Photo: Firetto at English Wikipedia · Public domainHalf of Heath is over 58.1, older than 99% of UK towns
Across England’s towns, the share of households without a car or van is 24%; Heath has 1.6%. 267 residents in 122 households: that is Heath at the 2021 Census. For Heath, the census puts unpaid carers at 14%. Few places have as many residents who describe themselves as Christian: 63% here, more than in 97% of UK towns.
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.
Just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns, against 7.8% in Heath. Typically, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 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.
Only 5.3% of residents lived at another address a year earlier in Heath
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 52% of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 11% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). 6.1% of adults are full-time students.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
One-person households: 19%, a lower share than 99% 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.
Families with dependent children are a fifth of households (England’s towns 29%), and 7.4% are someone 66 or over living alone (Derbyshire’s towns 14%). A household here holds 2.2 people on average. At 4.1%, the share of shared households of unrelated adults is higher than in 93% of UK towns. Set beside that, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns.
Heath sits above 99% of UK towns for households in detached houses (82%)
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
0.8% of households live in a flat or apartment, against 23% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, households in detached houses come to 21%.
Above 99% of UK towns: 100% of residents have English as their main language
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 the Middle East and Asia (1.1%). Residents whose main language is English make up 90% across England’s towns. Heath has fewer residents born outside the UK than 86% of UK towns, at 3.4%.
Residents with no religion: 30%, a lower share than 93% 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
White British, not charted: 94% of Heath · Derbyshire’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Other than White British, most residents describe themselves as Other White (2.3%), Mixed or multiple (1.1%) and Caribbean (0.4%). Residents who describe themselves as White British are more common here than in 70% of UK towns. By way of comparison, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns.
Above 99% of UK towns: 68% of adults are married or in a civil partnership
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
By its share of adults who have never married (16%), Heath is below 99% of UK towns. Married adults and civil partners: 44% across England’s towns, for comparison. For 8 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week.
A degree-level qualification for 44% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
With 44% of its adults qualified to degree level, Heath compares with 34% across England’s towns; another 12% hold no qualification (18%). Many of the 15% whose highest qualification is A levels are students working towards a degree.
No nearby town is as old as Heath
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heath | 267 | — | 58.1 | 36% | 20% |
| Glapwell | 1,559 | 2 mi | 51.1 | 27% | 21% |
| North Wingfield and Holmewood | 9,545 | 2 mi | 43 | 20% | 24% |
| Grassmoor | 3,528 | 2.6 mi | 42.1 | 20% | 28% |
| Bolsover | 11,228 | 2.9 mi | 45.3 | 22% | 25% |
| Pilsley and Lower Pilsley | 3,470 | 3.1 mi | 44.9 | 20% | 24% |
| Duckmanton | 1,775 | 3.3 mi | 39.7 | 19% | 32% |
| New Houghton | 1,431 | 3.3 mi | 44.4 | 24% | 24% |
Health, work and homes have their own pages
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 Heath’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 Heath’s residents
What is the population of Heath?
The 2021 Census counted 267 people in Heath’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Heath?
The median age was 58.1 at the 2021 Census. 7.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 36% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Heath?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Derbyshire’s towns. 3.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Heath?
30% said they had no religion and 63% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.4% were Muslim and 5.2% didn’t answer.
Is Heath good for families?
20% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Heath’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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