3% of adults are full-time students, fewer than in 97% 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%.
Managerial and professional jobs take in 31% of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 21% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). Against that, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. The census found that just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier in Hartington.
Households here average 2.2 people, below 72% 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.
Shared households of unrelated adults make up 3.7%, close to the figure across England’s towns.
Households in terraced houses make up 8.1% in Hartington, less than in 93% 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
Households without a car or van make up 10%, against 24% across England’s towns. Higher than in 92% of UK towns: 54% of households live in a detached house. Locally, 5.9% of households live in a flat or apartment.
99% of residents have English as their main language, more 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
By its share of residents born outside the UK (4.6%), Hartington is below 69% of UK towns. Across the comparison, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. The largest groups were born in EU countries (2%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.6%).
98% of residents describe themselves as White British, a share 99% of UK towns don’t reach
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: 98% of Hartington · Derbyshire’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Here 70% of residents describe themselves as Christian, where the figure across England’s towns is 46%. For comparison, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns.
In Hartington, 13% of residents give unpaid care, more than in 99% 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
The share of married adults and civil partners tops 92% of UK towns: 56%. As a yardstick, 8.7% of residents give unpaid care across England’s towns. Census figures put adults who have never married at 27% in Hartington.
Among adults, 33% hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 33% of adults in Hartington, 34% across England’s towns; 21% have no qualification, against 18%.
Among its 7 nearest neighbours, 1 are older than Hartington
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hartington | 303 | — | 57.9 | 36% | 16% |
| Bakewell | 3,275 | 7.4 mi | 58.2 | 38% | 17% |
| Harpur Hill | 1,121 | 7.6 mi | 38 | 13% | 33% |
| Buxton | 20,048 | 8.9 mi | 47.1 | 23% | 24% |
| Darley Dale | 3,985 | 9 mi | 53.1 | 33% | 21% |
| Leek | 19,388 | 9.3 mi | 46.3 | 24% | 24% |
| Tideswell | 1,554 | 9.5 mi | 51.3 | 26% | 22% |
| Ashbourne | 8,854 | 9.6 mi | 46.2 | 23% | 26% |
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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 Hartington’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 Hartington’s residents
What is the population of Hartington?
The 2021 Census counted 303 people in Hartington’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Hartington?
The median age was 57.9 at the 2021 Census. 9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 36% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Hartington?
98% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Derbyshire’s towns. 4.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Hartington?
22% said they had no religion and 70% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 8% didn’t answer.
Is Hartington good for families?
16% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Hartington’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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