An examination of the occupations of those living in Matlock and District at the time of the 1871 census highlights major changes across the seven Enumeration districts (EDs) within the Parish of Matlock. Most of these changes were on Matlock Bank, with the ever increasing popularity of hydropathy and the number of recently built establishments involved in the industry. Smedley's Hydro entries were on 9 census pages over the two sections of ED13, for example. There were different 822 occupations found by the Enumerator in a total of 5226. On census night there were 174 visitors in the Matlocks, many of whom provided their occupation to the the census enumerator.
See: Miscellany: Nineteenth century expansion, population and councils for 1871.

Immediately below is a list of the districts and a rough guide to the area covered. The official description of each district in the parish can be found in the 1871 Census Index.