Photo: Alan Murray-Rust · CC BY-SA 2.0Above 96% of UK towns: 43% of households live in a terraced house
Residents who describe themselves as White British are more common here than in 83% of UK towns. At the 2021 Census, 1,824 people lived in Ironville, in 805 households. The census found that 5.1% of households live in a flat or apartment in the village. 41% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, against 44% across England’s towns.
What the Census says about Ironville’s people
More with no religion than most
55% of residents answered “no religion” in 2021 and 38% Christian, against 37% and 46% across England’s towns. Ethnicity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
A median age of 42.4: Ironville is younger than 66% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
50–54 is the most common age band: nearly one in ten residents, 1.3 times the share across England’s towns. Locally, a fifth of residents are 65 or over.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Full-time students make up 2.9% in Ironville, less than in 99% 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%.
Across England’s towns, a third of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine or semi-routine work; Ironville has 22% and 36%. 8% of residents had moved in within the year before the Census, fewer than the 11% across England’s towns. Elsewhere, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
1.9% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, below 76% 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.
A household here has 2.3 people on average; across England’s towns, 2.4. On the census count, 26% of households have dependent children. Typically, 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns.
22% of households have no car or van, more than in 80% of UK towns
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
Against a figure of 21% across England’s towns, the share of households in detached houses in Ironville comes in at 27%. The wider picture: 24% of households have no car or van across England’s towns.
3.2% of residents were born outside the UK, fewer than in 88% 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
Residents whose main language is English make up 98%, against 90% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 18% of residents were born outside the UK. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (1.7%) and in Africa (0.7%).
Residents with no religion: 55%, a higher share than 98% 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: 96% of Ironville · Derbyshire’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Other than White British, most residents describe themselves as Other White (2.5%), Mixed or multiple (1.1%) and African (0.3%). The wider picture: 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. Residents who describe themselves as Christian are rarer here than in 95% of UK towns.
A higher share of adults who have never married than 87% of UK towns, at 39%
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
The figure for unpaid carers is 10% in Ironville and 8.7% across England’s towns. 59 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week.
20% of adults hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 20% of adults in Ironville, 34% across England’s towns; 30% have no qualification, against 18%.
Of the 7 towns nearest Ironville, 6 are older
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ironville | 1,824 | — | 42.4 | 20% | 26% |
| Jacksdale and Westwood | 2,758 | 0.7 mi | 48 | 23% | 24% |
| Brinsley and Underwood | 4,514 | 1.6 mi | 51 | 29% | 21% |
| Somercotes and Swanwick | 15,105 | 1.6 mi | 44.9 | 21% | 26% |
| Selston | 6,278 | 2.2 mi | 47.7 | 25% | 25% |
| Ripley | 20,191 | 2.3 mi | 46.5 | 23% | 24% |
| South Normanton and Pinxton | 16,028 | 2.8 mi | 43.8 | 19% | 25% |
| Alfreton | 8,790 | 3 mi | 42.2 | 20% | 25% |
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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 Ironville’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 Ironville’s residents
What is the population of Ironville?
The 2021 Census counted 1,824 people in Ironville’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Ironville?
The median age was 42.4 at the 2021 Census. 9.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 20% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Ironville?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Derbyshire’s towns. 3.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Ironville?
55% said they had no religion and 38% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 5.5% didn’t answer.
Is Ironville good for families?
26% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Ironville’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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