Photo: Andrew Loughran · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 92% of UK towns: half of Marsh Lane is over 51.9
12% of residents give unpaid care, against 8.7% across England’s towns. Households with dependent children account for 22%. At 98%, the share of residents who describe themselves as White British is higher than in 99% of UK towns. Marsh Lane counted 889 residents and 398 households at the 2021 Census.
Above 78% of UK towns: 26% of residents are 65 or over
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 9%, against 12% across England’s towns. Against that, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
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 93% of UK towns: 6.5% 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%.
Managerial and professional jobs take in 30% of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 26% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). On average, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns. Across Marsh Lane, 5% of adults are full-time students.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
A higher share of shared households of unrelated adults than 92% of UK towns, at 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 typical household size is 2.3 people. 30% of households are one person living alone. The usual figure: 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns.
Only 0.8% of households live in a flat or apartment in Marsh Lane
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
15% of households live in a terraced house, against 24% across England’s towns. The share of households without a car or van stands at 12%. As a reference point, nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
1.4% of residents were born outside the UK, fewer than in 99% 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
The figure for residents whose main language is English is 100% in Marsh Lane and 90% across England’s towns. For residents born outside the UK, the comparison across England’s towns is 18%. By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (0.6%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.3%).
Above 79% of UK towns: 55% of residents describe themselves as Christian
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: 98% of Marsh Lane · Derbyshire’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The share of residents with no religion is 40%, against 37% across England’s towns. To put it in context, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
Fewer adults who have never married than 74% of UK towns: 29%
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
Unpaid carers giving 50 hours or more a week: 32. The wider picture: nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Married adults and civil partners make up 49%, against 44% across England’s towns.
Among adults, 26% hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 26% of Marsh Lane’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 25% have no qualification (18%).
No nearby town is as old as Marsh Lane
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marsh Lane | 889 | — | 51.9 | 26% | 22% |
| Eckington | 7,435 | 1.1 mi | 46.5 | 23% | 24% |
| Renishaw | 2,425 | 2.8 mi | 38.6 | 14% | 32% |
| Staveley | 15,151 | 3.3 mi | 41.7 | 19% | 29% |
| Dronfield | 21,161 | 3.3 mi | 49.9 | 29% | 25% |
| Killamarsh | 9,082 | 3.3 mi | 45.6 | 22% | 27% |
| Brimington | 11,068 | 3.6 mi | 46.2 | 22% | 24% |
| Barlborough | 2,859 | 4.6 mi | 47.6 | 21% | 27% |
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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 Marsh Lane’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 Marsh Lane’s residents
What is the population of Marsh Lane?
The 2021 Census counted 889 people in Marsh Lane’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Marsh Lane?
The median age was 51.9 at the 2021 Census. 9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 26% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Marsh Lane?
98% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Derbyshire’s towns. 1.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Marsh Lane?
40% said they had no religion and 55% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 4.7% didn’t answer.
Is Marsh Lane good for families?
22% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Marsh Lane’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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