Photo: Sue Adair · CC BY-SA 2.0Fewer flats than 97% of UK towns: 1.8% of households
Nearly a quarter of households are one person living alone, against 30% across England’s towns. Linton had 2,145 residents and 937 households at the 2021 Census, with a median age of 47.4. Here, 15% of households live in a terraced house. On shared households of unrelated adults, Linton sits lower than 92% of UK towns: 1.5%.
What the Census says about Linton’s people
Many carers
254 residents gave unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age in 2021, 12% of those 5 and over: more than in 98% of UK towns. Relationships & caring ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Fewer young people than 81% of UK towns: 8.7% are 15 to 24
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Half of Linton’s residents are over 47.4, older than in 71% of UK towns. The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 24%. In Bakewell, the oldest of Derbyshire’s towns by this measure, it is 38%.
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.
Fewer full-time students than 92% of UK towns: 3.7%
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%.
By its share of residents who moved in within the year (7.8%), Linton is below 70% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, full-time students come to 7.9%.
A lower share of households with dependent children than 75% of UK towns, at 25%
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.
Across England’s towns, households average 2.4 people; in Linton, 2.3. The comparison figure for households with dependent children is 29% across England’s towns.
12% of households have no car or van, fewer than in 67% 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
In Linton, nearly a third of households live in a detached house, beside 21% across England’s towns. Set beside that, nearly a quarter of households have no car or van across England’s towns.
Below 97% of UK towns: 2.3% of residents were born outside the UK
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
Set against 90% across England’s towns, 99% of residents have English as their main language in Linton. By way of comparison, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (1.2%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (0.4%).
More residents who describe themselves as White British than 97% of UK towns: 97%
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: 97% of Linton · Derbyshire’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns, against 44% in Linton. As a reference point, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. On the census count, 50% of residents describe themselves as Christian.
12% of residents give unpaid care, a share 98% 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
31% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership; across England’s towns the figure is 39%. Linton has more married adults and civil partners than 64% of UK towns, at 50%. As a yardstick, 8.7% of residents give unpaid care across England’s towns.
Degree level: the highest qualification of 24% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
24% of Linton’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 22% have none (18%).
Linton is younger than 1 of its 7 nearest neighbours
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linton | 2,145 | — | 47.4 | 24% | 25% |
| Overseal and Castle Gresley | 5,055 | 0.8 mi | 41.9 | 19% | 29% |
| Swadlincote | 34,569 | 2.4 mi | 41.7 | 18% | 28% |
| Moira | 3,198 | 2.8 mi | 45.7 | 20% | 27% |
| Woodville | 7,255 | 3 mi | 36.6 | 12% | 33% |
| Donisthorpe | 1,204 | 3.1 mi | 43.1 | 13% | 32% |
| Blackfordby | 1,071 | 3.3 mi | 52.8 | 31% | 20% |
| Measham | 5,373 | 4.5 mi | 43.3 | 20% | 27% |
Health, work and homes have their own pages
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 Linton’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 Linton’s residents
What is the population of Linton?
The 2021 Census counted 2,145 people in Linton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Linton?
The median age was 47.4 at the 2021 Census. 8.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 24% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Linton?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Derbyshire’s towns. 2.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Linton?
44% said they had no religion and 50% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 5.2% didn’t answer.
Is Linton good for families?
25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Linton’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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