Photo: Mike Fowkes · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 55.9: Turnditch is older than 97% of UK towns
Just over two thirds of households live in a detached house (England’s towns: 21%). At the 2021 Census Turnditch was home to 312 people in 138 households. Residents with no religion account for 26%. Few places have so few households with dependent children: 19% here, fewer than in 96% of UK towns.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 97% of UK towns, at 35%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Across England’s towns, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 12%; Turnditch has 6.8%. The wider picture: 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
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 larger share of full-time students than 77% of UK towns: 5.6%
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 account for 46% of Turnditch’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 15%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. The comparison figure for full-time students is 7.9% across England’s towns. 9% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
One-person households make up 25% in Turnditch, less 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.
Compared with 4.3% across England’s towns, 2.2% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home here. The benchmark for one-person households across England’s towns: 30%. Average household size: 2.3 people.
Households in terraced houses: 7.4%, a lower share than 94% 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
By its share of households without a car or van (8.2%), Turnditch is below 91% of UK towns. What’s more, households in flats are rarer here than in 90% of UK towns. As a yardstick, 24% of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns.
Residents born outside the UK: 3.9%, a lower share than 79% 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%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
The figure for residents whose main language is English is 99% in Turnditch and 90% across England’s towns. The largest groups were born in Africa (1.9%) and in EU countries (1.3%). As a reference point, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns.
66% of residents describe themselves as Christian, more than in 99% 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: 95% of Turnditch · Derbyshire’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Against a figure of 73% across England’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as White British in Turnditch comes in at 95%. Elsewhere, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
Turnditch: 67% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, above 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
12 people care, unpaid, for 50 hours or more a week. At 21%, the share of adults who have never married is lower than in 99% of UK towns. Elsewhere, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Unpaid carers make up 10%, against 8.7% across England’s towns.
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, 34% of adults have a degree-level qualification; in Turnditch, 42%, and 16% have none, against 18%.
Every neighbour of Turnditch has a younger population
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnditch | 312 | — | 55.9 | 35% | 19% |
| Milford | 1,077 | 3.3 mi | 49.9 | 25% | 20% |
| Makeney | 4,691 | 3.4 mi | 48.1 | 25% | 31% |
| Belper | 19,076 | 3.7 mi | 47.1 | 22% | 24% |
| Brailsford | 1,403 | 4 mi | 48.9 | 26% | 24% |
| Holbrook | 1,802 | 4.2 mi | 53 | 32% | 23% |
| Wirksworth | 4,904 | 4.5 mi | 52.2 | 29% | 21% |
| Ambergate | 1,566 | 4.8 mi | 49.6 | 23% | 25% |
Health, work and homes have their own pages
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The Census was taken in a lockdown, in term time. 21 March 2021 fell in term time, and students were asked to give their term-time address, so most were counted where they study. Some may have been living with family that day.
- “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 Turnditch’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 Turnditch’s residents
What is the population of Turnditch?
The 2021 Census counted 312 people in Turnditch’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Turnditch?
The median age was 55.9 at the 2021 Census. 6.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 35% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Turnditch?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Derbyshire’s towns. 3.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Turnditch?
26% said they had no religion and 66% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 7.4% didn’t answer.
Is Turnditch good for families?
19% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Turnditch’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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