Demographics
Dronfield's population has increased dramatically in post-war years from 6,500 in 1945 to its current size of just over 21,000. This mainly reflects its position as a dormitory community for workers from nearby Chesterfield and Sheffield (which has in the past attempted to bring the town within its own boundaries). Today the town comprises the three once separate but now physically contiguous communities of Coal Aston, Dronfield, and Dronfield Woodhouse.
Dronfield Woodhouse once claimed to have the largest privately owned housing estate in Europe ("Gosforth Valley") when it was first built in the 1970s. During the same decade, on 16 October 1975, the £6.5m 5-mile (8.0 km) A61 Dronfield–Unstone Bypass was opened running through the western side of the town, to allow easier access for travel between the larger populated areas of Sheffield to the north and Chesterfield to the south.
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