Photo: Mike Fowkes · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 99% of UK towns: half of Hulland Ward is over 60.9
14% of households have dependent children, against 29% across England’s towns. Census figures put households in detached houses at 75% in Hulland Ward. Lower than in 98% of UK towns: 4.9% of households live in a terraced house. At the 2021 Census Hulland Ward was home to 725 people in 349 households.
42% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 99% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 70–74: 14% of residents, 2.8 times the share across England’s towns. Typically, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. On the census count, 4.4% 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 full-time students than 99% of UK towns, at 2.2%
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 37% of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 20% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). Few places have as many residents who moved in within the year: 11% here, more than in 83% of UK towns. Full-time students make up 7.9% across England’s towns.
Fewer shared households of unrelated adults than 99% of UK towns: 0.6%
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.
One-person households: 27% here and 30% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, the share of shared households of unrelated adults is 4.3%. A household here holds 2.1 people on average.
Only 0.3% of households live in a flat or apartment in Hulland Ward
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
The figure for households without a car or van is 6.6% in Hulland Ward and 24% across England’s towns. Set beside that, 23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
Fewer residents born abroad than 95% of UK towns: 2.6%
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. Across England’s towns, residents born outside the UK come to 18%. Most residents from abroad were born in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (0.8%) or in EU countries (0.6%).
In Hulland Ward, 99% of residents describe themselves as White British, more than in 99% 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: 99% of Hulland Ward · Derbyshire’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
28% of residents said they have no religion; across England’s towns the figure is 37%. As a yardstick, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. Census figures put residents who describe themselves as Christian at 67% in Hulland Ward.
In Hulland Ward, 64% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, 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
18% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership; across England’s towns the figure is 39%. The benchmark for married adults and civil partners across England’s towns: 44%. Locally, 10% of residents give unpaid care.
38% of adults are qualified to degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 38% of adults in Hulland Ward, 34% across England’s towns; 20% have no qualification, against 18%.
Every nearby town is younger than Hulland Ward
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hulland Ward | 725 | — | 60.9 | 42% | 14% |
| Brailsford | 1,403 | 3.4 mi | 48.9 | 26% | 24% |
| Wirksworth | 4,904 | 4.5 mi | 52.2 | 29% | 21% |
| Ashbourne | 8,854 | 4.6 mi | 46.2 | 23% | 26% |
| Makeney | 4,691 | 5.7 mi | 48.1 | 25% | 31% |
| Milford | 1,077 | 5.8 mi | 49.9 | 25% | 20% |
| Belper | 19,076 | 6.2 mi | 47.1 | 22% | 24% |
| Cromford | 1,395 | 6.2 mi | 54.3 | 33% | 17% |
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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 Hulland Ward’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 Hulland Ward’s residents
What is the population of Hulland Ward?
The 2021 Census counted 725 people in Hulland Ward’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Hulland Ward?
The median age was 60.9 at the 2021 Census. 4.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 42% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Hulland Ward?
99% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Derbyshire’s towns. 2.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Hulland Ward?
28% said they had no religion and 67% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 4.4% didn’t answer.
Is Hulland Ward good for families?
14% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Hulland Ward’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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