Photo: Alan Heardman · CC BY-SA 2.0Old Tupton sits below 90% of UK towns for households with dependent children (22%)
1.5% of households are unrelated adults living together, against 4.3% across England’s towns. With a median age of 49.2, Old Tupton is older than just over four fifths of UK towns. The 2021 Census counted 4,190 residents in 1,918 households. On the census count, 43% of households live in a detached house.
What the Census says about Old Tupton’s people
Many carers
459 residents gave unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age in 2021, 11% of those 5 and over: more than in 92% of UK towns. Relationships & caring ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area) and ONS mid-year population estimates.
+5% since 2011: slower than 62% of UK towns
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Old Tupton’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 4,400 people in 2011; 4,600 in 2024.
In one year, mid-2015 to mid-2016, the population rose by 100, the most of any year. The 65 and over group saw the biggest change (+17%), the 0 to 15 group the smallest (−5%).
27% of Old Tupton is 65 or over, a higher share than 79% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Here 9% of residents are aged 15 to 24, where the figure across England’s towns is 12%. No age band is larger than 55–59: 8.2% of residents. Measured more widely, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Old Tupton, 49.2. The typical town is 44.4.
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.
Full-time students make up 3.4% in Old Tupton, less than in 96% 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%.
Managerial and professional jobs take in 30% of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 28% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). For comparison, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. Residents who moved in within the year account for 7.2%.
2.2 people per household, fewer than in 80% 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.
In Old Tupton, 31% of households are one person living alone.
Fewer households in terraced houses than 93% of UK towns: 7.8%
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
Compared with 24% across England’s towns, 17% of households have no car or van here. Here, 5.4% of households live in a flat or apartment.
Fewer residents born outside the UK than 89% of UK towns: 3.2%
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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (1.2%), then in the Middle East and Asia (0.8%). Compared with other places, residents whose main language is English are common here: 99%, more than in 87% of UK towns. The wider picture: 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Among those born abroad, the share arriving in 2017 or later is 13% (England’s towns: 21%).
Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 96% in Old Tupton, more than in 89% 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: 96% of Old Tupton · Derbyshire’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The groups that follow White British are Other White (1.5%), Mixed or multiple (1.2%) and Indian (0.5%). Higher than in 63% of UK towns: 52% of residents describe themselves as Christian. Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 73% across England’s towns. Set against 37% across England’s towns, two in five residents said they have no religion in Old Tupton.
A larger share of unpaid carers than 92% of UK towns: 11%
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
Unpaid carers giving 50 hours or more a week: 155. 31% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, fewer than in 60% of UK towns. Against that, nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care across England’s towns. The share of married adults and civil partners is 49%, against 44% across England’s towns.
Among adults, 26% hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
26% of Old Tupton’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 21% have none (18%).
From a median age of 41 in Grassmoor & Holmewood to 56 in Ashover & New Tupton
The town’s 3 neighbourhoods (ONS middle-layer areas with 500+ residents inside it, named by the House of Commons Library), youngest first. Census 2021.
Ashover & New Tupton is the oldest area, with 35% aged 65 or over; Grassmoor & Holmewood the youngest (median age 41). Families with children are most common in Grassmoor & Holmewood (27% of households).
Among 695 UK towns of 3,000 to 6,000 people, the 205th oldest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Ages run from 18.9 in Bailrigg to 64.7 in Sutton on Sea and Trusthorpe. Nearest to Old Tupton in age: Cheddar (49.1), Swillington (49.2), Haslington (49.2) and Bungay (49.2).
1 in 7 nearby towns have a higher median age than Old Tupton
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Old Tupton | 4,190 | — | 49.2 | 27% | 22% |
| Grassmoor | 3,528 | 1.2 mi | 42.1 | 20% | 28% |
| Wingerworth | 6,404 | 1.3 mi | 50.5 | 30% | 21% |
| Clay Cross | 8,915 | 1.4 mi | 43.5 | 21% | 24% |
| North Wingfield and Holmewood | 9,545 | 1.5 mi | 43 | 20% | 24% |
| Pilsley and Lower Pilsley | 3,470 | 2.5 mi | 44.9 | 20% | 24% |
| Morton | 1,335 | 3.3 mi | 49.1 | 26% | 25% |
| Chesterfield | 76,394 | 4 mi | 45.5 | 22% | 23% |
Health, work and homes have their own pages
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 Old Tupton’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out. The population trend compares with the whole county and nation.
- Estimates since 2021 are modelled. The ONS builds mid-year estimates from the Census, births, deaths and migration records. Old Tupton’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 4,540 people in 2021, against 4,190 in the built-up area.
- 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 Old Tupton’s residents
What is the population of Old Tupton?
The 2021 Census counted 4,190 people in Old Tupton’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 4,600 people in mid-2024, 5% more than in 2011.
What is the average age in Old Tupton?
The median age was 49.2 at the 2021 Census, older than 81% of UK towns. 9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 27% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Old Tupton?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Derbyshire’s towns. 3.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Old Tupton?
40% said they had no religion and 52% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 6% didn’t answer.
Is Old Tupton good for families?
22% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Families are most common in Grassmoor & Holmewood (27% of households). Schools are on Old Tupton’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) · ONS mid-year population estimates for 2021 LSOAs, mid-2011 to mid-2024 · House of Commons Library MSOA names. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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