Photo: Jo and Steve Turner · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 97% of UK towns: half of Kniveton is over 55.1
In Kniveton, a quarter of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, beside 39% across England’s towns. The village’s 153 households held 359 residents at the 2021 Census. Locally, 62% of residents describe themselves as Christian. Few places have so few households without a car or van: 7.1% here, fewer than in 95% of UK towns.
Above 86% of UK towns: 28% of residents are 65 or over
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 55–59: just over one in ten residents, 1.9 times the share across England’s towns. Measured more widely, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. Across Kniveton, 10% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Kniveton: 5.5% of adults are full-time students, above 75% 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%.
One in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier; across England’s towns the figure is 11%. Across the comparison, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Kniveton ranks below 88% of UK towns on households with dependent children: 22%
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.
Set against 4.3% across England’s towns, 2% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home in Kniveton. As a yardstick, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns. The census found that 26% of households are one person living alone here.
Kniveton: 65% of households live in a detached house, above 98% 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
Here 5.8% of households live in a flat or apartment, where the figure across England’s towns is 23%. The share of households in detached houses across England’s towns is 21%. On the census count, 9% of households live in a terraced house.
In Kniveton, 99% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 91% 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
Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (1.7%) or in Africa (1.4%). Set beside that, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. 5.3% of residents were born outside the UK, a lower share than in 61% of UK towns.
32% said they have no religion, fewer than in 89% 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 Kniveton · Derbyshire’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Across England’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as White British is 73%; Kniveton has 96%. As a yardstick, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. After White British, the most common groups are Other White (2.2%), Mixed or multiple (0.8%) and Chinese (0.6%).
61% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, a share 99% of UK towns don’t reach
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
Nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care across England’s towns, against 9.7% in Kniveton. Across England’s towns, married adults and civil partners come to 44%. The number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 9.
The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 41%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Kniveton’s adults: 41% with a degree-level qualification and 14% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
Every nearby town is younger than Kniveton
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kniveton | 359 | — | 55.1 | 28% | 22% |
| Ashbourne | 8,854 | 3.1 mi | 46.2 | 23% | 26% |
| Mayfield | 1,099 | 4.6 mi | 50.3 | 28% | 20% |
| Wirksworth | 4,904 | 5.3 mi | 52.2 | 29% | 21% |
| Brailsford | 1,403 | 6.1 mi | 48.9 | 26% | 24% |
| Cromford | 1,395 | 6.5 mi | 54.3 | 33% | 17% |
| Matlock | 11,990 | 8.6 mi | 49.4 | 26% | 23% |
| Darley Dale | 3,985 | 8.9 mi | 53.1 | 33% | 21% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- The Census was taken in a lockdown, in term time. 21 March 2021 fell in term time, and students were asked to give their term-time address, so most were counted where they study. Some may have been living with family that day.
- “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 Kniveton’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 Kniveton’s residents
What is the population of Kniveton?
The 2021 Census counted 359 people in Kniveton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Kniveton?
The median age was 55.1 at the 2021 Census. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 28% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Kniveton?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Derbyshire’s towns. 5.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Kniveton?
32% said they had no religion and 62% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 4.8% didn’t answer.
Is Kniveton good for families?
22% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Kniveton’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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