238,240, Longedge Lane · Photo: Neil Theasby · CC BY-SA 2.0Households in terraced houses: 3.7%, a lower share than 98% of UK towns
Households with dependent children: 21% here and 29% across England’s towns. In 2021, the Census found 6,404 residents in Wingerworth, living in 2,890 households. Locally, nearly one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24. At 1.6%, the share of shared households of unrelated adults is lower than in 89% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Wingerworth’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Wingerworth’s residents are under 50.5 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 30% 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).
A median age of 50.5: Wingerworth is older than 87% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 70–74: nearly one in ten residents, 1.7 times the share across England’s towns. 30% of residents are 65 or over.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Wingerworth, 50.5. The typical town is 44.4.
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.
Full-time students: 4%, a lower share than 83% 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 43% of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 18% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). On average, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. Here, 9.6% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
A smaller share of one-person households than 72% 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.
A household here has 2.2 people on average; across England’s towns, 2.4. Elsewhere, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns.
In Wingerworth, 1.7% of households live in a flat or apartment, fewer than in 98% 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
Compared with 24% across England’s towns, 10% of households have no car or van here. The usual figure: 23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns. Households in detached houses: three fifths of the total.
Residents born outside the UK: 3.2%, a lower share than 88% 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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
99% of residents have English as their main language (England’s towns: 90%). As a reference point, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. The largest groups were born in EU countries (1.3%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.8%).
A higher share of residents who describe themselves as White British than 88% of UK towns, at 96%
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 Wingerworth · Derbyshire’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Where 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns, Wingerworth has 56%. By contrast, this Derbyshire town has fewer residents with no religion than 68% of UK towns, at 38%. Across England’s towns, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British. After White British, the largest groups are Other White (1.6%), Mixed or multiple (0.8%) and Indian (0.6%).
57% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 93% 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
Unpaid carers make up just over one in ten residents, against 8.7% across England’s towns. As a reference point, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Census figures put adults who have never married at 25% in Wingerworth.
The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 37%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 18% of adults have no qualification; in Wingerworth, 12%, while 37% hold one at degree level (34%).
Of 709 UK towns its size (4,000 to 9,000 people), the 109th oldest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Bailrigg is the youngest (18.9); Barton on Sea the oldest (65.3). Nearest to Wingerworth in age: Alnwick (50.5), Saxilby (50.5), Radcliffe on Trent (50.5) and Alcester (50.5).
Older than Wingerworth: 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wingerworth | 6,404 | — | 50.5 | 30% | 21% |
| Old Tupton | 4,190 | 1.3 mi | 49.2 | 27% | 22% |
| Grassmoor | 3,528 | 1.5 mi | 42.1 | 20% | 28% |
| Clay Cross | 8,915 | 2.5 mi | 43.5 | 21% | 24% |
| North Wingfield and Holmewood | 9,545 | 2.6 mi | 43 | 20% | 24% |
| Chesterfield | 76,394 | 2.9 mi | 45.5 | 22% | 23% |
| Holymoorside | 1,363 | 3 mi | 55.5 | 33% | 20% |
| Pilsley and Lower Pilsley | 3,470 | 3.8 mi | 44.9 | 20% | 24% |
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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 Wingerworth’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 Wingerworth’s residents
What is the population of Wingerworth?
The 2021 Census counted 6,404 people in Wingerworth’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Wingerworth?
The median age was 50.5 at the 2021 Census, older than 87% of UK towns. 8.5% of residents were 15 to 24 and 30% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Wingerworth?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Derbyshire’s towns. 3.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Wingerworth?
38% said they had no religion and 56% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 4.9% didn’t answer.
Is Wingerworth good for families?
21% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Wingerworth’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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