Photo: Wayland Smith · CC BY-SA 2.0Only 1.2% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home in Willington
In Willington, 43% of households live in a detached house, beside 21% across England’s towns. 7.9% of households have no car or van. This Derbyshire town has more married adults and civil partners than 84% of UK towns, at 54%. At the 2021 Census Willington was home to 2,717 people in 1,175 households.
A median age of 46.5: Willington is older than 65% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Where 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns, Willington has 23%. Residents aged 15 to 24 account for 9.2%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Willington, 46.5. 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.
Residents who moved in within the year make up 6.5% in Willington, less than in 92% 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%.
Managerial and professional jobs take in two in five adults here, routine and semi-routine work 21% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). For residents who moved in within the year, the comparison across England’s towns is 11%. Across Willington, 4.8% of adults are full-time students.
Fewer one-person households than 77% of UK towns: 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.
Across England’s towns, households average 2.4 people; in Willington, 2.3. Higher than in 50% of UK towns: 27% of households have dependent children. Measured more widely, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns.
Willington ranks below 96% of UK towns on households in flats: 2.3%
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
15% of households live in a terraced house; across England’s towns the figure is 24%. The comparison figure for households in flats is 23% across England’s towns.
Willington sits below 91% of UK towns for residents born outside the UK (3%)
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 Middle East and Asia (0.7%). Across the comparison, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Residents whose main language is English are more common here than in 71% of UK towns.
More residents who describe themselves as White British than 67% of UK towns: 94%
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: 94% of Willington · Derbyshire’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
After White British, the largest groups are Mixed or multiple (1.9%), Other White (1.7%) and Indian (1%). On residents with no religion, Willington sits higher than 55% of UK towns: 42%. Elsewhere, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. Christians make up half of residents, against 46% across England’s towns.
29% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, fewer than in 74% 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
59 people care, unpaid, for 50 hours or more a week. The comparison figure for adults who have never married is 39% across England’s towns. Lower than in 51% of UK towns: 9.3% of residents give unpaid care.
Degree-level qualifications: held by 36% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 36% of adults in Willington, 34% across England’s towns; 13% have no qualification, against 18%.
514 UK towns of 2,500 to 4,000 people: this is the 237th youngest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
The youngest is Keele (20.6) and the oldest West Chiltington (63.1). Nearest to Willington in age: Alford (46.5), Upper Tean (46.5), Cleobury Mortimer (46.5) and Fishbourne (46.5).
Of the 7 towns nearest Willington, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willington | 2,717 | — | 46.5 | 23% | 27% |
| Repton | 2,766 | 1.1 mi | 39.9 | 18% | 31% |
| Findern | 1,608 | 1.6 mi | 52.2 | 31% | 22% |
| Etwall | 3,080 | 2.5 mi | 44.2 | 23% | 31% |
| Stretton | 4,646 | 2.8 mi | 49.1 | 26% | 24% |
| Hilton | 8,269 | 3.3 mi | 37.6 | 11% | 36% |
| Rolleston on Dove | 2,902 | 3.6 mi | 52.7 | 31% | 22% |
| Burton upon Trent | 76,264 | 4.6 mi | 37.5 | 15% | 31% |
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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 Willington’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 Willington’s residents
What is the population of Willington?
The 2021 Census counted 2,717 people in Willington’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Willington?
The median age was 46.5 at the 2021 Census, older than 65% of UK towns. 9.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 23% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Willington?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Derbyshire’s towns. 3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Willington?
42% said they had no religion and 50% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.4% were Muslim and 6.5% didn’t answer.
Is Willington good for families?
27% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Willington’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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