Photo: Dave Bevis · CC BY-SA 2.0Residents with no religion: 49%, a higher share than 90% of UK towns
In Staveley, just over a fifth of households have no car or van, beside 24% across England’s towns. The town had 15,151 residents in 6,495 households at the 2021 Census. Households in terraced houses account for 16%. Half of the town’s residents are under 41.7, younger than in 71% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Staveley’s people
More with no religion than most
49% of residents answered “no religion” in 2021 and 45% Christian, against 37% and 46% across England’s towns. Ethnicity & religion ↓
Many carers
1,611 residents gave unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age in 2021, 11% of those 5 and over: more than in 90% of UK towns. Relationships & caring ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area) and ONS mid-year population estimates.
A change of +3% since 2011 leaves Staveley behind 71% of UK towns
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Staveley’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 15,800 people in 2011; 16,400 in 2024.
The biggest jump came in the year to mid-2013: 160 more people. Split by age, the 65 and over changed most (+24%) and the 16 to 29 least (−4%).
A larger share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 87% of UK towns: 11%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
50–54 is the most common age band: 7.4% of residents. Compared with other places, residents aged 65 and over are scarce here: 19%, fewer than in 69% of UK towns. As a reference point, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 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+
■ Staveley, 41.7. The typical town is 44.4.
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.
6.9% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, below 86% 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%.
Where 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns, Staveley has 5.2%. 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.
2% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, below 71% 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.
The average household has 2.3 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. Compared with other places, households with dependent children are common here: 29%, more than in 66% of UK towns. Against that, 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns. On the census count, 31% of households are one person living alone.
6.9% of households live in a flat or apartment, fewer than in 73% 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
With households in detached houses at 19%, Staveley is behind 77% of UK towns on that count. Across the comparison, nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
A lower share of residents born outside the UK than 93% of UK towns, at 2.9%
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
Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (1.4%), then in the Middle East and Asia (0.5%). Compared with other places, residents whose main language is English are common here: 99%, more than in 77% of UK towns. Measured more widely, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. A tenth of those born abroad arrived in 2017 or later, against 21% across England’s towns.
Staveley sits above 83% of UK towns for 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 Staveley · Derbyshire’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Across England’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as Christian is 46%; Staveley has 45%. The comparison figure for residents who describe themselves as White British is 73% across England’s towns. Behind White British, the largest groups are Other White (1.6%), Mixed or multiple (1.2%) and African (0.3%).
More unpaid carers than 90% of UK towns: 11% of residents
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
627 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. At 37%, the share of adults who have never married is higher than in 76% of UK towns. Across the comparison, nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care across England’s towns. The figure for married adults and civil partners is 43% in Staveley and 44% across England’s towns.
20% of adults have a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 34% of adults have a degree-level qualification; in Staveley, 20%, and 25% have none, against 18%.
From a median age of 38 in Staveley & Norbriggs to 47 in Inkersall Green & Duckmanton
The town’s 3 neighbourhoods (ONS middle-layer areas with 500+ residents inside it, named by the House of Commons Library), youngest first. Census 2021.
Inkersall Green & Duckmanton is the oldest area, with 25% aged 65 or over; Staveley & Norbriggs the youngest (median age 38). Families with children are most common in Staveley & Norbriggs (32% of households).
333 UK towns of 11,000 to 20,000 people: this is the 82nd youngest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Aberystwyth is the youngest (25); Sidmouth the oldest (60.4). Nearest to Staveley in age: Failsworth (41.6), South Elmsall (41.7), Ware (41.7) and Buckhurst Hill (41.8).
Older than Staveley: 5 of the 7 towns nearby
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staveley | 15,151 | — | 41.7 | 19% | 29% |
| Brimington | 11,068 | 1.4 mi | 46.2 | 22% | 24% |
| Duckmanton | 1,775 | 1.5 mi | 39.7 | 19% | 32% |
| Renishaw | 2,425 | 2.8 mi | 38.6 | 14% | 32% |
| Eckington | 7,435 | 3 mi | 46.5 | 23% | 24% |
| Chesterfield | 76,394 | 3.4 mi | 45.5 | 22% | 23% |
| Barlborough | 2,859 | 3.5 mi | 47.6 | 21% | 27% |
| Bolsover | 11,228 | 3.7 mi | 45.3 | 22% | 25% |
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 Staveley’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out. The population trend compares with the whole county and nation.
- Estimates since 2021 are modelled. The ONS builds mid-year estimates from the Census, births, deaths and migration records. Staveley’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 16,054 people in 2021, against 15,151 in the built-up area.
- 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 Staveley’s residents
What is the population of Staveley?
The 2021 Census counted 15,151 people in Staveley’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 16,400 people in mid-2024, 3% more than in 2011.
What is the average age in Staveley?
The median age was 41.7 at the 2021 Census, younger than 71% of UK towns. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 19% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Staveley?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Derbyshire’s towns. 2.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Staveley?
49% said they had no religion and 45% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.8% were Muslim and 5.1% didn’t answer.
Is Staveley good for families?
29% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Families are most common in Staveley & Norbriggs (32% of households). Schools are on Staveley’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) · ONS mid-year population estimates for 2021 LSOAs, mid-2011 to mid-2024 · House of Commons Library MSOA names. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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