List of settlements in Derbyshire by population

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.

Derby

Chesterfield

Swadlincote

Glossop

Belper

Alfreton

Buxton

Bolsover

Shirebrook

Matlock

Sheffield

Nottingham

Loughborough

Mansfield

Ilkeston

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Some of the largest settlements of Derbyshire, with major cities from outside the county shown in yellow.

List of settlements

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

See also

• List of places in Derbyshire
• List of civil parishes in Derbyshire
• List of towns and cities in England by population