Photo: Alan Heardman · CC BY-SA 2.0Only 1% of households live in a terraced house in Woodthorpe
The typical household size is 2.6 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. In 2021, the Census found 799 residents in Woodthorpe, living in 287 households. The share of households in detached houses stands at 84%. At 18%, the share of one-person households is lower than in 99% of UK towns.
10% of residents are aged 15 to 24, a share 67% of UK towns don’t reach
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 55–59: 8% of residents. Typically, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. Half of Woodthorpe’s residents are over 45, older than in 54% of UK 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
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Woodthorpe ranks below 94% of UK towns on full-time students: 3.6%
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%.
Set against 11% across England’s towns, 16% of residents lived at another address a year earlier in Woodthorpe. As a reference point, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Households with dependent children make up 31% in Woodthorpe, more than in 78% 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.
In Woodthorpe, 2.8% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, beside 4.3% across England’s towns. Against that, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns.
Woodthorpe ranks below 96% of UK towns on households without a car or van: 6.4%
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
Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns. The usual figure: nearly a quarter of households have no car or van across England’s towns.
Fewer residents born outside the UK than 99% of UK towns: 1.8%
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
90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns, against 100% in Woodthorpe. The wider picture: 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (0.6%) and in Africa (0.6%).
55% describe themselves as Christian, more than in 82% 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 Woodthorpe · Derbyshire’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The share of residents who describe themselves as White British tops 75% of UK towns: 95%. For residents who describe themselves as Christian, the comparison across England’s towns is 46%. Besides White British, the main groups are Mixed or multiple (2%), Other White (1.5%) and Chinese (0.3%).
Woodthorpe sits above 80% of UK towns for married adults and civil partners (53%)
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
Here 30% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, where the figure across England’s towns is 39%. The wider picture: 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. 16 residents care, unpaid, for at least 50 hours a week.
Qualified to degree level: 30% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Woodthorpe, 30% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 16% have no qualification at all (18%).
Nearby, 4 of 7 towns have older populations than Woodthorpe
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woodthorpe | 799 | — | 45 | 22% | 31% |
| Staveley | 15,151 | 1.5 mi | 41.7 | 19% | 29% |
| Duckmanton | 1,775 | 1.8 mi | 39.7 | 19% | 32% |
| Renishaw | 2,425 | 1.9 mi | 38.6 | 14% | 32% |
| Barlborough | 2,859 | 2 mi | 47.6 | 21% | 27% |
| Clowne | 7,759 | 2.8 mi | 45.6 | 23% | 26% |
| Brimington | 11,068 | 2.9 mi | 46.2 | 22% | 24% |
| Eckington | 7,435 | 3 mi | 46.5 | 23% | 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 Woodthorpe’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 Woodthorpe’s residents
What is the population of Woodthorpe?
The 2021 Census counted 799 people in Woodthorpe’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Woodthorpe?
The median age was 45 at the 2021 Census. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 22% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Woodthorpe?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Derbyshire’s towns. 1.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Woodthorpe?
41% said they had no religion and 55% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 3.3% didn’t answer.
Is Woodthorpe good for families?
31% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Woodthorpe’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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