Photo: Dave Bevis · CC BY-SA 2.0A lower share of shared households of unrelated adults than 98% of UK towns, at 1.2%
With households with dependent children at 32%, Renishaw is ahead of 83% of UK towns on that count. In 2021, the Census found 2,425 residents in the village, living in 1,042 households. Here, 45% of residents said they have no religion. Few places have so few married adults and civil partners: 41% here, fewer than in 89% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Renishaw’s people
Younger than most towns
Half of Renishaw’s residents are under 38.6 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 12% are 15 to 24 and 14% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Younger than 87% of UK towns: half of Renishaw is under 38.6
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The share of residents aged 65 and over trails 93% of UK towns: 14%. In Renishaw, just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
More students than 85% of UK towns: 6.1% of adults in Renishaw
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%.
7.7% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, against 11% across England’s towns. For comparison, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Renishaw households average 2.3 people, larger than in 61% 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.
One-person households: 30% of the total.
Fewer households in terraced houses than 59% of UK towns: 18%
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
Across England’s towns, 21% of households live in a detached house; in Renishaw, 20%. By contrast, 12% of households live in a flat or apartment, a higher share than in 57% of UK towns. As a reference point, nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns. On the census count, 15% of households have no car or van.
Renishaw sits below 98% of UK towns for residents born outside the UK (2.1%)
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
99% of residents have English as their main language, against 90% across England’s towns. Elsewhere, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (1.2%) or in the Middle East and Asia (0.5%).
Renishaw ranks above 83% 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 Renishaw · Derbyshire’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Behind White British, the largest groups are Mixed or multiple (1.7%), Other White (1.3%) and Chinese (0.4%). Elsewhere, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. On residents who describe themselves as Christian, Renishaw sits lower than 55% of UK towns: 49%.
Renishaw ranks above 89% of UK towns on adults who have never married: 40%
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: 10%, above three quarters of UK towns. Measured more widely, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. For 85 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week.
22% of adults hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
23% of Renishaw’s adults have no qualification (18% across England’s towns), and 22% have one at degree level (34%).
Every neighbour of Renishaw has an older population
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Renishaw | 2,425 | — | 38.6 | 14% | 32% |
| Eckington | 7,435 | 1.8 mi | 46.5 | 23% | 24% |
| Killamarsh | 9,082 | 1.8 mi | 45.6 | 22% | 27% |
| Barlborough | 2,859 | 1.9 mi | 47.6 | 21% | 27% |
| Staveley | 15,151 | 2.8 mi | 41.7 | 19% | 29% |
| Clowne | 7,759 | 3.1 mi | 45.6 | 23% | 26% |
| Harthill | 1,729 | 3.3 mi | 50.8 | 27% | 23% |
| Duckmanton | 1,775 | 3.6 mi | 39.7 | 19% | 32% |
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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 Renishaw’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 Renishaw’s residents
What is the population of Renishaw?
The 2021 Census counted 2,425 people in Renishaw’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Renishaw?
The median age was 38.6 at the 2021 Census. 12% of residents were 15 to 24 and 14% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Renishaw?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Derbyshire’s towns. 2.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Renishaw?
45% said they had no religion and 49% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 5.3% didn’t answer.
Is Renishaw good for families?
32% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Renishaw’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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