Photo: Roger Temple · CC BY-SA 2.041% of households are one person living alone, a share 99% of UK towns don’t reach
Across England’s towns, nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care; in Unstone Green, 13%. Its 457 households held 959 residents at the 2021 Census. Locally, 16% of residents are aged 15 to 24. 19% of households live in a flat or apartment, a higher share than in 81% of UK towns.
Unstone Green ranks below 60% of UK towns on residents aged 65 and over: 20%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 15–19: 12% of residents, 2 times the share across England’s towns. The wider picture: 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. In Bakewell, the oldest of Derbyshire’s towns by this measure, it is 38%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
More students than 81% of UK towns: 5.8% of adults in Unstone Green
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%.
Nearly one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier; across England’s towns the figure is 11%. Measured more widely, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Unstone Green households average 2.1 people, smaller than in 93% 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.
Shared households of unrelated adults make up 1.5%, against 4.3% across England’s towns. Census figures put households with dependent children at 23% in Unstone Green.
A lower share of households in detached houses than 91% of UK towns, at 12%
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
With households in terraced houses at 9.2%, Unstone Green is behind 91% of UK towns on that count. As a yardstick, 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns. Locally, a quarter of households have no car or van.
A smaller share of residents born outside the UK than 96% of UK towns: 2.5%
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
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (1%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.7%). On residents whose main language is English, Unstone Green sits higher than 60% of UK towns: 98%. Set beside that, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns.
Above 94% of UK towns: 50% of residents said they have no religion
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 Unstone Green · Derbyshire’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Compared with 46% across England’s towns, 43% of residents describe themselves as Christian here. For Unstone Green, the census puts residents who describe themselves as White British at 96%. The wider picture: 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns.
Married adults and civil partners: 41%, a lower share than 89% 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
40% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership; across England’s towns the figure is 39%. For married adults and civil partners, the comparison across England’s towns is 44%.
Adults with a degree-level qualification: 18%
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 Unstone Green, 18%, and 26% have none, against 18%.
Older than Unstone Green: 5 of the 7 towns nearby
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unstone Green | 959 | — | 44.2 | 20% | 23% |
| Dronfield | 21,161 | 1.7 mi | 49.9 | 29% | 25% |
| Chesterfield | 76,394 | 3 mi | 45.5 | 22% | 23% |
| Brimington | 11,068 | 3 mi | 46.2 | 22% | 24% |
| Eckington | 7,435 | 3.4 mi | 46.5 | 23% | 24% |
| Staveley | 15,151 | 3.7 mi | 41.7 | 19% | 29% |
| Renishaw | 2,425 | 4.8 mi | 38.6 | 14% | 32% |
| Holymoorside | 1,363 | 4.9 mi | 55.5 | 33% | 20% |
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 Unstone Green’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 Unstone Green’s residents
What is the population of Unstone Green?
The 2021 Census counted 959 people in Unstone Green’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Unstone Green?
The median age was 44.2 at the 2021 Census. 16% of residents were 15 to 24 and 20% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Unstone Green?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Derbyshire’s towns. 2.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Unstone Green?
50% said they had no religion and 43% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.8% were Muslim and 4.5% didn’t answer.
Is Unstone Green good for families?
23% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Unstone Green’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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