Photo: Andrew Hill · CC BY-SA 2.0Fewer households in flats than 97% of UK towns: 1.8%
In Tibshelf, 96% of residents describe themselves as White British, beside 73% across England’s towns. This Derbyshire town had 4,352 residents in 1,850 households at the 2021 Census. Households in terraced houses: 15% of the total. The median age locally is 39.7, lower than in just over four fifths of UK towns.
What the Census says about Tibshelf’s people
More with no religion than most
51% of residents answered “no religion” in 2021 and 43% Christian, against 37% and 46% across England’s towns. Ethnicity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Above 84% of UK towns: 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
25–29 is the most common age band: 7.8% of residents. Fewer residents aged 65 and over than in just over four fifths of UK towns: 17%. On average, 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+
■ Tibshelf, 39.7. 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.
Fewer residents who moved in within the year than 85% of UK towns: 7%
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%.
Managerial and professional jobs take in 29% of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 29% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). 5% of adults are full-time students, a higher share than in 57% of UK towns. Typically, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
Tibshelf sits below 75% of UK towns for one-person households (27%)
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 2.4 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. Census figures put shared households of unrelated adults at 2% in Tibshelf. Few places have as many households with dependent children: 30% here, more than in 76% of UK towns.
35% of households live in a detached house, more than in 66% 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
14% of households have no car or van, against 24% across England’s towns. The share of households in detached houses across England’s towns is 21%.
3.7% of residents were born outside the UK, fewer than in 82% 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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Recent arrivals (2017 or later) make up 16% of those born abroad (England’s towns: 21%). On the census count, 98% of residents have English as their main language. Across England’s towns, 18% of residents were born outside the UK.
Residents with no religion make up 51% in Tibshelf, more than in 95% 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: 96% of Tibshelf · Derbyshire’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Besides White British, the main groups are Other White (1.8%), Mixed or multiple (0.9%) and Indian (0.3%). To put it in context, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. Residents who describe themselves as Christian are rarer here than in 85% of UK towns.
Unpaid carers make up 11% in Tibshelf, more than in 79% 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
125 residents care, unpaid, for at least 50 hours a week. Compared with other places, adults who have never married are common here: 36%, more than in 72% of UK towns. As a reference point, 8.7% of residents give unpaid care across England’s towns. The figure for married adults and civil partners is 46% in Tibshelf and 44% across England’s towns.
Degree level: the highest qualification of 24% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Tibshelf, 24% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 20% have no qualification at all (18%).
Of 695 UK towns its size (3,000 to 6,000 people), the 85th youngest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
The youngest is Bailrigg (18.9) and the oldest Sutton on Sea and Trusthorpe (64.7). Nearest to Tibshelf in age: Tylorstown and Pontygwaith (39.6), Shotton Colliery (39.7), Roade (39.7) and Silsoe (39.7).
Median age: 6 of the 7 towns around Tibshelf 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tibshelf | 4,352 | — | 39.7 | 17% | 30% |
| Newton and Blackwell | 3,053 | 1.4 mi | 49.3 | 26% | 23% |
| Pilsley and Lower Pilsley | 3,470 | 1.7 mi | 44.9 | 20% | 24% |
| Huthwaite | 5,069 | 2 mi | 39.3 | 17% | 30% |
| Morton | 1,335 | 2.2 mi | 49.1 | 26% | 25% |
| Stanton Hill and Skegby | 4,568 | 2.6 mi | 42.8 | 20% | 27% |
| Shirland and Stonebroom | 3,988 | 2.9 mi | 46.3 | 23% | 24% |
| South Normanton and Pinxton | 16,028 | 3.2 mi | 43.8 | 19% | 25% |
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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 Tibshelf’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 Tibshelf’s residents
What is the population of Tibshelf?
The 2021 Census counted 4,352 people in Tibshelf’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Tibshelf?
The median age was 39.7 at the 2021 Census, younger than 82% of UK towns. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 17% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Tibshelf?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Derbyshire’s towns. 3.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Tibshelf?
51% said they had no religion and 43% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.4% were Muslim and 4.7% didn’t answer.
Is Tibshelf good for families?
30% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Tibshelf’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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