Photo: Richard Croft · CC BY-SA 2.0Few flats: only 0.3% of households in Bleasby live in one
Households in terraced houses: 0.9%, below 99% of UK towns. At the same time, the median age in Bleasby is 51.4, higher than in 91% of UK towns. The 2021 Census counted 841 residents in 331 households. On the census count, 20% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership.
Residents aged 65 and over: 28%, a higher share than 85% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 11% here and 12% across England’s towns. Against that, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 87 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
More students than 89% of UK towns: 6.6% of adults in Bleasby
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%.
Residents who moved in within the year: 11%, near enough the figure across England’s towns. To put it in context, 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.
In Bleasby, 22% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 95% 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.
Across England’s towns, households average 2.4 people; in Bleasby, 2.5. What’s more, at 32%, the share of households with dependent children is higher than in 84% of UK towns. Against that, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns.
More households in detached houses than 99% of UK towns: 77%
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% of households have no car or van; across England’s towns the figure is 24%. To put it in context, 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
Above 99% of UK towns: 100% of residents have English as their main language
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, the share of residents born outside the UK is 18%; Bleasby has 4.9%. The wider picture: nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in the Middle East and Asia (1.9%) and in EU countries (1.2%).
Residents with no religion: 32%, a lower share than 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 Bleasby · Nottinghamshire’s towns 79% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Here 93% of residents describe themselves as White British, where the figure across England’s towns is 73%. Higher than in 83% of UK towns: 56% of residents describe themselves as Christian. The usual figure: 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. Next after White British come Mixed or multiple (2.5%), Indian (1.9%) and Other White (1.3%).
64% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, a share 99% of UK towns don’t reach
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
One in ten residents give unpaid care, against 8.7% across England’s towns. By way of comparison, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 48%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 48% of adults in Bleasby, 34% across England’s towns; 12% have no qualification, against 18%. Many still at university: 16% list A levels as their highest qualification.
Older than Bleasby: 4 of the 7 towns nearby
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bleasby | 841 | — | 51.4 | 28% | 32% |
| Southwell | 7,405 | 2.8 mi | 50.4 | 30% | 23% |
| Lowdham | 1,844 | 3.4 mi | 55.4 | 32% | 23% |
| Farndon | 2,472 | 4 mi | 52.9 | 31% | 21% |
| East Bridgford | 1,763 | 4.2 mi | 52 | 30% | 23% |
| Woodborough | 1,649 | 5.3 mi | 55.8 | 35% | 23% |
| Farnsfield | 3,217 | 5.9 mi | 48.9 | 28% | 28% |
| Newark-on-Trent | 29,755 | 6 mi | 40 | 18% | 26% |
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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 Bleasby’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 Bleasby’s residents
What is the population of Bleasby?
The 2021 Census counted 841 people in Bleasby’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Bleasby?
The median age was 51.4 at the 2021 Census. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 28% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Bleasby?
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 Bleasby?
32% said they had no religion and 56% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 9.6% didn’t answer.
Is Bleasby good for families?
32% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Bleasby’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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