Photo: Alan Heardman · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Holloway is over 55.5, older than 97% of UK towns
The share of shared households of unrelated adults trails 99% of UK towns: 0.4%. 518 residents in 238 households: that is Holloway at the 2021 Census. Here, 2.1% of households live in a flat or apartment. Compared with other places, households in terraced houses are scarce here: 11%, fewer than in 87% of UK towns.
In Holloway, 34% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 96% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
70–74 is the most common age band: one in ten residents, 2 times the share across England’s towns. Against that, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. Across Holloway, 8% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 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.
A lower share of residents who moved in within the year than 99% of UK towns, at 4.9%
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%.
In Holloway, 45% of adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 18% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Elsewhere, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns. The share of full-time students stands at 5.6%.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
In Holloway, 19% of households have dependent children, fewer than in 96% 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.
Where 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns, Holloway has 31%. As a yardstick, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns. A household here holds 2.1 people on average.
Fewer car-free households than 88% of UK towns: 8.8%
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
47% of households live in a detached house; across England’s towns the figure is 21%. Across England’s towns, 24% of households have no car or van.
3.1% of residents were born outside the UK, fewer than in 90% 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
The largest groups were born in the Middle East and Asia (1.6%) and in EU countries (1.2%). By way of comparison, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Holloway has more residents whose main language is English than 81% of UK towns, at 99%.
Above 65% of UK towns: 52% 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: 94% of Holloway · Derbyshire’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents who describe themselves as White British: 94%, above 64% of UK towns. For residents who describe themselves as Christian, the comparison across England’s towns is 46%. Locally, 43% of residents said they have no religion.
14% 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
Here nearly a quarter of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, where the figure across England’s towns is 39%. Across the comparison, nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care across England’s towns. 55% of adults are married or in a civil partnership.
Adults with a degree-level qualification: 49%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 49% of Holloway’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 15% have no qualification (18%).
Every neighbour of Holloway has a younger population
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holloway | 518 | — | 55.5 | 34% | 19% |
| Cromford | 1,395 | 2 mi | 54.3 | 33% | 17% |
| Tansley | 1,176 | 2.1 mi | 54.8 | 32% | 20% |
| Crich | 2,070 | 2.1 mi | 51.3 | 28% | 23% |
| Wirksworth | 4,904 | 2.9 mi | 52.2 | 29% | 21% |
| Matlock | 11,990 | 2.9 mi | 49.4 | 26% | 23% |
| South Wingfield | 1,079 | 3.3 mi | 52.2 | 28% | 20% |
| Ambergate | 1,566 | 3.7 mi | 49.6 | 23% | 25% |
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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 Holloway’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 Holloway’s residents
What is the population of Holloway?
The 2021 Census counted 518 people in Holloway’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Holloway?
The median age was 55.5 at the 2021 Census. 8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 34% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Holloway?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Derbyshire’s towns. 3.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Holloway?
43% said they had no religion and 52% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 4.1% didn’t answer.
Is Holloway good for families?
19% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Holloway’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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