Photo: David Hallam-Jones · CC BY-SA 2.0Long Eaton: 52% of residents said they have no religion, above 96% of UK towns
The average household has 2.2 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. Census day 2021: 37,815 residents and 17,098 households in Long Eaton. Locally, just over a fifth of households have no car or van. At 26%, the share of households with dependent children is lower than in 64% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Long Eaton’s people
More with no religion than most
52% of residents answered “no religion” in 2021 and 40% 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) and ONS mid-year population estimates.
Slower than most: +3% since 2011, behind 73% of UK towns
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Long Eaton’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 37,800 people in 2011; 38,900 in 2024.
The biggest one-year rise was mid-2022 to mid-2023, 730 people. The 65 and over group saw the biggest change (+24%), the 0 to 15 group the smallest (−7%).
Younger than 65% of UK towns: half of Long Eaton is under 42.6
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 10% here and 12% across England’s towns. The largest age band is 50–54: 7.9% of residents. Lower than in 71% of UK towns: 19% of residents are 65 or over.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Long Eaton, 42.6. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Below 72% of UK towns: 7.7% of residents lived at another address a year earlier
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%.
The share of full-time students trails nearly two thirds of UK towns: 4.5%. The wider picture: just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
One-person households make up 32% in Long Eaton, more than in 70% 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.
Shared households of unrelated adults make up 2.3%, against 4.3% across England’s towns. One-person households make up 30% across England’s towns.
16% of households live in a terraced house, 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
Households in detached houses: 24%, below 64% of UK towns. 10% of households live in a flat or apartment.
Residents whose main language is English: 97%, a lower share than 67% 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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns, against 7.1% in Long Eaton. Across England’s towns, residents whose main language is English come to 90%. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (3.8%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.5%).
40% of residents describe themselves as Christian, below 93% 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: 89% of Long Eaton · Derbyshire’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
89% of residents describe themselves as White British; across England’s towns the figure is 73%. Elsewhere, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Of the other groups, the largest are Other White (4.1%), Mixed or multiple (2.5%) and Indian (1.4%).
A larger share of adults who have never married than 77% of UK towns: 37%
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
973 residents care, unpaid, for at least 50 hours a week. As a reference point, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. On married adults and civil partners, Long Eaton sits lower than 78% of UK towns: 43%. Little separates the share of unpaid carers here, 9.4%, from the figure across England’s towns.
Degree-level qualifications reach 27% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 27% of Long Eaton’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 19% have no qualification (18%).
From a median age of 37 in Long Eaton Town to 46 in Long Eaton West
The town’s 5 neighbourhoods (ONS middle-layer areas with 500+ residents inside it, named by the House of Commons Library), youngest first. Census 2021.
Long Eaton West is the oldest area, with 22% aged 65 or over; Long Eaton Town the youngest (median age 37). Families with children are most common in Long Eaton North (29% of households).
Ranked by age, 78th oldest of 196 UK towns this size
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
The youngest is Hatfield (30.3) and the oldest Rustington (56.2). Nearest to Long Eaton in age: Wickford (42.5), Wokingham (42.5), Bedworth (42.6) and Frome (42.6).
4 in 7 nearby towns have a higher median age than Long Eaton
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Long Eaton | 37,815 | — | 42.6 | 19% | 26% |
| Breaston and Draycott | 7,393 | 1.7 mi | 50.1 | 27% | 22% |
| Sandiacre | 9,373 | 2.1 mi | 43.5 | 22% | 27% |
| Stapleford | 15,041 | 2.8 mi | 40.8 | 19% | 28% |
| Beeston | 52,359 | 3 mi | 41.4 | 21% | 24% |
| Shardlow | 1,190 | 3.4 mi | 51.8 | 25% | 18% |
| Trowell | 2,165 | 3.8 mi | 51.7 | 29% | 22% |
| Kegworth | 4,293 | 3.8 mi | 34.7 | 17% | 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 Long Eaton’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out. The population trend compares with the whole county and nation.
- Estimates since 2021 are modelled. The ONS builds mid-year estimates from the Census, births, deaths and migration records. Long Eaton’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 38,064 people in 2021, against 37,815 in the built-up area.
- 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 Long Eaton’s residents
What is the population of Long Eaton?
The 2021 Census counted 37,815 people in Long Eaton’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 38,900 people in mid-2024, 3% more than in 2011.
What is the average age in Long Eaton?
The median age was 42.6 at the 2021 Census, younger than 65% of UK towns. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 19% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Long Eaton?
89% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Derbyshire’s towns. 7.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Long Eaton?
52% said they had no religion and 40% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.7% were Muslim and 5.6% didn’t answer.
Is Long Eaton good for families?
26% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Families are most common in Long Eaton North (29% of households). Schools are on Long Eaton’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) · ONS mid-year population estimates for 2021 LSOAs, mid-2011 to mid-2024 · House of Commons Library MSOA names. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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