Photo: Mat Fascione · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 91% of UK towns: half of Matlock Bath is over 51.8
Just over a third of households are one person living alone, against 30% across England’s towns. For Matlock Bath, the census puts households in flats at 19%. Fewer households with dependent children than in 95% of UK towns: 20%. There were 308 households here at the 2021 Census, home to 671 residents.
Fewer young people than 80% of UK towns: 8.8% are 15 to 24
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The share of residents aged 65 and over is 25%, against 18% across England’s towns. Typically, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Only 3.7% of adults are full-time students in Matlock Bath
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%.
In Matlock Bath, 7.2% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, beside 11% across England’s towns. As a reference point, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Smaller households than 88% of UK towns: 2.1 people on average
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.
2.9% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home (England’s towns: 4.3%).
Households in terraced houses make up 26% in Matlock Bath, more than in 74% 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: 31% here and 21% across England’s towns. The share of households without a car or van stands at 14%. The usual figure: nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns.
98% of residents have English as their main language, a share 70% of UK towns don’t reach
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
7% of residents were born outside the UK, against 8.6% across Derbyshire’s towns and 18% across England’s towns. The share of residents whose main language is English across England’s towns is 90%. Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (2.8%) or in the Middle East and Asia (1.6%).
No religion: 48% of residents, a higher share than 88% 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: 91% of Matlock Bath · Derbyshire’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Beyond White British, the biggest groups are Other White (4.5%), Mixed or multiple (2.4%) and Indian (0.5%). Lower than in 87% of UK towns: 42% of residents describe themselves as Christian. The benchmark for residents with no religion across England’s towns: 37%. 91% of residents describe themselves as White British, against 73% across England’s towns.
49% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 59% 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
Some 10 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. On average, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Matlock Bath has fewer unpaid carers than 71% of UK towns, at 8.6%. Here 32% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, where the figure across England’s towns is 39%.
49% of adults are qualified to degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Matlock Bath counts 49% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 9.7% have no qualification (18%).
Among its 7 nearest neighbours, 5 are older than Matlock Bath
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matlock Bath | 671 | — | 51.8 | 25% | 20% |
| Cromford | 1,395 | 1 mi | 54.3 | 33% | 17% |
| Matlock | 11,990 | 1.6 mi | 49.4 | 26% | 23% |
| Tansley | 1,176 | 2.1 mi | 54.8 | 32% | 20% |
| Wirksworth | 4,904 | 2.7 mi | 52.2 | 29% | 21% |
| Darley Dale | 3,985 | 3.4 mi | 53.1 | 33% | 21% |
| Crich | 2,070 | 4.3 mi | 51.3 | 28% | 23% |
| South Wingfield | 1,079 | 5.5 mi | 52.2 | 28% | 20% |
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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 Matlock Bath’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 Matlock Bath’s residents
What is the population of Matlock Bath?
The 2021 Census counted 671 people in Matlock Bath’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Matlock Bath?
The median age was 51.8 at the 2021 Census. 8.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 25% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Matlock Bath?
91% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Derbyshire’s towns. 7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Matlock Bath?
48% said they had no religion and 42% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 7.3% didn’t answer.
Is Matlock Bath good for families?
20% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Matlock Bath’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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