Photo: Russ Hamer · CC BY-SA 3.0Half of Ticknall is over 57.3, older than 98% of UK towns
Across England’s towns, the share of households with dependent children is 29%; Ticknall has 14%. At 6.7%, the share of households without a car or van is lower than in 96% of UK towns. The village is home to 607 residents in 291 households, by the 2021 Census. On the census count, 55% of households live in a detached house.
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 96% of UK towns: 33%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Against a figure of 12% across England’s towns, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in Ticknall comes in at 9.1%. Elsewhere, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Full-time students make up 4% in Ticknall, less than in 84% 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%.
52% of Ticknall’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 12% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Few places have so few residents who moved in within the year: 8.4% here, fewer than in 56% of UK towns. For comparison, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Ticknall sits below 99% of UK towns for shared households of unrelated adults (1%)
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.
Across England’s towns, households average 2.4 people; in Ticknall, 2. The benchmark for shared households of unrelated adults across England’s towns: 4.3%. One-person households account for 31%.
Fewer flats than 93% of UK towns: 3% of households
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
Just over one in ten households live in a terraced house, against 24% across England’s towns. Set beside that, nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
Fewer residents born outside the UK than 85% of UK towns: 3.5%
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 two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (1%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1%). Residents born outside the UK: 18% across England’s towns, for comparison. 99% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 88% of UK towns.
A larger share of residents who describe themselves as White British than 97% of UK towns: 97%
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 Ticknall · Derbyshire’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Nearly three in five residents describe themselves as Christian, against 46% across England’s towns. On average, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. Residents with no religion: 34% of the total.
24% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, below 96% 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
11 residents care, unpaid, for at least 50 hours a week. The share of adults who have never married across England’s towns is 39%. Higher than in 90% of UK towns: 56% of adults are married or in a civil partnership. Compared with 8.7% across England’s towns, 10% of residents give unpaid care here.
Qualified to degree level: 45% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
45% of Ticknall’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 12% have none (18%).
The towns around Ticknall are all younger
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ticknall | 607 | — | 57.3 | 33% | 14% |
| Melbourne | 4,860 | 2.6 mi | 46.7 | 24% | 26% |
| Repton | 2,766 | 3.3 mi | 39.9 | 18% | 31% |
| Woodville | 7,255 | 3.4 mi | 36.6 | 12% | 33% |
| Blackfordby | 1,071 | 3.8 mi | 52.8 | 31% | 20% |
| Swadlincote | 34,569 | 4.1 mi | 41.7 | 18% | 28% |
| Ashby-de-la-Zouch | 15,121 | 4.2 mi | 43.4 | 21% | 29% |
| Willington | 2,717 | 4.4 mi | 46.5 | 23% | 27% |
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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 Ticknall’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 Ticknall’s residents
What is the population of Ticknall?
The 2021 Census counted 607 people in Ticknall’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Ticknall?
The median age was 57.3 at the 2021 Census. 9.1% of residents were 15 to 24 and 33% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Ticknall?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Derbyshire’s towns. 3.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Ticknall?
34% said they had no religion and 59% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.1% didn’t answer.
Is Ticknall good for families?
14% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Ticknall’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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