Photo: BulldozerD11 · CC BY-SA 3.0Hope is older than 97% of UK towns: a median age of 56.1
The share of adults who have never married is 23%, against 39% across England’s towns. Compared with other places, households with dependent children are scarce here: 17%, fewer than in 98% of UK towns. In 2021, the Census found 849 residents in Hope, living in 410 households. On the census count, 34% of households are one person living alone.
35% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 97% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 70–74: 9% of residents, 1.9 times the share across England’s towns. The share of residents aged 15 to 24 stands at 7%. For comparison, 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 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.
A lower share of full-time students than 99% of UK towns, at 2.3%
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 account for 38% of Hope’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 21%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. In Hope, 7.2% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. Across England’s towns, the share of full-time students is 7.9%.
Smaller households than 96% of UK towns: 2.1 people on average
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.
With shared households of unrelated adults at 2.4%, Hope is ahead of 55% of UK towns on that count.
Above 57% of UK towns: 32% of households live in a detached house
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
9.7% of households live in a flat or apartment, against 23% across England’s towns. Against that, 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns. Households in terraced houses: nearly a quarter of the total. Hope has more households without a car or van than just over half of UK towns, at 16%.
Residents born outside the UK: 3.6%, a lower share than 82% 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
With residents whose main language is English at 99%, Hope is ahead of 80% of UK towns on that count. For residents born outside the UK, the comparison across England’s towns is 18%. Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (1.4%) or in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.1%).
96% of residents describe themselves as White British, a share 87% of UK towns don’t reach
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 Hope · Derbyshire’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The next-largest groups, after White British, are Other White (2%), Mixed or multiple (1.1%) and Chinese (0.4%). Typically, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. More residents who describe themselves as Christian than in 61% of UK towns: 51%. 41% of residents said they have no religion; across England’s towns the figure is 37%.
A larger share of married adults and civil partners than 89% of UK towns: 55%
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 32 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. Compared with other places, unpaid carers are scarce here: 8.4%, fewer than in 75% of UK towns. As a reference point, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
42% of adults have a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
19% of Hope’s adults have no qualification (18% across England’s towns), and 42% have one at degree level (34%).
1 of the 7 nearest towns are older than Hope
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hope | 849 | — | 56.1 | 35% | 17% |
| Bradwell | 1,368 | 1.4 mi | 53.5 | 29% | 20% |
| Hathersage | 1,861 | 4 mi | 54.3 | 31% | 22% |
| Tideswell | 1,554 | 5.1 mi | 51.3 | 26% | 22% |
| Dove Holes | 1,156 | 6.7 mi | 43.6 | 20% | 26% |
| Chapel-en-le-Frith | 7,235 | 7.4 mi | 45.4 | 23% | 27% |
| Calver | 1,073 | 7.4 mi | 56.3 | 34% | 19% |
| Chinley | 1,913 | 8 mi | 45.4 | 21% | 28% |
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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 Hope’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 Hope’s residents
What is the population of Hope?
The 2021 Census counted 849 people in Hope’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Hope?
The median age was 56.1 at the 2021 Census. 7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 35% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Hope?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Derbyshire’s towns. 3.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Hope?
41% said they had no religion and 51% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.8% were Muslim and 5.9% didn’t answer.
Is Hope good for families?
17% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Hope’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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