Photo: Mike Bardill · CC BY-SA 2.0Fewer households in flats than 99% of UK towns: 0.3%
The share of households in terraced houses is 4.8%, against 24% across England’s towns. Just over a fifth of households are one person living alone, a lower share than in 97% of UK towns. The 2021 Census counted 999 residents in 392 households. For Quarndon, the census puts residents who describe themselves as Christian at 56%.
Quarndon is older than 87% of UK towns: a median age of 50.4
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
A quarter of residents are 65 or over; across England’s towns the figure is 18%. Locally, 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.
6% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer 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%.
Across England’s towns, 33% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine work; in Quarndon, 57% and 9.6%. On full-time students, Quarndon sits higher than 80% of UK towns: 5.7%. For residents who moved in within the year, the comparison across England’s towns is 11%.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Larger households than 93% of UK towns: 2.5 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.
The figure for shared households of unrelated adults is 2% in Quarndon and 4.3% across England’s towns. The share of households with dependent children stands at 28%.
A village of detached houses: 78% of households live in one
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
By its share of households without a car or van (5.1%), Quarndon is below 99% of UK towns. Households in detached houses: 21% across England’s towns, for comparison.
Quarndon sits above 90% of UK towns for residents whose main language is English (99%)
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
Across England’s towns, 18% of residents were born outside the UK; in Quarndon, 5.2%. By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in the Middle East and Asia (1.9%) and in EU countries (1.3%).
A smaller share of residents with no religion than 83% of UK towns: 35%
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: 91% of Quarndon · Derbyshire’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The next-largest groups, after White British, are Other White (2.6%), Indian (2.4%) and Mixed or multiple (2.2%). Residents with no religion: 37% across England’s towns, for comparison. At 91%, the share of residents who describe themselves as White British is lower than in 58% of UK towns.
A larger share of married adults and civil partners than 99% of UK towns: 64%
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
The share of adults who have never married is 25%, against 39% across England’s towns. The census found that just over one in ten residents give unpaid care in Quarndon. On average, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
53% of adults are qualified to degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
53% of Quarndon’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 7.8% have none (18%).
Around Quarndon, 1 of 7 towns have a higher median age
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quarndon | 999 | — | 50.4 | 25% | 28% |
| Makeney | 4,691 | 1.6 mi | 48.1 | 25% | 31% |
| Little Eaton | 1,875 | 1.8 mi | 49.7 | 25% | 28% |
| Milford | 1,077 | 3.1 mi | 49.9 | 25% | 20% |
| Holbrook | 1,802 | 3.4 mi | 53 | 32% | 23% |
| Derby | 275,561 | 3.8 mi | 37.4 | 16% | 30% |
| Kilburn and Horsley Woodhouse | 4,447 | 4.3 mi | 47.5 | 25% | 24% |
| Belper | 19,076 | 4.6 mi | 47.1 | 22% | 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 Quarndon’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 Quarndon’s residents
What is the population of Quarndon?
The 2021 Census counted 999 people in Quarndon’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Quarndon?
The median age was 50.4 at the 2021 Census. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 25% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Quarndon?
91% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Derbyshire’s towns. 5.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Quarndon?
35% said they had no religion and 56% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.6% were Muslim and 5.8% didn’t answer.
Is Quarndon good for families?
28% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Quarndon’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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