Church of St Michael · Photo: Enchufla Con Clave · CC BY-SA 4.00.9% of households live in a flat or apartment, fewer than in 99% of UK towns
Unpaid carers: 14% here and 8.7% across England’s towns. Pleasley counted 705 residents and 324 households at the 2021 Census. Here, 21% of households have dependent children. With a median age of 49.6, Pleasley is older than 83% of UK towns.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 8% in Pleasley, less than in 93% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Where 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns, Pleasley has 25%. For comparison, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A lower share of full-time students than 99% of UK towns, at 3%
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%.
Where 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns, Pleasley has 8.4%. To put it in context, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Smaller households than 77% of UK towns: 2.2 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.
1.9% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home (England’s towns: 4.3%). The census found that 28% of households are one person living alone in Pleasley.
In Pleasley, 8.4% of households live in a terraced house, fewer than in 93% 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
Against a figure of 24% across England’s towns, the share of households without a car or van in Pleasley comes in at 10%. In Pleasley, 46% of households live in a detached house.
5.4% of residents were born outside the UK, below 60% 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 EU countries (3.6%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.1%). Residents born outside the UK: 18% across England’s towns, for comparison. Few places have so few residents whose main language is English: 98% here, fewer than in 51% of UK towns.
Residents who describe themselves as Christian make up 55% in Pleasley, more than in 79% 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: 94% of Pleasley · Derbyshire’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
94% of residents describe themselves as White British, against 86% across Derbyshire’s towns and 73% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian. Census figures put residents with no religion at 39% in Pleasley.
Adults who have never married make up 26% in Pleasley, less than in 87% 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
Set against 44% across England’s towns, 52% of adults are married or in a civil partnership in Pleasley. Elsewhere, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. The number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 25.
Degree-level qualifications reach 22% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Pleasley’s adults: 22% with a degree-level qualification and 20% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
1 of the 7 nearest towns are older than Pleasley
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasley | 705 | — | 49.6 | 25% | 21% |
| New Houghton | 1,431 | 0.8 mi | 44.4 | 24% | 24% |
| Glapwell | 1,559 | 1.8 mi | 51.1 | 27% | 21% |
| Stanton Hill and Skegby | 4,568 | 2.2 mi | 42.8 | 20% | 27% |
| Mansfield Woodhouse | 19,521 | 2.7 mi | 43.3 | 21% | 27% |
| Shirebrook | 11,571 | 2.7 mi | 39.1 | 16% | 29% |
| Sutton in Ashfield | 36,435 | 3 mi | 42.5 | 20% | 27% |
| Mansfield | 63,448 | 3.2 mi | 41 | 18% | 27% |
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 Pleasley’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 Pleasley’s residents
What is the population of Pleasley?
The 2021 Census counted 705 people in Pleasley’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Pleasley?
The median age was 49.6 at the 2021 Census. 8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 25% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Pleasley?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Derbyshire’s towns. 5.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Pleasley?
39% said they had no religion and 55% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.4% were Muslim and 5.7% didn’t answer.
Is Pleasley good for families?
21% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Pleasley’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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