Photo: Jonathan Clitheroe · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Netherseal is over 55.5, older than 97% of UK towns
The share of households with dependent children trails 96% of UK towns: 19%. 1.1% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home. At 56%, the share of residents who describe themselves as Christian is higher than in 84% of UK towns. Netherseal had 663 residents in 284 households at the 2021 Census.
Netherseal sits below 99% of UK towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (6.5%)
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 55–59, with just over one in ten residents, 1.8 times the share across England’s towns. The census found that 30% of residents are 65 or over in Netherseal.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
In Netherseal, 3.5% of adults are full-time students, fewer than in 95% 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%.
30% of Netherseal’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. For comparison, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. Census figures put residents who moved in within the year at 3% here.
Netherseal ranks below 73% of UK towns on one-person households: 27%
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.
A household here has 2.2 people on average; across England’s towns, 2.4. For one-person households, the comparison across England’s towns is 30%.
43% of households live in a detached house, more 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
Set against 23% across England’s towns, 5.7% of households live in a flat or apartment in Netherseal. As a yardstick, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns. Households without a car or van: 13% of the total. The village has fewer households in terraced houses than 63% of UK towns, at 17%.
2.3% born outside the UK, fewer than in 98% 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
Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in the Middle East and Asia (1.1%) and in EU countries (0.6%). For comparison, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Few places have as many residents whose main language is English: 100% here, more than in 99% of UK towns.
Netherseal ranks above 92% of UK towns on residents who describe themselves as White British: 96%
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: 96% of Netherseal · Derbyshire’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The next-largest groups, after White British, are Other White (1.2%), Mixed or multiple (1.2%) and Indian (0.2%). On residents with no religion, Netherseal sits lower than 66% of UK towns: 38%. For residents who describe themselves as White British, the comparison across England’s towns is 73%.
11% of residents give unpaid care, a share 92% of UK towns don’t reach
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
29 people care, unpaid, for 50 hours or more a week. The comparison figure for unpaid carers is 8.7% across England’s towns. Adults who have never married are rarer here than in 74% of UK towns. With married adults and civil partners at 51%, Netherseal is ahead of 69% of UK towns on that count.
Adults with a degree-level qualification: 29%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 34% of adults have a degree-level qualification; in Netherseal, 29%, and 24% have none, against 18%.
Netherseal is older than every town around it
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Netherseal | 663 | — | 55.5 | 30% | 19% |
| Overseal and Castle Gresley | 5,055 | 2 mi | 41.9 | 19% | 29% |
| Donisthorpe | 1,204 | 2.2 mi | 43.1 | 13% | 32% |
| Linton | 2,145 | 2.3 mi | 47.4 | 24% | 25% |
| Appleby Magna | 1,301 | 2.7 mi | 48.5 | 22% | 26% |
| Moira | 3,198 | 2.8 mi | 45.7 | 20% | 27% |
| Measham | 5,373 | 2.9 mi | 43.3 | 20% | 27% |
| Blackfordby | 1,071 | 3.9 mi | 52.8 | 31% | 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 Netherseal’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 Netherseal’s residents
What is the population of Netherseal?
The 2021 Census counted 663 people in Netherseal’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Netherseal?
The median age was 55.5 at the 2021 Census. 6.5% of residents were 15 to 24 and 30% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Netherseal?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Derbyshire’s towns. 2.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Netherseal?
38% said they had no religion and 56% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.5% were Muslim and 4.5% didn’t answer.
Is Netherseal good for families?
19% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Netherseal’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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