Nos 6 and 10 (The Manor House) · Photo: Jonathan Clitheroe · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 93% of UK towns: half of Hartshorne is over 52.4
Compared with 24% across England’s towns, nearly one in ten households have no car or van here. By contrast, at 59%, the share of households in detached houses is higher than in 95% of UK towns. The 2021 Census counted 983 residents in 413 households. Across Hartshorne, 22% of households have dependent children.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 8.9%, a lower share than 78% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
55–59 is the most common age band: 11% of residents, 1.6 times the share across England’s towns. The wider picture: 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. The census found that a quarter of residents are 65 or over in Hartshorne.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
3.6% of adults are full-time students, below 93% 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%.
38% of Hartshorne’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 23% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Elsewhere, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. For Hartshorne, the census puts residents who moved in within the year at 8.2%.
Fewer one-person households than 85% of UK towns: 25%
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.
Households average 2.3 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. For Hartshorne, the census puts shared households of unrelated adults at 2.2%. Elsewhere, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns.
Few flats: only 3.7% of households in Hartshorne live in one
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
By its share of households in terraced houses (12%), Hartshorne is below 84% of UK towns. Typically, nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
Residents born outside the UK: 4.2%, a lower share than 75% 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
99% of residents have English as their main language (England’s towns: 90%). By way of comparison, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. The largest groups were born in EU countries (2.7%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.6%).
Above 85% of UK towns: 56% 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: 95% of Hartshorne · Derbyshire’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Of the other groups, the largest are Other White (3.9%), Mixed or multiple (0.8%) and Indian (0.5%). More residents who describe themselves as White British than in 71% of UK towns: 95%. On average, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Hartshorne sits close to the norm on residents with no religion: 37%, about the same as across England’s towns.
Married adults and civil partners make up 56% in Hartshorne, more than in 90% 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
Heavy unpaid care, 50 hours a week or more, falls to 22 residents. Married adults and civil partners make up 44% across England’s towns. Adults who have never married are rarer here than in 89% of UK towns. With unpaid carers at 10%, Hartshorne is ahead of 76% of UK towns on that count.
Adults qualified to degree level or above: 35%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Hartshorne counts 35% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 17% have no qualification (18%).
Of the 7 towns nearest Hartshorne, 1 are older
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hartshorne | 983 | — | 52.4 | 25% | 22% |
| Woodville | 7,255 | 1.4 mi | 36.6 | 12% | 33% |
| Swadlincote | 34,569 | 1.8 mi | 41.7 | 18% | 28% |
| Blackfordby | 1,071 | 2.1 mi | 52.8 | 31% | 20% |
| Moira | 3,198 | 3.4 mi | 45.7 | 20% | 27% |
| Repton | 2,766 | 3.5 mi | 39.9 | 18% | 31% |
| Ashby-de-la-Zouch | 15,121 | 3.5 mi | 43.4 | 21% | 29% |
| Overseal and Castle Gresley | 5,055 | 3.7 mi | 41.9 | 19% | 29% |
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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 Hartshorne’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 Hartshorne’s residents
What is the population of Hartshorne?
The 2021 Census counted 983 people in Hartshorne’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Hartshorne?
The median age was 52.4 at the 2021 Census. 8.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 25% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Hartshorne?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Derbyshire’s towns. 4.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Hartshorne?
37% said they had no religion and 56% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.1% didn’t answer.
Is Hartshorne good for families?
22% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Hartshorne’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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