Photo: Andie Gilmour at English Wikipedia · Public domainOlder than 97% of UK towns: half of Tansley is over 54.8
Married people and civil partners make up 59% of adults, against 44% across England’s towns. By contrast, 20% of households have dependent children, a lower share than in 94% of UK towns. Tansley is home to 1,176 residents in 524 households, by the 2021 Census. On the census count, 3.7% of households live in a flat or apartment.
What the Census says about Tansley’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Tansley’s residents are under 54.8 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 32% are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Tansley sits above 93% of UK towns for residents aged 65 and over (32%)
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 60–64 than any other five-year age: 9.7% of residents, 1.7 times the share across England’s towns. The share of residents aged 15 to 24 stands at 7.8%. To put it in context, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
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: 2.7%, 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: 7.7%, below 72% of UK towns. The benchmark for full-time students across England’s towns: 7.9%.
In Tansley, 25% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 87% 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.
In Tansley the average household is 2.2 people, beside 2.4 across England’s towns. For comparison, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. Census figures put shared households of unrelated adults at 2.5% here.
A lower share of households without a car or van than 91% of UK towns, at 8.1%
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
Detached houses are home to just over half of households, against 21% across England’s towns. One household in 12 has no car or van. Households in terraced houses are rarer here than in 78% of UK towns.
Only 2% of Tansley’s residents were born outside the UK
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
Residents whose main language is English make up 100%, against 90% across England’s towns. As a yardstick, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. The largest groups were born in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (0.7%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.4%).
97% of residents describe themselves as White British, more than in 98% 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 Tansley · Derbyshire’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
In Tansley, 55% of residents describe themselves as Christian, beside 46% across England’s towns. 38% of residents said they have no religion. Across England’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as White British is 73%.
A lower share of adults who have never married than 94% of UK towns, at 25%
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 care takes 50 hours a week or more for 24 people. At 11%, the share of unpaid carers is higher than in 79% of UK towns. Adults who have never married: 39% across England’s towns, for comparison.
The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 42%
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 Tansley, 12%, while 42% hold one at degree level (34%).
Every nearby town is younger than Tansley
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tansley | 1,176 | — | 54.8 | 32% | 20% |
| Matlock | 11,990 | 1.3 mi | 49.4 | 26% | 23% |
| Cromford | 1,395 | 2.8 mi | 54.3 | 33% | 17% |
| Darley Dale | 3,985 | 3.8 mi | 53.1 | 33% | 21% |
| Crich | 2,070 | 3.9 mi | 51.3 | 28% | 23% |
| South Wingfield | 1,079 | 4.2 mi | 52.2 | 28% | 20% |
| Wirksworth | 4,904 | 4.4 mi | 52.2 | 29% | 21% |
| Shirland and Stonebroom | 3,988 | 4.7 mi | 46.3 | 23% | 24% |
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 Tansley’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 Tansley’s residents
What is the population of Tansley?
The 2021 Census counted 1,176 people in Tansley’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Tansley?
The median age was 54.8 at the 2021 Census. 7.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 32% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Tansley?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Derbyshire’s towns. 2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Tansley?
38% said they had no religion and 55% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.1% didn’t answer.
Is Tansley good for families?
20% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Tansley’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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