Photo: Andrew Hill · CC BY-SA 2.0Fewer households in flats than 98% of UK towns: 1.6%
97% of residents describe themselves as White British (England’s towns: 73%). Middleton is home to 893 residents in 389 households, by the 2021 Census. Locally, nearly one in ten households have no car or van. One-person households are rarer here than in 86% of UK towns.
A median age of 46.2: Middleton is older than 63% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 60–64, with 7.8% of residents, 1.4 times the share across England’s towns. Middleton has more residents aged 65 and over than 54% of UK towns, at 22%. Residents aged 15 to 24 account for 9.7%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A lower share of residents who moved in within the year than 83% of UK towns, at 7.1%
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, a third of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine or semi-routine work; Middleton has 38% and 22%. Full-time students: 4.5% of the total. Elsewhere, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
Shared households of unrelated adults make up 1.5% in Middleton, less than in 90% 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.
At 2.3 people, the average household compares with 2.4 across England’s towns. For comparison, 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns. Across Middleton, 27% of households have dependent children.
More households in detached houses than 86% of UK towns: 46%
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 Middleton, just over one in ten households live in a terraced house, beside 24% across England’s towns. Across the comparison, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
Fewer residents born abroad than 95% of UK towns: 2.6%
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
Here 100% of residents have English as their main language, where the figure across England’s towns is 90%. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.3%) and in EU countries (0.7%). For residents born outside the UK, the comparison across England’s towns is 18%.
45% of residents said they have no religion, a share 74% of UK towns don’t reach
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 Middleton · Derbyshire’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Where 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns, Middleton has 51%. Elsewhere, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns.
Middleton ranks above 75% of UK towns on married adults and civil partners: 52%
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
The share of adults who have never married is 31%, against 39% across England’s towns. Across Middleton, 9.9% of residents give unpaid care. The benchmark for married adults and civil partners across England’s towns: 44%.
41% of adults are qualified to degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 34% across England’s towns, 41% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 14% hold no qualification (18%).
Every neighbour of Middleton has an older population
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Middleton | 893 | — | 46.2 | 22% | 27% |
| Cromford | 1,395 | 1.1 mi | 54.3 | 33% | 17% |
| Wirksworth | 4,904 | 1.3 mi | 52.2 | 29% | 21% |
| Matlock | 11,990 | 3.4 mi | 49.4 | 26% | 23% |
| Tansley | 1,176 | 3.8 mi | 54.8 | 32% | 20% |
| Crich | 2,070 | 4.6 mi | 51.3 | 28% | 23% |
| Darley Dale | 3,985 | 4.7 mi | 53.1 | 33% | 21% |
| Ambergate | 1,566 | 5.6 mi | 49.6 | 23% | 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 Middleton’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 Middleton’s residents
What is the population of Middleton?
The 2021 Census counted 893 people in Middleton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Middleton?
The median age was 46.2 at the 2021 Census. 9.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 22% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Middleton?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Derbyshire’s towns. 2.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Middleton?
45% said they had no religion and 51% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 3.5% didn’t answer.
Is Middleton good for families?
27% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Middleton’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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