Photo: Garth Newton · CC BY-SA 2.0Only 20% of households have dependent children in Milford
48% of households live in a terraced house, against 24% across England’s towns. Milford has more one-person households than 81% of UK towns, at 34%. At the 2021 Census Milford was home to 1,077 people in 503 households. Here, 6.4% of households live in a flat or apartment.
A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 93% of UK towns: 8%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The median age in Milford is 49.9, higher than in 84% of UK towns. 25% of residents are 65 or over. Against that, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. In Bakewell, the oldest of Derbyshire’s towns by this measure, it is 38%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Only 3.1% of adults are full-time students in Milford
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 Milford, 9.3% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, beside 11% across England’s towns. Across the comparison, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Smaller households than 96% 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.
Against a figure of 4.3% across England’s towns, the share of shared households of unrelated adults in Milford comes in at 1.6%.
In Milford, 10% of households have no car or van, fewer than in 81% 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
Across England’s towns, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house; in Milford, 23%. For households without a car or van, the comparison across England’s towns is 24%.
Residents born outside the UK: 4.4%, a lower share than 73% 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
Residents whose main language is English make up 98%, against 90% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, residents born outside the UK come to 18%. By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (2.5%) and in Africa (0.7%).
A larger share of residents with no religion than 82% of UK towns: 46%
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 Milford · Derbyshire’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Next after White British come Other White (2.5%), Mixed or multiple (2.3%) and Chinese (0.5%). As a reference point, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. 94% of residents describe themselves as White British, a higher share than in 63% of UK towns.
Milford: 10% of residents give unpaid care, above 78% 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
23 people care, unpaid, for 50 hours or more a week. Few places have so few married adults and civil partners: 46% here, fewer than in 66% of UK towns. Across the comparison, nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care across England’s towns. The figure for adults who have never married is 31% in Milford and 39% across England’s towns.
The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 43%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Milford, 43% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 14% have no qualification at all (18%).
Milford is younger than 2 of its 7 nearest neighbours
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milford | 1,077 | — | 49.9 | 25% | 20% |
| Holbrook | 1,802 | 0.9 mi | 53 | 32% | 23% |
| Makeney | 4,691 | 1.5 mi | 48.1 | 25% | 31% |
| Belper | 19,076 | 1.5 mi | 47.1 | 22% | 24% |
| Denby Bottles | 1,756 | 2.2 mi | 38.4 | 15% | 32% |
| Kilburn and Horsley Woodhouse | 4,447 | 2.2 mi | 47.5 | 25% | 24% |
| Little Eaton | 1,875 | 2.5 mi | 49.7 | 25% | 28% |
| Heage | 2,584 | 3.1 mi | 52.7 | 29% | 21% |
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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 Milford’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 Milford’s residents
What is the population of Milford?
The 2021 Census counted 1,077 people in Milford’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Milford?
The median age was 49.9 at the 2021 Census. 8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 25% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Milford?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Derbyshire’s towns. 4.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Milford?
46% said they had no religion and 46% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.1% didn’t answer.
Is Milford good for families?
20% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Milford’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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