Photo: Alan Murray-Rust · CC BY-SA 2.0Few flats: only 0.2% of households in Beckingham live in one
Residents who describe themselves as White British: 97% here and 73% across England’s towns. Beckingham had 1,207 residents in 527 households at the 2021 Census. Households in detached houses account for 64%. Compared with other places, adults who have never married are scarce here: 24%, fewer than in 95% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Beckingham’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Beckingham’s residents are under 51.3 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 33% are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Ages ↓
Many carers
147 residents gave unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age in 2021, 13% of those 5 and over: more than in 99% of UK towns. Relationships & caring ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Half of Beckingham is over 51.3, older than 90% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Against a figure of 12% across England’s towns, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in Beckingham comes in at 8.2%. Census figures put residents aged 65 and over at 33% locally.
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 59% 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%.
Compared with 11% across England’s towns, nearly one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier here. The wider picture: 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
In Beckingham, 1% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, fewer than in 99% of UK towns
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.
The typical household size is 2.3 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. Shared households of unrelated adults make up 4.3% across England’s towns. In Beckingham, 25% of households are one person living alone. Households with dependent children are rarer here than in 68% of UK towns.
Households in terraced houses make up 6% in Beckingham, less than in 97% 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
7.5% of households have no car or van, against 24% across England’s towns.
Beckingham ranks below 94% of UK towns on residents born outside the UK: 2.7%
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%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Across England’s towns, nine in ten residents have English as their main language; in Beckingham, 99%. The usual figure: 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (1.3%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.7%).
Residents who describe themselves as Christian make up 63% in Beckingham, more than in 97% 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: 97% of Beckingham · Nottinghamshire’s towns 79% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The share of residents with no religion is 31%, against 37% across England’s towns. For comparison, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
Above 99% of UK towns: 13% of residents give unpaid care
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
In Beckingham, 56% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, beside 44% across England’s towns. For unpaid carers, the comparison across England’s towns is 8.7%.
The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 28%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 28% of adults in Beckingham, 34% across England’s towns; 16% have no qualification, against 18%.
Nearby, 4 of 7 towns have older populations than Beckingham
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beckingham | 1,207 | — | 51.3 | 33% | 25% |
| Gainsborough | 21,899 | 2.2 mi | 39.6 | 18% | 28% |
| Misterton | 2,191 | 2.7 mi | 49.2 | 23% | 24% |
| Lea | 1,006 | 3.6 mi | 55.5 | 34% | 17% |
| North Leverton with Habblesthorpe | 1,079 | 4.9 mi | 48.2 | 23% | 27% |
| Clarborough | 1,220 | 5.1 mi | 55.4 | 34% | 19% |
| Haxey | 2,047 | 6.1 mi | 54.9 | 31% | 20% |
| Westwoodside | 2,033 | 6.2 mi | 51.4 | 28% | 25% |
Health, work and homes have their own pages
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 Beckingham’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out.
- 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 Beckingham’s residents
What is the population of Beckingham?
The 2021 Census counted 1,207 people in Beckingham’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Beckingham?
The median age was 51.3 at the 2021 Census. 8.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 33% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Beckingham?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 79% across Nottinghamshire’s towns. 2.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Beckingham?
31% said they had no religion and 63% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.4% were Muslim and 4.9% didn’t answer.
Is Beckingham good for families?
25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Beckingham’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). All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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