Photo: Roger May · CC BY-SA 2.0Stretton ranks below 99% of UK towns on households without a car or van: 4.2%
Here 77% of households live in a detached house, where the figure across England’s towns is 21%. Census day 2021: 328 residents and 144 households in Stretton. Locally, just over a fifth of households have dependent children. At 7.3%, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is lower than in 98% of UK towns.
A median age of 49.6: Stretton is older than 83% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 55–59, with 10% of residents, 1.6 times the share across England’s towns. Here, 27% of residents are 65 or over.
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.
A smaller share of full-time students than 99% of UK towns: 1.5%
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, a third of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine or semi-routine work; Stretton has 42% and 19%. To put it in context, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. Census figures put residents who moved in within the year at 6.4% here.
Fewer shared households of unrelated adults than 95% of UK towns: 1.4%
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.
Nearly a quarter of households are one person living alone (England’s towns: 30%). Shared households of unrelated adults: 4.3% across England’s towns, for comparison.
A lower share of households in terraced houses than 99% of UK towns, at 2.1%
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
Set against 23% across England’s towns, 2.1% of households live in a flat or apartment in Stretton. Typically, 24% of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns.
Only 3.4% of residents were born outside the UK in Stretton
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
Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (2.4%) or in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (0.9%). Elsewhere, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Few places have as many residents whose main language is English: 99% here, more than in 90% of UK towns.
97% of residents describe themselves as White British, more than in 94% of UK towns
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: 97% of Stretton · Derbyshire’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Where 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns, Stretton has 31%. The census found that 60% of residents describe themselves as Christian here. Across England’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as White British is 73%.
Married adults and civil partners make up 64% in Stretton, more than in 99% 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
39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns, against 22% in Stretton. The benchmark for married adults and civil partners across England’s towns: 44%. The census found that one in ten residents give unpaid care here.
Degree-level qualifications reach 37% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 18% of adults have no qualification; in Stretton, 13%, while 37% hold one at degree level (34%).
Every nearby town is younger than Stretton
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stretton | 328 | — | 49.6 | 27% | 22% |
| Clay Cross | 8,915 | 1 mi | 43.5 | 21% | 24% |
| Morton | 1,335 | 1.3 mi | 49.1 | 26% | 25% |
| Shirland and Stonebroom | 3,988 | 1.7 mi | 46.3 | 23% | 24% |
| Pilsley and Lower Pilsley | 3,470 | 1.9 mi | 44.9 | 20% | 24% |
| Old Tupton | 4,190 | 2.4 mi | 49.2 | 27% | 22% |
| North Wingfield and Holmewood | 9,545 | 2.8 mi | 43 | 20% | 24% |
| Tibshelf | 4,352 | 3.2 mi | 39.7 | 17% | 30% |
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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 Stretton’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 Stretton’s residents
What is the population of Stretton?
The 2021 Census counted 328 people in Stretton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Stretton?
The median age was 49.6 at the 2021 Census. 7.3% of residents were 15 to 24 and 27% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Stretton?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Derbyshire’s towns. 3.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Stretton?
31% said they had no religion and 60% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 8.5% didn’t answer.
Is Stretton good for families?
22% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Stretton’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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