Photo: Richard Vince · CC BY-SA 2.0Younger than 99% of UK towns: half of Mickley is under 31
Against a figure of 37% across England’s towns, the share of residents with no religion in Mickley comes in at 59%. The village counted 695 residents and 261 households at the 2021 Census. The census found that 2.3% of households live in a detached house locally. Fewer one-person households than in 97% of UK towns: 20%.
Below 97% of UK towns: 11% of residents are 65 or over
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Across England’s towns, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 12%; Mickley has 14%. Measured more widely, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Full-time students make up 3.6% in Mickley, less than in 93% 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%.
Across England’s towns, 33% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine or semi-routine work; Mickley has 10% and 47%. The usual figure: 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. Here, 6.8% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
More households with dependent children than 99% of UK towns: 43%
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 Mickley, 2.7. Fewer shared households of unrelated adults than in 52% of UK towns: 2.3%. Measured more widely, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns.
Households in terraced houses make up 3.1% in Mickley, less than in 99% 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
The share of households without a car or van is 26%, against 24% across England’s towns.
Fewer residents born abroad than 77% of UK towns: 4%
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 largest groups were born in EU countries (2.5%) and in Africa (1.3%). Across England’s towns, the share of residents born outside the UK is 18%. More residents whose main language is English than in 53% of UK towns: 98%.
Mickley ranks below 98% of UK towns on residents who describe themselves as Christian: 34%
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: 94% of Mickley · Derbyshire’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The groups that follow White British are Other White (3.6%), Mixed or multiple (1.4%) and African (0.6%). 94% of residents describe themselves as White British, a higher share than in 65% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian.
Adults who have never married: 47%, a higher share than 97% 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
30 residents care, unpaid, for at least 50 hours a week. Adults who have never married: 39% across England’s towns, for comparison. Compared with other places, married adults and civil partners are scarce here: 38%, fewer than in 95% of UK towns. Against a figure of 8.7% across England’s towns, the share of unpaid carers in Mickley comes in at 11%.
Adults with a degree-level qualification: 11%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 11% of Mickley’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 34% have no qualification (18%).
No nearby town is as young as Mickley
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mickley | 695 | — | 31 | 11% | 43% |
| Shirland and Stonebroom | 3,988 | 0.7 mi | 46.3 | 23% | 24% |
| Morton | 1,335 | 1.1 mi | 49.1 | 26% | 25% |
| Clay Cross | 8,915 | 2.1 mi | 43.5 | 21% | 24% |
| Pilsley and Lower Pilsley | 3,470 | 2.5 mi | 44.9 | 20% | 24% |
| South Wingfield | 1,079 | 2.5 mi | 52.2 | 28% | 20% |
| Newton and Blackwell | 3,053 | 2.9 mi | 49.3 | 26% | 23% |
| Alfreton | 8,790 | 3 mi | 42.2 | 20% | 25% |
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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 Mickley’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 Mickley’s residents
What is the population of Mickley?
The 2021 Census counted 695 people in Mickley’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Mickley?
The median age was 31 at the 2021 Census. 14% of residents were 15 to 24 and 11% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Mickley?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Derbyshire’s towns. 4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Mickley?
59% said they had no religion and 34% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5.8% didn’t answer.
Is Mickley good for families?
43% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Mickley’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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