Photo: Nikki Mahadevan · CC BY-SA 2.0Holmesfield is older than 93% of UK towns: a median age of 52.6
The figure for married adults and civil partners is 57% in Holmesfield and 44% across England’s towns. By contrast, households in terraced houses are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns. At the 2021 Census, 583 people lived here, in 250 households. The census found that 96% of residents describe themselves as White British here.
29% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 89% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 8.7% in Holmesfield and 12% across England’s towns. Across the comparison, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A lower share of residents who moved in within the year than 94% of UK towns, at 6.4%
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%.
Where 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns, Holmesfield has 4.5%. The share of residents who moved in within the year across England’s towns is 11%.
Holmesfield ranks below 89% of UK towns on shared households of unrelated adults: 1.6%
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.
Compared with 29% across England’s towns, a quarter of households have dependent children here. There are 2.3 people in the average household. One-person households are rarer here than in 59% of UK towns. Across the comparison, 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns.
A smaller share of households in flats than 79% of UK towns: 5.9%
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
Set against 21% across England’s towns, 40% of households live in a detached house in Holmesfield. Households without a car or van account for 13%. The benchmark for households in flats across England’s towns: 23%.
Residents born outside the UK: 2.1%, a lower share than 99% 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
Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (1.9%) and in the rest of Europe (0.2%). On residents whose main language is English, Holmesfield sits higher than 95% of UK towns: 99%. The wider picture: 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns.
Above 90% of UK towns: 58% 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: 96% of Holmesfield · Derbyshire’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Here just over a third of residents said they have no religion, where the figure across England’s towns is 37%. As a reference point, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Besides White British, the main groups are Other White (2.4%), Mixed or multiple (1.2%) and Pakistani (0.2%).
Holmesfield ranks below 98% of UK towns on adults who have never married: 23%
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
Just over one in ten residents give unpaid care, against 8.7% across England’s towns. The usual figure: nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Adults qualified to degree level or above: 33%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 34% across England’s towns, 33% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 16% hold no qualification (18%).
Around Holmesfield, 3 of 7 towns have a higher median age
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holmesfield | 583 | — | 52.6 | 29% | 25% |
| Dronfield | 21,161 | 1.7 mi | 49.9 | 29% | 25% |
| Chesterfield | 76,394 | 4.9 mi | 45.5 | 22% | 23% |
| Holymoorside | 1,363 | 5.2 mi | 55.5 | 33% | 20% |
| Calver | 1,073 | 5.4 mi | 56.3 | 34% | 19% |
| Baslow | 1,172 | 5.5 mi | 56.8 | 36% | 21% |
| Brimington | 11,068 | 5.8 mi | 46.2 | 22% | 24% |
| Sheffield | 500,520 | 5.9 mi | 36.2 | 16% | 27% |
Health, work and homes have their own pages
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 Holmesfield’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 Holmesfield’s residents
What is the population of Holmesfield?
The 2021 Census counted 583 people in Holmesfield’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Holmesfield?
The median age was 52.6 at the 2021 Census. 8.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 29% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Holmesfield?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Derbyshire’s towns. 2.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Holmesfield?
35% said they had no religion and 58% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5.8% didn’t answer.
Is Holmesfield good for families?
25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Holmesfield’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.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.