Photo: Jonathan Thacker · CC BY-SA 2.0Residents who describe themselves as Christian make up 53% in Balderton, more than in 72% of UK towns
Compared with 4.3% across England’s towns, 2% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home here. The 2021 Census put Balderton’s population at 12,876, in 5,595 households. In Balderton, just over a third of households live in a detached house. Few places have as many unpaid carers: 9.7% here, more than in just over three fifths of UK towns.
What the Census says about Balderton’s people
Growing faster than most
ONS mid-year estimates put Balderton at 12,000 in 2011 and 14,700 in 2024, up 23%, against 10% for England: faster growth than in 89% of UK towns. Since 2011 ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area) and ONS mid-year population estimates.
A +23% change since 2011: faster than 89% of UK towns
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Balderton’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 12,000 people in 2011; 14,700 in 2024.
Of the age groups, 65 and over changed most (+34%) and 16 to 29 least (+8%). In one year, mid-2023 to mid-2024, the population rose by 530, the most of any year.
Balderton sits below 56% of UK towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (9.6%)
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Half of Balderton’s residents are under 44, younger than in 54% of UK towns. By way of comparison, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 21%. In Collingham, the oldest of Nottinghamshire’s towns by this measure, it is 36%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Balderton, 44. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A smaller share of full-time students than 62% of UK towns: 4.6%
What adults did at the 2021 Census (the ONS’s NS-SEC classes), and where residents lived a year earlier.
Adults by occupation class · residents 16 and over
Address a year before the Census
Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.
Across England’s towns, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier; in Balderton, 9.7%. Elsewhere, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
28% of households have dependent children, a share 57% of UK towns don’t reach
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Nottinghamshire’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
Here, 29% of households are one person living alone. Households average 2.3 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns.
Households in flats: 9%, a lower share than 60% of UK towns
Accommodation type and cars or vans per household, Census 2021. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.
Type of home
Cars or vans · share of households
Compared with 24% across England’s towns, 14% of households have no car or van here. As a reference point, 23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns. For Balderton, the census puts households in terraced houses at 19%.
96% of residents have English as their main language, below 70% of UK towns
Country of birth, year of arrival and main language, Census 2021.
Born outside the UK, by region · share of all residents; the bar runs to 25%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Residents born outside the UK make up 7.1%, against 18% across England’s towns. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (4.8%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.9%). Across England’s towns, the share of residents whose main language is English is 90%.
91% of residents describe themselves as White British, fewer than in 56% of UK towns
How residents described themselves at the 2021 Census. Lines join the lowest and highest of the three figures.
Ethnic groups other than White British · all residents
White British, not charted: 91% of Balderton · Nottinghamshire’s towns 79% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The largest groups after White British are Other White (5%), Mixed or multiple (1.5%) and Indian (0.6%). Typically, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. Asked about religion, 40% answered none, against 37% across England’s towns.
A lower share of adults who have never married than 55% of UK towns, at 32%
Legal partnership status (residents 16 and over) and unpaid care (residents 5 and over), Census 2021.
Partnership status · residents 16 and over
Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over
372 people care, unpaid, for 50 hours or more a week. Across the comparison, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Against a figure of 44% across England’s towns, the share of married adults and civil partners in Balderton comes in at 48%.
Degree-level qualifications: 26% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 18% of adults have no qualification; in Balderton, 18%, while 26% hold one at degree level (34%).
186th lowest median age among 382 UK towns of 9,000 to 17,000
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Aberystwyth is the youngest (25); Sidmouth the oldest (60.4). Nearest to Balderton in age: Clitheroe (44), Hadfield (44), Tewkesbury (44) and Tring (44).
Around Balderton, 6 of 7 towns have a higher median age
Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Homes with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balderton | 12,876 | — | 44 | 21% | 28% |
| Newark-on-Trent | 29,755 | 1.5 mi | 40 | 18% | 26% |
| Coddington | 1,165 | 2 mi | 45.3 | 24% | 30% |
| Claypole | 1,352 | 2.5 mi | 49.9 | 21% | 26% |
| Farndon | 2,472 | 2.8 mi | 52.9 | 31% | 21% |
| Long Bennington | 2,149 | 4.3 mi | 53.8 | 33% | 24% |
| Collingham | 2,870 | 6.6 mi | 54.7 | 36% | 20% |
| Southwell | 7,405 | 7.4 mi | 50.4 | 30% | 23% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- “Nottinghamshire’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Nottinghamshire (or England), summed the same way as Balderton’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out. The population trend compares with the whole county and nation.
- Estimates since 2021 are modelled. The ONS builds mid-year estimates from the Census, births, deaths and migration records. Balderton’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 13,457 people in 2021, against 12,876 in the built-up area.
- Small counts are blurred. The ONS adds small random changes to Census counts to protect privacy, so the same total differs a little between tables, and the shares of a small town can move by a point or two.
Questions about Balderton’s residents
What is the population of Balderton?
The 2021 Census counted 12,876 people in Balderton’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 14,700 people in mid-2024, 23% more than in 2011.
What is the average age in Balderton?
The median age was 44 at the 2021 Census, younger than 54% of UK towns. 9.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 21% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Balderton?
91% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 79% across Nottinghamshire’s towns. 7.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Balderton?
40% said they had no religion and 53% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.4% were Muslim and 5% didn’t answer.
Is Balderton good for families?
28% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Balderton’s schools page.
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area (TS002, TS003, TS004, TS007A, TS008, TS015, TS017, TS019, TS021, TS029, TS030, TS039, TS044, TS045, TS062, TS067) · ONS mid-year population estimates for 2021 LSOAs, mid-2011 to mid-2024. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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