Photo: Stephen McKay · CC BY-SA 2.0Holbrook is older than 94% of UK towns: a median age of 53
The share of shared households of unrelated adults trails 92% of UK towns: 1.5%. Locally, 97% of residents describe themselves as White British. Compared with other places, households in terraced houses are scarce here: 12%, fewer than in 82% of UK towns. There were 799 households in Holbrook at the 2021 Census, home to 1,802 residents.
What the Census says about Holbrook’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Holbrook’s residents are under 53 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 32% 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).
6.6% of residents are aged 15 to 24, below 99% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Against a figure of 18% across England’s towns, the share of residents aged 65 and over in Holbrook comes in at 32%. By way of comparison, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
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.
Full-time students make up 3.9% in Holbrook, less than in 88% 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%.
Residents who moved in within the year: 7.9% here and 11% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, a third of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine work; in Holbrook, 41% and 19%.
Fewer families than 86% of UK towns: 23% of households have children
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.
A household here has 2.2 people on average; across England’s towns, 2.4. On the census count, 28% of households are one person living alone. Elsewhere, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns.
Few flats: only 1.6% of households in Holbrook 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
In Holbrook, 43% of households live in a detached house, beside 21% across England’s towns. At the same time, fewer households without a car or van than in 74% of UK towns: 11%. For comparison, nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
Fewer residents born outside the UK than 99% of UK towns: 1.9%
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
Residents whose main language is English make up 100%, against 90% across England’s towns. For comparison, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns.
Holbrook ranks above 79% of UK towns on residents who describe themselves as Christian: 55%
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: 97% of Holbrook · Derbyshire’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
39% of residents said they have no religion, against 37% across England’s towns. As a yardstick, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
24% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, below 95% 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
Some 36 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. By way of comparison, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Compared with other places, married adults and civil partners are common here: 54%, more than in 86% of UK towns. Unpaid carers are about as common here as across England’s towns, at 9.3%.
The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 37%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
37% of Holbrook’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 19% have none (18%).
Every nearby town is younger than Holbrook
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holbrook | 1,802 | — | 53 | 32% | 23% |
| Milford | 1,077 | 0.9 mi | 49.9 | 25% | 20% |
| Kilburn and Horsley Woodhouse | 4,447 | 1.3 mi | 47.5 | 25% | 24% |
| Denby Bottles | 1,756 | 1.4 mi | 38.4 | 15% | 32% |
| Belper | 19,076 | 1.6 mi | 47.1 | 22% | 24% |
| Makeney | 4,691 | 2 mi | 48.1 | 25% | 31% |
| Little Eaton | 1,875 | 2.3 mi | 49.7 | 25% | 28% |
| Smalley | 2,201 | 2.9 mi | 44.6 | 23% | 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 Holbrook’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 Holbrook’s residents
What is the population of Holbrook?
The 2021 Census counted 1,802 people in Holbrook’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Holbrook?
The median age was 53 at the 2021 Census. 6.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 32% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Holbrook?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Derbyshire’s towns. 1.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Holbrook?
39% said they had no religion and 55% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 4.6% didn’t answer.
Is Holbrook good for families?
23% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Holbrook’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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