Holy Trinity Church · Photo: Neil Theasby · CC BY-SA 2.05.1% of households have no car or van, below 99% of UK towns
The median age in Kirk Ireton is 50.7, higher than in 88% of UK towns. The village is home to 533 residents in 222 households, by the 2021 Census. The census found that just over a fifth of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership in the village. By its share of households in detached houses (62%), Kirk Ireton is above 97% of UK towns.
Above 66% of UK towns: 24% of residents are 65 or over
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Young people aged 15 to 24 make up nearly one in ten residents, against 12% across England’s towns. As a reference point, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Only 3.7% of adults are full-time students in Kirk Ireton
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, 33% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine work; in Kirk Ireton, 42% and 12%. Typically, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. The census found that 5.7% of residents lived at another address a year earlier in the village.
Fewer shared households of unrelated adults than 96% of UK towns: 1.4%
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.
The share of one-person households is 25%, against 30% across England’s towns. Kirk Ireton has more households with dependent children than nearly two thirds of UK towns, at 29%. Against that, 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns. The average household has 2.4 people.
A lower share of households in flats than 94% of UK towns, at 2.7%
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
With households in terraced houses at 11%, Kirk Ireton is behind 85% of UK towns on that count. The benchmark for households in flats across England’s towns: 23%.
A higher share of residents whose main language is English than 99% of UK towns, at 100%
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 share of residents born outside the UK is 3.4%, against 18% across England’s towns. By way of comparison, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (1.3%) and in Africa (1.1%).
More residents who describe themselves as Christian than 88% of UK towns: 57%
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: 93% of Kirk Ireton · Derbyshire’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Where 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns, Kirk Ireton has 93%. Compared with other places, residents with no religion are scarce here: 35%, fewer than in just over four fifths of UK towns. Across the comparison, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Of the other groups, the largest are Other White (3.7%), Mixed or multiple (2.2%) and Arab (0.4%).
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
11 residents give 50 hours or more of unpaid care each week. At 10%, the share of unpaid carers is higher than in just over two thirds of UK towns. Married adults and civil partners make up 44% across England’s towns.
44% of adults hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 34% across England’s towns, 44% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 13% hold no qualification (18%).
3 of the 7 nearest towns are older than Kirk Ireton
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kirk Ireton | 533 | — | 50.7 | 24% | 29% |
| Wirksworth | 4,904 | 2.6 mi | 52.2 | 29% | 21% |
| Cromford | 1,395 | 4.3 mi | 54.3 | 33% | 17% |
| Brailsford | 1,403 | 5.2 mi | 48.9 | 26% | 24% |
| Ashbourne | 8,854 | 5.7 mi | 46.2 | 23% | 26% |
| Ambergate | 1,566 | 5.7 mi | 49.6 | 23% | 25% |
| Belper | 19,076 | 5.7 mi | 47.1 | 22% | 24% |
| Crich | 2,070 | 5.8 mi | 51.3 | 28% | 23% |
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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 Kirk Ireton’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 Kirk Ireton’s residents
What is the population of Kirk Ireton?
The 2021 Census counted 533 people in Kirk Ireton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Kirk Ireton?
The median age was 50.7 at the 2021 Census. 9.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 24% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Kirk Ireton?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Derbyshire’s towns. 3.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Kirk Ireton?
35% said they had no religion and 57% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.4% were Muslim and 6.4% didn’t answer.
Is Kirk Ireton good for families?
29% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Kirk Ireton’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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