Photo: Russ Hamer · CC BY-SA 3.0A lower share of households with dependent children than 97% of UK towns, at 18%
Set against 24% across England’s towns, 7.5% of households have no car or van in Shardlow. The share of shared households of unrelated adults stands at 1.6%. The village has more residents who describe themselves as White British than 84% of UK towns, at 96%. The 2021 Census put the village’s population at 1,190, in 574 households.
What the Census says about Shardlow’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Shardlow’s residents are under 51.8 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 25% are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Ages ↓
Many carers
131 residents gave unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age in 2021, 11% of those 5 and over: more than in 92% of UK towns. Relationships & caring ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Shardlow is older than 91% of UK towns: a median age of 51.8
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
25% of residents are 65 or over; across England’s towns the figure is 18%. Across Shardlow, 7% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
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.
Full-time students: 2.8%, a lower share than 99% 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%.
Residents who moved in within the year: 7.1% here and 11% across England’s towns. The share of full-time students across England’s towns is 7.9%.
2 people per household, fewer than in 97% 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.
31% of households are one person living alone (England’s towns: 30%).
Few flats: only 7.3% of households in Shardlow 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
Households in terraced houses: 24%, near enough the figure across England’s towns. By way of comparison, 23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns. Across Shardlow, just over a third of households live in a detached house.
100% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 99% 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
The share of residents born outside the UK trails 80% of UK towns: 3.8%. Across England’s towns, residents whose main language is English come to 90%. Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (2.2%), then in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (0.8%).
More residents with no religion than 73% of UK towns: 44%
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 Shardlow · Derbyshire’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Besides White British, the main groups are Other White (2.3%), Caribbean (0.6%) and Mixed or multiple (0.5%). Measured more widely, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. Residents who describe themselves as Christian are more common here than in 55% of UK towns.
Shardlow: 11% of residents give unpaid care, above 92% 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
Adults who have never married make up 28%, against 39% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, the share of unpaid carers is 8.7%. Unpaid care takes 50 hours a week or more for 30 people.
Degree-level qualifications: 34% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
34% of Shardlow’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 18% have none (18%).
Every neighbour of Shardlow has a younger 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shardlow | 1,190 | — | 51.8 | 25% | 18% |
| Aston-on-Trent | 2,433 | 1.4 mi | 51.3 | 29% | 26% |
| Castle Donington | 7,344 | 2 mi | 43.6 | 21% | 27% |
| Breaston and Draycott | 7,393 | 2.2 mi | 50.1 | 27% | 22% |
| Borrowash | 7,171 | 2.9 mi | 47.7 | 24% | 26% |
| Long Eaton | 37,815 | 3.4 mi | 42.6 | 19% | 26% |
| Kegworth | 4,293 | 3.9 mi | 34.7 | 17% | 23% |
| Melbourne | 4,860 | 4.2 mi | 46.7 | 24% | 26% |
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 Shardlow’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 Shardlow’s residents
What is the population of Shardlow?
The 2021 Census counted 1,190 people in Shardlow’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Shardlow?
The median age was 51.8 at the 2021 Census. 7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 25% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Shardlow?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Derbyshire’s towns. 3.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Shardlow?
44% said they had no religion and 50% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 3.5% didn’t answer.
Is Shardlow good for families?
18% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Shardlow’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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