This is a list of settlements in Derbyshire by population based on the results of the 2011 census. The next United Kingdom census will take place in 2021, with results in 2022. In 2011, there were 42 settlements with 5,000 or more inhabitants in Derbyshire, shown in the table below.
| Rank | Town | Population | Borough/ District | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 2011 | ||||
| 1 | Derby | 221,708 [1] | 248,752 [2] | City of Derby | |
| 2 | Chesterfield | 98,845 [3] | 103,788 [4] | Chesterfield | Figure is for the borough including Brimington and Staveley parishes. Core town unparished area (which includes Hasland, Newbold, Tapton, Old and New Whittington) population counts are 73,484 & 76,753 |
| 3 | Swadlincote | 39,322 [5] | 45,000 [6] | South Derbyshire | Figure is for the built-up area as unparished. Includes Albert Village (Leicestershire), Boundary, Castle Gresley, Church Gresley, Hartshone, High Cross Bank, Midway, Mount Pleasant, Newhall, Oversetts, Overseal, Stanhope Bretby, Woodville. Excludes Bretby, Linton, Stanton |
| 4 | Ilkeston | 37,550 | 38,640 | Erewash | Figure is for the built-up area, which includes Cotmanhay, Kirk Hallam, Larklands, Little Hallam/Hallam Fields, Shipley Common/Shipley View. Excludes High Lane (West Hallam), Shipley, Stanton-by-Dale |
| 5 | Long Eaton | 46,490 | 37,760 [7] | Erewash | Figure is for the built-up area, which includes Sawley and Wilsthorpe. 2001 count includes Sandiacre and Risley |
| 6 | Belper | 20,548 [8] | 21,823 [9] | Amber Valley | Figure is for Belper civil parish, which includes Milford and Blackbrook |
| 7 | Dronfield | 21,330 [10] | 21,261 [11] | North East Derbyshire | Figure is for Dronfield civil parish, which includes Dronfield Woodhouse and Coal Aston |
| 8 | Buxton | 20,836 | 22,115 | High Peak | |
| 9 | Ripley | 20,035 [12] | 20,807 [13] | Amber Valley | Figure is for Ripley civil parish, which includes Heage, Ambergate and Waingroves |
| 10 | Staveley | 16,684 [14] | 18,247 [15] | Chesterfield | Figure is for Staveley civil parish, which includes Mastin Moor, Duckmanton, Inkersall Green and Hollingwood |
| 11 | Glossop | 16,666 [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] | 17,576 [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] | High Peak | Figure is for the electoral wards of Howard Town, Old Glossop, Dinting, Simmondley and Whitfield. |
| 12 | Heanor | 16,249 [26] | 17,251 [27] | Amber Valley | Figure is for Heanor and Loscoe civil parish, which includes Loscoe but excludes Heanor Gate |
| 13 | Bolsover | 11,291 [28] | 11,673 [29] | Bolsover | Figure is for Old Bolsover civil parish, which includes Shuttlewood, Stanfree and Whaley, but excludes part of Hillstown. |
| 14 | Eckington | 11,152 [30] | 11,855 [31] | North East Derbyshire | Figure is for Eckington civil parish, which includes Renishaw, Spinkhill, Marsh Lane and Ridgeway. |
| 15 | Shirebrook | 9,291 [32] | 9,760 [33] | Bolsover | |
| 16 | Matlock | 9,496 [34] | 9,543 [35] | Derbyshire Dales | Figure is for Matlock Town civil parish, which includes Starkholmes and Riber. |
| 17 | New Mills | 9,625 [36] | 9,521 [37] | High Peak | |
| 18 | Killamarsh | 9,627 [38] | 9,445 [39] | North East Derbyshire | |
| 19 | South Normanton | 8,550 [40] | 9,445 [41] | Bolsover | Including northern Broadmeadows |
| 20 | Clay Cross | 8,573 [42] | 9,222 [43] | North East Derbyshire | Includes Henmoor and Danesmoor |
| 21 | Sandiacre | 8,770 [44] | 8,889 [45] | Erewash | Included in Long Eaton count |
| 22 | Brimington | 8,677 | 8,788 | Chesterfield | Included in Chesterfield count |
| 23 | Chapel-en-le-Frith | 8,577 [46] | 8,635 [47] | High Peak | Includes Bridgefield, Cockyard, Combs, Dove Holes, Slackhall, Sparrowpit, Tunstead Milton, Whitehough |
| 24 | Ashbourne | 7,112 [48] | 8,111 [49] | Derbyshire Dales | Includes part of Ashbourne Green |
| 25 | Alfreton | 7,928 [50] | 7,971 [51] | Amber Valley | |
| 26 | Hilton | 3,871 [52] | 7,714 [53] | South Derbyshire | Includes Burntheath |
| 27 | Clowne | 7,447 | 7,590 | Bolsover | Includes New Barlborough and Harlesthorpe |
| 28 | Borrowash/Ockbrook | 7,331 | 7,335 | Erewash | Figure is for Ockbrook and Borrowash civil parish |
| 29 | Sawley | 6,645 | 6,629 | Erewash | Included in Long Eaton count |
| 30 | Wingerworth | 6,720 [54] | 6,533 [55] | North East Derbyshire | Includes Hunloke, Swathwick |
| 31 | North Wingfield | 6,318 | 6,505 | North East Derbyshire | Includes Hepthorne Lane, Hillyfields, Highfields |
| 32 | Whaley Bridge | 6,228 [56] | 6,455 [57] | High Peak | |
| 33 | Somercotes | 5,745 | 6,255 | Amber Valley | Including Leabrooks and Lower Birchwood |
| 34 | Pinxton | 5,427 | 5,699 | Bolsover | Including Upper Birchwood and southern Broadmeadows |
| 35 | Creswell/Elmton | 4,755 | 5,550 | Bolsover | Figure is for Elmton-with-Creswell civil parish |
| 36 | Darley Dale | 5,167 [58] | 5,413 [59] | Derbyshire Dales | Includes Hackney, Two Dales |
| 37 | Langley Mill/Aldercar | 4,863 | 5,405 | Amber Valley | Figure is for Aldercar and Langley Mill civil parish |
| 38 | Scarcliffe | 5,211 | 5,288 | Bolsover | Includes Palterton, Rylah, Stockley, and parts of Stony Houghton and Hillstown (Bolsover) |
| 39 | Woodville | 3,420 | 5,161 | South Derbyshire | |
| 40 | Swanwick | 5,316 | 5,084 | Amber Valley | |
| 41 | Duffield | 4,585 | 5,046 | Amber Valley | Includes Flaxholme |
| 42 | Wirksworth | 4,965 | 5,038 | Derbyshire Dales | Includes Bolehill, Breamfield, Godfreyhole, Gorseybank |
Derbyshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East Midlands, England. The county is the westernmost in the East Midlands. It covers much of the Peak District National Park, the southern end of the Pennine range of hills and part of the National Forest. It is bordered by Greater Manchester to the north-west, West Yorkshire to the north, South Yorkshire to the north-east, Nottinghamshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south-east, Staffordshire to the west and south-west, and Cheshire to the west. The county's largest settlement and only city, Derby, is now administered as a unitary authority. The rest of Derbyshire remains in the Derbyshire County Council local authority area.
Heanor (/ˈhiːnə/) is a town in the Amber Valley district of Derbyshire in the East Midlands of England. It lies 8 miles (13 km) north-east of Derby and forms, with the adjacent village of Loscoe, the civil parish and town council-administered area of Heanor and Loscoe, which had a population of 17,251 in the 2011 census.
South Derbyshire is a local government district in Derbyshire, England. The population of the local authority at the 2011 Census was 94,611. It contains a third of the National Forest, and the council offices are in Swadlincote. The district also forms part of the wider Burton upon Trent and Swadlincote Green Belt, which covers the towns of Burton-upon-Trent in East Staffordshire and Swadlincote in South Derbyshire. The district is also landlocked between the districts of Derby, Derbyshire Dales, East Staffordshire, Erewash District, Lichfield District, North Warwickshire, North West Leicestershire and Tamworth.
Hambleton was a local government district in North Yorkshire, England. The administrative centre was Northallerton, and the district included the outlying towns and villages of Bedale, Thirsk, Great Ayton, Stokesley, and Easingwold.
Dronfield is a town in North East Derbyshire, England, which includes Dronfield Woodhouse and Coal Aston. It lies in the valley of the River Drone between Chesterfield and Sheffield. The Peak District National Park is three miles (4.8 km) to the west. The name comes from the Old English Dranfleld, probably meaning an open land infested with drone bees.
Swadlincote is a former mining town in the district of South Derbyshire, England, lying within The National Forest area. It borders the counties of Leicestershire and Staffordshire, 5 miles (8 km) south-east of Burton upon Trent and north-west of Ashby-de-la-Zouch, and 11.5 miles (19 km) south-west of Derby. It also covers Newhall, Oversetts, Midway and the villages of Church Gresley and Woodville, with the sub-district of Goseley. It has a population of some 36,000. Castle Gresley is 2 miles (3 km) to the south-west and Albert Village 1.5 miles (2 km) to the south.
The Nottingham Built-up Area (BUA), Nottingham Urban Area, or Greater Nottingham is an area of land defined by the Office for National Statistics as which is built upon, with nearby areas linked if within 200 metres - see the List of urban areas in the United Kingdom article for a broader definition. It consists of the city of Nottingham and the adjoining urban areas of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, in the East Midlands of England. It had a total population of 729,977 at the time of the 2011 census. This was an increase of almost 10% since the 2001 census recorded population of 666,358, due to population increases, reductions and several new sub-divisions.
Amber Valley is a constituency in Derbyshire, represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Nigel Mills, a Conservative.
Ellington is a village and civil parish in Cambridgeshire, England, 4 miles (6 km) west of Huntingdon in Huntingdonshire, a non-metropolitan district of Cambridgeshire and historic county of England. The civil parish covers an area of 2,700 acres ; much of it is grassland with some small woods in the south of the parish.
Wessington is a village and civil parish in the English county of Derbyshire. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 576. It is in the North East Derbyshire district of the county. It is near to the towns of Matlock, Alfreton and the village of Brackenfield. Situated 740 ft above sea level.
Parham is a village and civil parish in the East Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England. Located seven miles north of Woodbridge, in 2005 it had a population of 300, reducing to 263 at the 2011 census and according to the 2011 census there were 129 males and 134 females living at this time.
Newhall is a suburban settlement located in Swadlincote, South Derbyshire, England. As of the 2011 census it had a population of 776. The village of Stanton is nearby.
Church Gresley is a large village and former civil parish in the South Derbyshire district of Derbyshire, England. The village is situated between Castle Gresley and the town of Swadlincote, with which it is contiguous. By the time of the 2011 Census the village was a ward of Swadlincote, of which it is now effectively a suburb, and the population of Church Gresley ward was 6,881. The village forms part of the border with Leicestershire to the southeast. Nearby villages include Castle Gresley, Albert Village, Linton and Overseal.
Woodville is a suburban village and civil parish that crosses two districts - South Derbyshire district of Derbyshire and North West Leicestershire district of Leicestershire, England, 1.73 miles (2.78 km) east of Swadlincote, of which it is now effectively a suburb. At the 2011 Census, the parish had a population of 5,161, an increase from 3,420 at the 2001 Census. The centre of the village, known as the Tollgate, is a busy traffic island on the A511. Woodville forms part of the border with Leicestershire.
Hulland is a village and civil parish in the Derbyshire Dales district of Derbyshire, England, adjoining the A517 road. It had a population of 215 according to the 2011 census.
Elmsted is a village and civil parish in the Folkestone and Hythe District of Kent, England. It is located west of Stone Street, the Roman road which today takes traffic between Canterbury and Lympne. Within the parish are the settlements of Bodsham, North Leigh and Evington. There are six elected members of the Parish Council.
The results of the 2001 census show that the urban area population has increased to 39,322, showing an increase of 6.13%
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