Photo: Alan Murray-Rust · CC BY-SA 2.0A higher share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 98% of UK towns, at 17%
51% of households live in a detached house; across England’s towns the figure is 21%. Repton is home to 2,766 residents in 1,010 households, by the 2021 Census. Households in terraced houses account for 13%. Compared with other places, unpaid carers are scarce here: 6.9%, fewer than in 97% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Repton’s people
A student town
The 2021 Census counted 301 full-time students aged 16 and over, 14% of adults, against 7.9% across England’s towns: more than in 98% of UK towns. That shows in the ages: 17% of residents are 15 to 24. Students & newcomers ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Repton is younger than 81% of UK towns: a median age of 39.9
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Repton sits close to the norm on residents aged 65 and over: 18%, about the same as across England’s towns. In Bakewell, the oldest of Derbyshire’s towns by this measure, it is 38%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Repton, 39.9. The typical town is 44.4.
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.
Full-time students make up 14% in Repton, more than in 98% 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%.
Leave the students aside and Repton’s other adults differ from England’s: 51% are in managerial and professional jobs, against 36%. As a yardstick, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. The census found that 13% of residents lived at another address a year earlier here.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
26% of households are one person living alone, below 82% 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.
Shared households of unrelated adults: 2.2% here and 4.3% across England’s towns. The wider picture: 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. The census found that 31% of households have dependent children in Repton.
A smaller share of households without a car or van than 85% of UK towns: 9.4%
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 23% across England’s towns, 6% of households live in a flat or apartment here. Against that, nearly a quarter of households have no car or van across England’s towns.
Repton ranks above 72% of UK towns on 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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Since 2017: 23% of those born abroad, against 21% across England’s towns. On the census count, 5.2% of residents were born outside the UK. By way of comparison, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
Repton sits above 67% of UK towns for residents who describe themselves as Christian (52%)
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: 92% of Repton · Derbyshire’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Behind White British, the largest groups are Other White (2.4%), Mixed or multiple (1.9%) and Indian (1.2%). Measured more widely, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. In Repton, 92% of residents describe themselves as White British, beside 73% across England’s towns.
In Repton, 35% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, more than in 68% 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
44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns, against 49% in Repton. Across England’s towns, adults who have never married come to 39%.
Degree-level qualifications: 44% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Repton, 44% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 10% have no qualification at all (18%). Students still working towards a degree help explain why A levels are the highest qualification of 16%.
514 UK towns of 2,500 to 4,000 people: this is the 55th youngest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Keele (20.6), the youngest, and West Chiltington (63.1), the oldest. Nearest to Repton in age: Teynham (39.7), Bethesda (39.8), Weldon (40) and Penllergaer (40.1).
Median age: 6 of the 7 towns around Repton are older
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Repton | 2,766 | — | 39.9 | 18% | 31% |
| Willington | 2,717 | 1.1 mi | 46.5 | 23% | 27% |
| Findern | 1,608 | 2.5 mi | 52.2 | 31% | 22% |
| Stretton | 4,646 | 3.1 mi | 49.1 | 26% | 24% |
| Etwall | 3,080 | 3.6 mi | 44.2 | 23% | 31% |
| Rolleston on Dove | 2,902 | 4.2 mi | 52.7 | 31% | 22% |
| Hilton | 8,269 | 4.2 mi | 37.6 | 11% | 36% |
| Swadlincote | 34,569 | 4.2 mi | 41.7 | 18% | 28% |
Health, work and homes have their own pages
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 Repton’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 Repton’s residents
What is the population of Repton?
The 2021 Census counted 2,766 people in Repton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Repton?
The median age was 39.9 at the 2021 Census, younger than 81% of UK towns. 17% of residents were 15 to 24 and 18% were 65 or over.
Is Repton a student town?
Yes: 14% of adults were full-time students at the 2021 Census (301 people), against 7.9% across England’s towns.
How diverse is Repton?
92% 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 Repton?
41% said they had no religion and 52% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.4% were Muslim and 4.6% didn’t answer.
Is Repton good for families?
31% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Repton’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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