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Administrative Areas

Ward
Wirksworth
Local Authority
Derbyshire Dales
County
Derbyshire
Constituency
Derbyshire Dales
Region
East Midlands
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Rural town and fringe
Households
202
Population
457
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
105
England❚DE4 4DJ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
39
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
26
C2 Skilled manual workers
23
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
17

Age Groups

Population
457
Under 16
13%
16 - 64
54%
65 or over
33%
Under 4
3%
5 - 15
10%
16 - 29
7%
30 - 44
14%
45 - 59
21%
60 - 74
34%
75 or over
12%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
398
Single
72
Married
266
Separated
6
Divorced
15
Widowed
39

Health

Population
457
Very good
205
Good
164
Fair
67
Bad
16
Very bad
15

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
398
England❚DE4 4DJ❚
Degree or above
35
2+ A Levels or equivalent
19
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
46
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
45
Apprenticeship
144
Other qualifications
11
No qualifications
98

Ethnicity

Population
457
White British
447
White Gypsy
1
White Other
8
Mixed Black Caribbean
1

Country of Birth

Population
457
England
437
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
6
Wales
3
Ireland
1
Germany
2
Spain
1
USA
1
North America - Other
1
Carribean
1

Religion

Population
457
Christian
320
Buddhist
2
Jewish
1
Other
6
No religion
89
Not stated
39

Industry

Population
199
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
3
Mining
2
Manufacturing
13
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
27
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
23
Transport and storage
10
Accommodation and food
4
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
4
Real estate
7
Professional, scientific and technical
17
Administrative and support
6
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
14
Education
29
Human health and social work
21

Economic Activity

Population
345
England❚DE4 4DJ❚
Full-Time employee
106
Part-Time employee
51
Self employed
34
Unemployed
5
Retired
120
Looking after home/family
6
Long-term sick/disabled
6
Student
15
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
202
Owned outright
141
Owned with mortgage
50
Rented - council
1
Rented - private landlord
4
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
5

Housing Types

All categoies
206
Occupied
202
Unoccupied
4
Detached
193
Semi detached
10
Terraced
3

Household Size

All categoies
202
One person
47
Two people
97
Three people
29
Four people
21
Five people
5
Six people
1
Seven people
2

Data Sources

  • Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2019
  • Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and Database right 2019
  • Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2019