Photo: David Dixon · CC BY-SA 2.0Tideswell is older than 90% of UK towns: a median age of 51.3
The share of households with dependent children is 22%, against 29% across England’s towns. There were 732 households in Tideswell at the 2021 Census, home to 1,554 residents. Census figures put residents who describe themselves as White British at 96% locally. Households in terraced houses are more common here than in 85% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Tideswell’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Tideswell’s residents are under 51.3 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 26% 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).
In Tideswell, 26% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 77% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 55–59: one in ten residents, 1.6 times the share across England’s towns. Few places have so few residents aged 15 to 24: 9% here, fewer than in three quarters of UK towns. For comparison, 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 94 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.
Tideswell: 9% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, above 56% 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%.
Just over a third of Tideswell’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 26% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Compared with other places, full-time students are common here: 4.9%, more than in 53% of UK towns. Residents who moved in within the year make up 11% across England’s towns.
Smaller households than 91% of UK towns: 2.1 people on average
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.
One-person households: 34%, above 84% of UK towns. Tideswell has fewer shared households of unrelated adults than 67% of UK towns, at 2.1%.
13% of households have no car or van, below 67% 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
12% of households live in a flat or apartment (England’s towns: 23%). Households without a car or van: 24% across England’s towns, for comparison.
Fewer residents born abroad than 95% of UK towns: 2.6%
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
Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (1.2%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (0.8%). 100% of residents have English as their main language, a higher share than in 99% of UK towns. The usual figure: 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns.
In Tideswell, 56% of residents describe themselves as Christian, more than in 86% 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 Tideswell · Derbyshire’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
After White British, the largest groups are Other White (2.5%), Mixed or multiple (0.8%) and Indian (0.3%). As a yardstick, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. 37% of residents said they have no religion, a lower share than in 71% of UK towns.
Unpaid carers make up 11% in Tideswell, more than in 87% 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
With married adults and civil partners at 49%, Tideswell is ahead of 56% of UK towns on that count. 30% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership. On average, 8.7% of residents give unpaid care across England’s towns.
A degree-level qualification for 37% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 34% across England’s towns, 37% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 17% hold no qualification (18%).
Of the 7 towns nearest Tideswell, 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tideswell | 1,554 | — | 51.3 | 26% | 22% |
| Bradwell | 1,368 | 3.8 mi | 53.5 | 29% | 20% |
| Dove Holes | 1,156 | 4.9 mi | 43.6 | 20% | 26% |
| Calver | 1,073 | 5.9 mi | 56.3 | 34% | 19% |
| Buxton | 20,048 | 5.9 mi | 47.1 | 23% | 24% |
| Bakewell | 3,275 | 6 mi | 58.2 | 38% | 17% |
| Harpur Hill | 1,121 | 6.1 mi | 38 | 13% | 33% |
| Hathersage | 1,861 | 6.1 mi | 54.3 | 31% | 22% |
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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 Tideswell’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 Tideswell’s residents
What is the population of Tideswell?
The 2021 Census counted 1,554 people in Tideswell’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Tideswell?
The median age was 51.3 at the 2021 Census. 9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 26% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Tideswell?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Derbyshire’s towns. 2.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Tideswell?
37% said they had no religion and 56% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5.5% didn’t answer.
Is Tideswell good for families?
22% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Tideswell’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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