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54.3Median age

Who lives here · ONS Census 2021

Half of Hathersage is over 54.3, older than 96% of UK towns

Here just over a fifth of households have dependent children, where the figure across England’s towns is 29%. Few places have as many households in detached houses: 39% here, more than in nearly three quarters of UK towns. The 2021 Census counted 1,861 residents in 831 households. For Hathersage, the census puts households without a car or van at 11%.

31%aged 65 or over 4.1%born abroad 831households

What stands out · In brief

What the Census says about Hathersage’s people

54.3median age, older than 96% of UK towns

Older than most towns

Half of Hathersage’s residents are under 54.3 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 31% are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Ages ↓

Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).

Ages

Hathersage ranks above 92% of UK towns on residents aged 65 and over: 31%

Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.

HathersageEngland’s towns

0–410–1420–2430–3440–4450–5460–6470–7480–84

Residents aged 15 to 24: 9.4%, below 62% of UK towns. Set beside that, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.

Broad ages · share of residents

Under 1512%

15 to 249.4%

25 to 4414%

45 to 6434%

65 and over31%

HathersageDerbyshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Women and men · all residents

53% women, 47% men

Hathersage

England

WomenMen

About 90 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.

Students & newcomers

A larger share of residents who moved in within the year than 57% of UK towns: 9.1%

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

Full-time students4.8%

Higher managerial and professional26%

Lower managerial and professional25%

Intermediate8.7%

Small employers and self-employed13%

Supervisory and technical4.9%

Semi-routine8.5%

Routine6.4%

Never worked or long-term unemployed3.4%

HathersageDerbyshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Address a year before the Census

Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.

Hathersage

9.6%

England’s towns

11%

Moved within the UKTerm-time addressMoved from abroad

Moved in within a year

168

residents, 9.1%; England’s towns 11%

Of them from abroad

0.5× England’s share

In Hathersage, 4.8% of adults are full-time students, beside 7.9% across England’s towns. By way of comparison, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.

Households

Hathersage households average 2.2 people, smaller than in 79% of UK towns

Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.

Living alone, 66+ 17%Living alone, under 66 12%Families with dependent children 22%Couples and families, no young children 47%Shared houses and other 1.8%

Against Derbyshire’s towns and England’s towns

Hathersage

Derbyshire’s towns

England’s towns

People per household

1 person29%

2 people43%

3 people14%

4 people11%

5 or more3.5%

England’s towns.

The share of shared households of unrelated adults is 1.8%, against 4.3% across England’s towns. One-person households are rarer here than in 56% of UK towns.

Homes & cars

More flats than 66% of UK towns: 14% of households in Hathersage

Accommodation type and cars or vans per household, Census 2021. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.

Type of home

Hathersage

Derbyshire’s towns

England’s towns

DetachedSemi-detachedTerracedFlat or maisonetteCaravan or other

Cars or vans · share of households

No car or van11%

One37%

Two37%

Three or more15%

HathersageDerbyshire’s townsEngland’s towns

The share of households in terraced houses is 17%, against 24% across England’s towns. The comparison figure for households in flats is 23% across England’s towns.

Where people were born

In Hathersage, 99% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 97% 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%

Hathersage

4.1%

Derbyshire’s towns

8.6%

England’s towns

18%

EU countriesRest of EuropeMiddle East and AsiaAfricaAmericas, Oceania, other

Main language · residents aged 3 and over

English is main language99%

Another main language, speaks English very well or well0.6%

Another main language, little or no English0%

HathersageDerbyshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (1.4%) and in Africa (0.9%). To put it in context, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Lower than in just over three quarters of UK towns: 4.1% of residents were born outside the UK.

Ethnicity & religion

Residents who describe themselves as White British: 96%, a higher share than 86% 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

HathersageDerbyshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Other White2.3%

Asian0.4%

Mixed1.2%

Black0.1%

Other0.2%

0%6%12%

White British, not charted: 96% of Hathersage · Derbyshire’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.

Religion · all residents

HathersageDerbyshire’s townsEngland’s towns

No religion42%

Christian51%

Muslim0.4%

Hindu, Sikh, Jewish, Buddhist0.9%

Other religion0.4%

Didn’t answer6.1%

0%30%60%

Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 51%, above 57% of UK towns. The next-largest groups, after White British, are Other White (2.3%), Mixed or multiple (1.2%) and Indian (0.2%). On residents with no religion, Hathersage sits higher than 54% of UK towns: 42%. Across the comparison, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns.

Relationships & caring

Hathersage sits below 90% of UK towns for adults who have never married (26%)

Legal partnership status (residents 16 and over) and unpaid care (residents 5 and over), Census 2021.

Partnership status · residents 16 and over

Never married or in a civil partnership26%

Married or civil partnership55%

Separated1.9%

Divorced8%

Widowed9.6%

HathersageDerbyshire’s townsEngland’s towns

174residents give unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age: 9.6%, against 8.7% in England’s towns

Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over

Up to 19 hours a week5.9%

20 to 49 hours1.2%

50 hours or more2.5%

45 residents care, unpaid, for at least 50 hours a week. To put it in context, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Higher than in 88% of UK towns: 55% of adults are married or in a civil partnership. At 9.6%, the share of unpaid carers is in line with the figure across England’s towns.

Qualifications

Adults with a degree-level qualification: 53%

Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.

Highest qualification · residents 16 and over

No qualifications9.3%

Apprenticeship4.7%

A levels or similar13%

Degree level53%

HathersageDerbyshire’s townsEngland’s towns

9.3% of Hathersage’s adults have no qualification (18% across England’s towns), and 53% have one at degree level (34%).

Neighbours

Hathersage and its 7 nearest towns: 3 of them are older

Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.

BradwellCalverBaslowTideswellDronfieldWorrallBakewellHathersage

under 3838–4444–5050–5656+

Town	People	Away	Median age	65+	Homes with children
Hathersage	1,861	—	54.3	31%	22%
Bradwell	1,368	3.6 mi	53.5	29%	20%
Calver	1,073	4.5 mi	56.3	34%	19%
Baslow	1,172	5.8 mi	56.8	36%	21%
Tideswell	1,554	6.1 mi	51.3	26%	22%
Dronfield	21,161	7.7 mi	49.9	29%	25%
Worrall	1,320	8 mi	49	25%	30%
Bakewell	3,275	8.1 mi	58.2	38%	17%

More about Hathersage’s residents

Health, work and homes have their own pages

Health ALife expectancy, early deaths and Census health, adjusted for age Work & commute A⁻Income, the claimant count, jobs and how people get to work Cost of living B⁻Owners and renters, prices, rents and council tax Schools A⁺Every primary and secondary, with results and inspections

How to read these numbers

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 Hathersage’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 Hathersage’s residents

What is the population of Hathersage?

The 2021 Census counted 1,861 people in Hathersage’s built-up area.

What is the average age in Hathersage?

The median age was 54.3 at the 2021 Census. 9.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 31% were 65 or over.

How diverse is Hathersage?

96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Derbyshire’s towns. 4.1% were born outside the UK.

What religion are people in Hathersage?

42% said they had no religion and 51% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.4% were Muslim and 6.1% didn’t answer.

Is Hathersage good for families?

22% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Hathersage’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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