Borrowing estimates for High Peak, built from published survey rates and population figures.
62,800
Credit or loan holders
An estimated 62,800 adults in High Peak held at least one credit or loan product in 2024.
Source: Estimate from FCA Financial Lives 2024 and ONS mid-2024 population estimates, Borrowing Data, 2024
Estimate: 84% of adults in the East Midlands held at least one credit or loan product (FCA Financial Lives 2024, adults aged 18 and over) applied to 74,755 adults aged 18 and over in High Peak (ONS mid-2024 population estimates, single-year ages summed).
48,600
Credit card holders
An estimated 48,600 adults in High Peak held a credit card in 2024.
Source: Estimate from FCA Financial Lives 2024 and ONS mid-2024 population estimates, Borrowing Data, 2024
Estimate: 65% of adults in the East Midlands held a credit card (FCA Financial Lives 2024, adults aged 18 and over) applied to 74,755 adults aged 18 and over in High Peak (ONS mid-2024 population estimates, single-year ages summed).
13,500
Overdraft users
An estimated 13,500 adults in High Peak were overdrawn on a current account in 2024.
Source: Estimate from FCA Financial Lives 2024 and ONS mid-2024 population estimates, Borrowing Data, 2024
Estimate: 18% of adults in the East Midlands were overdrawn on a current account (FCA Financial Lives 2024, adults aged 18 and over) applied to 74,755 adults aged 18 and over in High Peak (ONS mid-2024 population estimates, single-year ages summed).
22,400
Residential mortgage holders
An estimated 22,400 adults in High Peak had a residential mortgage in 2024.
Source: Estimate from FCA Financial Lives 2024 and ONS mid-2024 population estimates, Borrowing Data, 2024
Estimate: 30% of adults in the East Midlands had a residential mortgage (FCA Financial Lives 2024, adults aged 18 and over) applied to 74,755 adults aged 18 and over in High Peak (ONS mid-2024 population estimates, single-year ages summed).
15,000
Buy now, pay later users
An estimated 15,000 adults in High Peak used buy now, pay later credit in 2024.
Source: Estimate from FCA Financial Lives 2024 and ONS mid-2024 population estimates, Borrowing Data, 2024
Estimate: 20% of adults in the East Midlands used buy now, pay later credit (FCA Financial Lives 2024, adults aged 18 and over) applied to 74,755 adults aged 18 and over in High Peak (ONS mid-2024 population estimates, single-year ages summed).
4,710
High-cost credit users
An estimated 4,710 adults in High Peak held high-cost credit in 2024.
Source: Estimate from FCA Financial Lives 2024 and ONS mid-2024 population estimates, Borrowing Data, 2024
Estimate: 6.3% of adults in the East Midlands held high-cost credit (FCA Financial Lives 2024, adults aged 18 and over) applied to 74,755 adults aged 18 and over in High Peak (ONS mid-2024 population estimates, single-year ages summed).
17,200
Low financial resilience
An estimated 17,200 adults in High Peak had low financial resilience in 2024.
Source: Estimate from FCA Financial Lives 2024 and ONS mid-2024 population estimates, Borrowing Data, 2024
Estimate: 23% of adults in the East Midlands had low financial resilience (FCA Financial Lives 2024, adults aged 18 and over) applied to 74,755 adults aged 18 and over in High Peak (ONS mid-2024 population estimates, single-year ages summed).
6,730
In financial difficulty
An estimated 6,730 adults in High Peak were in financial difficulty in 2024.
Source: Estimate from FCA Financial Lives 2024 and ONS mid-2024 population estimates, Borrowing Data, 2024
Estimate: 9% of adults in the East Midlands were in financial difficulty (FCA Financial Lives 2024, adults aged 18 and over) applied to 74,755 adults aged 18 and over in High Peak (ONS mid-2024 population estimates, single-year ages summed).
76,992
Residents aged 16 and over
The estimated population aged 16 and over in High Peak was 76,992 at mid-2025.
Source: Population estimates - local authority based by single year of age (Nomis NM_2002_1), mid-year estimates, Office for National Statistics, 30 June 2025
ONS mid-2025 population estimates (published 29 July 2026 for England and Wales; Scotland and Northern Ireland as carried in the same Nomis table), local authority boundaries as of April 2023, usual residents, as returned by the Nomis 'Aged 16+' category.