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Derbyshire Dales District Council
Local authority area: Derbyshire Dales
Derbyshire Dales is a district council in Derbyshire, in the East Midlands region of England. It covers 792.4 km² and had 71,752 residents in 2022 — about 91 people per km². The authority dates from 1974. The council is based in Matlock.
Town hall in the administrative centreCounty Hall, Matlock
Photo: Dave Bevis · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
People
Population
Estimates recorded for Derbyshire Dales, 2012–2022.
Residents, 202271,752+0.6% since 2012
Land area792.4km²306.0 sq mi
Density91/ km²people per square kilometre
Rank by population#362of 382 UK councils · #304 in England
Population estimates4 data points
71.3K71.1K72K71.8K
2012201520182022
History
How the council came to be
- 1974Created
Derbyshire Dales became a local authority area.
Elections
21 electoral wards
Census 2021: 71,540 residents in 32,281 households across the wards; 28.0% aged 65+, 72.0% of homes owned, 13.0% of households without a car.
1Darley Dale3,467 households · 30.5% aged 65+7,5982Ashbourne South3,324 households · 23.5% aged 65+7,5753Wirksworth2,708 households · 27.9% aged 65+5,7954Matlock East & Tansley2,571 households · 26.1% aged 65+5,7365Matlock West2,592 households · 26.2% aged 65+5,4196Bakewell2,035 households · 36.3% aged 65+4,258
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Council offices
Offices, town halls and local council offices in the area.
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Constituencies
Source: Wikidata Q1199980 (CC0)Figures as recorded with their reference year; boundaries may have changed since.