Photo: Jonathan Clitheroe · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Parwich is over 52, older than 92% of UK towns
One-person households make up 43%, against 30% across England’s towns. 1.9% of households live in a terraced house. On residents who describe themselves as White British, Parwich sits higher than 93% of UK towns: 97%. The village counted 114 residents and 53 households at the 2021 Census.
24% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 67% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 55–59: 16% of residents, 2.3 times the share across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 18% of residents are 65 or over. In Parwich, just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24.
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.
A smaller share of residents who moved in within the year than 99% of UK towns: 4.4%
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%.
5.2% of adults are full-time students, against 7.9% across England’s towns. Elsewhere, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Below 93% of UK towns: 21% of households have dependent children
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.
Households in Parwich hold 2.2 people on average (England’s towns: 2.4). Shared houses stand out: 3.8% of households are unrelated adults living together, more than in 90% of UK towns. The usual figure: 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns.
Parwich: 17% of households live in a flat or apartment, above 76% 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
Where 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns, Parwich has 30%. The wider picture: 23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns. Across Parwich, 13% of households have no car or van.
Parwich sits below 99% of UK towns for residents born outside the UK (0.9%)
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
In Parwich, 100% of residents have English as their main language, beside 90% across England’s towns. Against that, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns.
56% of residents describe themselves as Christian, a share 83% 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 Parwich · Derbyshire’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Against a figure of 37% across England’s towns, the share of residents with no religion in Parwich comes in at 36%. Set beside that, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
45% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, below 70% 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
3 residents care, unpaid, for at least 50 hours a week. Across England’s towns, the share of married adults and civil partners is 44%. Lower than in three fifths of UK towns: 9% of residents give unpaid care. Adults who have never married: 33% here and 39% across England’s towns.
32% of adults have a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 32% of adults in Parwich, 34% across England’s towns; 19% have no qualification, against 18%.
Older than Parwich: 3 of the 7 towns nearby
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parwich | 114 | — | 52 | 24% | 21% |
| Ashbourne | 8,854 | 5.1 mi | 46.2 | 23% | 26% |
| Mayfield | 1,099 | 5.9 mi | 50.3 | 28% | 20% |
| Wirksworth | 4,904 | 6.1 mi | 52.2 | 29% | 21% |
| Cromford | 1,395 | 6.6 mi | 54.3 | 33% | 17% |
| Darley Dale | 3,985 | 7.6 mi | 53.1 | 33% | 21% |
| Matlock | 11,990 | 8.1 mi | 49.4 | 26% | 23% |
| Brailsford | 1,403 | 8.8 mi | 48.9 | 26% | 24% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- The Census was taken in a lockdown, in term time. 21 March 2021 fell in term time, and students were asked to give their term-time address, so most were counted where they study. Some may have been living with family that day.
- “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 Parwich’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 Parwich’s residents
What is the population of Parwich?
The 2021 Census counted 114 people in Parwich’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Parwich?
The median age was 52 at the 2021 Census. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 24% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Parwich?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Derbyshire’s towns. 0.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Parwich?
36% said they had no religion and 56% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.2% didn’t answer.
Is Parwich good for families?
21% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Parwich’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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