Photo: David Lally · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Winster is over 53.8, older than 95% of UK towns
Households with dependent children make up 18%, against 29% across England’s towns. 552 residents in 258 households: that is Winster at the 2021 Census. Here, 1.2% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home. More unpaid carers than in 96% of UK towns: 12%.
In Winster, 33% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 96% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 trails 93% of UK towns: 7.9%. For comparison, 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.
Only 3.4% of adults are full-time students in Winster
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 two fifths of Winster’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. The comparison figure for full-time students is 7.9% across England’s towns. On the census count, 6.9% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
Smaller households than 85% of UK towns: 2.2 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.
In Winster, just over a third of households are one person living alone, beside 30% across England’s towns.
A lower share of households in flats than 79% of UK towns, at 5.7%
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
11% of households have no car or van (England’s towns: 24%). The wider picture: 23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns. On the census count, 36% of households live in a detached house. Lower than in two thirds of UK towns: 16% of households live in a terraced house.
Above 95% of UK towns: 99% of residents have English as their main language
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
Against a figure of 18% across England’s towns, the share of residents born outside the UK in Winster comes in at 3.5%. The share of residents whose main language is English across England’s towns is 90%. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (1.6%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.3%).
A higher White British share than 92% of UK towns: 96% of residents
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 Winster · Derbyshire’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns, against 43% in Winster. Compared with other places, residents who describe themselves as Christian are common here: 50%, more than in 53% of UK towns. For residents who describe themselves as White British, the comparison across England’s towns is 73%.
Winster ranks above 92% of UK towns on married adults and civil partners: 57%
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
28% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership (England’s towns: 39%). As a yardstick, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Unpaid carers giving 50 hours or more a week: 17.
Degree level: the highest qualification of 42% of adults
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 Winster, 42%, and 15% have none, against 18%.
Nearby, 4 of 7 towns have older populations than Winster
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winster | 552 | — | 53.8 | 33% | 18% |
| Darley Dale | 3,985 | 2.6 mi | 53.1 | 33% | 21% |
| Matlock | 11,990 | 3.8 mi | 49.4 | 26% | 23% |
| Cromford | 1,395 | 4.1 mi | 54.3 | 33% | 17% |
| Wirksworth | 4,904 | 5 mi | 52.2 | 29% | 21% |
| Tansley | 1,176 | 5.1 mi | 54.8 | 32% | 20% |
| Bakewell | 3,275 | 5.2 mi | 58.2 | 38% | 17% |
| Baslow | 1,172 | 7.4 mi | 56.8 | 36% | 21% |
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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 Winster’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 Winster’s residents
What is the population of Winster?
The 2021 Census counted 552 people in Winster’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Winster?
The median age was 53.8 at the 2021 Census. 7.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 33% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Winster?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Derbyshire’s towns. 3.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Winster?
43% said they had no religion and 50% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.3% didn’t answer.
Is Winster good for families?
18% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Winster’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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