Photo: Stephen McKay · CC BY-SA 2.0More detached houses than 90% of UK towns: 50% of households
Set against 24% across England’s towns, 14% of households live in a terraced house in Bingham. This Nottinghamshire town had 10,109 residents and 4,422 households at the 2021 Census, with a median age of 43.3 (younger than 59% of UK towns). For Bingham, the census puts shared households of unrelated adults at 1.7%. Compared with other places, adults who have never married are scarce here: 30%, fewer than in 69% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Bingham’s people
Growing faster than most
ONS mid-year estimates put Bingham at 9,200 in 2011 and 11,300 in 2024, up 24%, against 10% for England: faster growth than in 90% of UK towns. Since 2011 ↓
More with no religion than most
48% of residents answered “no religion” in 2021 and 45% Christian, against 37% and 46% across England’s towns. Ethnicity & religion ↓
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.
Since 2011, Bingham has grown +24%, faster than 90% of UK towns
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Bingham’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 9,200 people in 2011; 11,300 in 2024.
The 65 and over age group changed most (+51%) and the 16 to 29 least (+9%). No year added more people than mid-2022 to mid-2023: 470.
Younger than 59% of UK towns: half of Bingham is under 43.3
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Young people aged 15 to 24 make up one in ten residents, against 12% across England’s towns. The biggest five-year age group is 45–49, with 7.3% of residents.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Bingham, 43.3. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A higher share of full-time students than 79% of UK towns, at 5.7%
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%.
43% of Bingham’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 18% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Compared with other places, residents who moved in within the year are common here: 10%, more than in 75% of UK towns. Set beside that, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
A larger share of households with dependent children than 77% of UK towns: 30%
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.
Locally, 29% of households are one person living alone. Across England’s towns, households average 2.4 people; in Bingham, 2.3.
A lower share of households in flats than 61% of UK towns, at 8.8%
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
Every 7th household or so has no car or van. The usual figure: 23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
Only 4.9% of residents were born outside the UK in Bingham
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
The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (2.2%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.3%). The comparison figure for residents born outside the UK is 18% across England’s towns. At 98%, the share of residents whose main language is English is higher than in 68% of UK towns. Among those born abroad, the share arriving in 2017 or later is 11% (England’s towns: 21%).
Residents with no religion make up 48% in Bingham, more than in 90% 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: 93% of Bingham · Nottinghamshire’s towns 79% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Other than White British, most residents describe themselves as Other White (2.6%), Mixed or multiple (1.9%) and Indian (0.9%). As a yardstick, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. Compared with other places, residents who describe themselves as Christian are scarce here: 45%, fewer than in 80% of UK towns. Residents who describe themselves as White British: 93% here and 73% across England’s towns.
Bingham: 51% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, above 67% of UK towns
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
Unpaid carers giving 50 hours or more a week: 230. On average, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Lower than in 68% of UK towns: 8.7% of residents give unpaid care.
Adults with a degree-level qualification: 40%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 34% across England’s towns, 40% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 13% hold no qualification (18%).
455 UK towns of 7,000 to 14,000 people: this is the 177th youngest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Stoke Gifford is the youngest (27.8); Seaton the oldest (61). Nearest to Bingham in age: Great Dunmow (43.2), Clydach (43.2), Liphook (43.3) and Southwick (43.3).
Bingham and its 7 nearest towns: 5 of them are older
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bingham | 10,109 | — | 43.3 | 21% | 30% |
| East Bridgford | 1,763 | 2 mi | 52 | 30% | 23% |
| Aslockton | 2,173 | 2.3 mi | 48.1 | 21% | 25% |
| Cropwell Bishop | 1,903 | 2.7 mi | 49.5 | 27% | 26% |
| Radcliffe on Trent | 7,205 | 3.2 mi | 50.5 | 31% | 24% |
| Cotgrave | 7,794 | 4.3 mi | 40.2 | 18% | 30% |
| Lowdham | 1,844 | 4.4 mi | 55.4 | 32% | 23% |
| Carlton | 53,555 | 5.7 mi | 43.1 | 20% | 27% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- The Census was taken in a lockdown, in term time. 21 March 2021 fell in term time, and students were asked to give their term-time address, so most were counted where they study. Some may have been living with family that day.
- “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 Bingham’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. Bingham’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 10,109 people in 2021, against 10,109 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 Bingham’s residents
What is the population of Bingham?
The 2021 Census counted 10,109 people in Bingham’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 11,300 people in mid-2024, 24% more than in 2011.
What is the average age in Bingham?
The median age was 43.3 at the 2021 Census, younger than 59% of UK towns. 9.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 21% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Bingham?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 79% across Nottinghamshire’s towns. 4.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Bingham?
48% said they had no religion and 45% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.5% were Muslim and 4.9% didn’t answer.
Is Bingham good for families?
30% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Bingham’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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