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Mortgage-free owners make up 44% of households. The town has 7,318 residents and lies in Nottinghamshire, East Midlands.
Hazard risk is its weak spot — 2.1% of homes face a high or medium risk of river or sea flooding. A median £267,000 buys a home here, 5.2 times what households in the Gedling council area earn in a year. Fewer journeys need a car: 16% of commuters walk, cycle or take public transport. Put together, the subjects come to a C+ overall, ranking #25 of 49 in Nottinghamshire. That leaves it better than 44% of UK towns. Its other grades sit near the middle: B− for safety, B− for schools and C+ for health.
Figures: commuting, Census 2021 · flood risk, Environment Agency · prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · incomes and life expectancy, ONS · crime, police.uk, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026.
The 2 things Calverton does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far Calverton is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Historic England lists 15 buildings inside Calverton’s built-up area, 1 of them Grade II*.
5% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Calverton.
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Grade II* covers 1 of them. Homes from before 1919 make up 5% of the total, below both Nottinghamshire’s towns (15%) and England’s towns (16%). Per 10,000 residents, Calverton counts 21 listed buildings.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
Secondary results at the one secondary school within 3 km: an Attainment 8 score of 49.2, with 45% at grade 5 or above in English and maths. Below are two of its 4 schools, each with why it was picked. Calverton’s three primaries and one secondary have 1,478 pupils between them.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Wilfrid's CofE Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 208 | B |
| Colonel Frank Seely AcademyLargest secondary schoolSecondary | Secondary | 895 | B |
Nearly a quarter of residents have reached 65. Calverton has a median age of 45.4 years. Degrees are held by 27% of adults, below Nottinghamshire’s towns (29%) and England’s towns (34%) alike.
52% women, 48% men
About 92 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.
| Calverton | Nottinghamshire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 17% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 8.8% | 14% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 26% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 25% | 25% |
| 65+ | 23% | 18% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 7% | 5.5% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 19% | 20% | 17% |
| Degree level | 27% | 29% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Nottinghamshire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 26% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
Just over four in five commuters took the car to work at the census. Unemployment benefit claims came to 3.2% of 16 to 64s in 2026, above both Nottinghamshire’s towns (2.6%) and England’s towns (2.3%). Work in town: 15% of resident commuters. Jobs per working resident: 0.6.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
One GP practice serves the town; 86% of patients rate theirs good in the GP Patient Survey. The nearest A&E to Calverton is Queen's Medical Centre, 7.7 miles away. Nearly a fifth of residents in Calverton live with a disability.
| Census 2021 | Calverton | Nottinghamshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 80% | 80% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 5.7% | 5.9% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 19% | 19% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · These shares come straight from the census, without allowing for age, and young towns benefit; the Health Grade instead weighs age-adjusted measures, including life expectancy and early deaths.
Violence and sexual offences accounted for just over half of recorded crime. Calverton logged 368 reported offences in a year (to August 2026), plus 71 complaints of anti-social conduct. Homes saw 10.3 burglaries and acts of damage per 1,000 residents a year, about level with Nottinghamshire’s towns (10.4) and above England’s towns (9.4).
Not gradedAnti-social behaviour, shoplifting and other theft are shown but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident.
data.police.uk street-level crime · points inside the ONS built-up-area boundary · OGL · The police category of violence and sexual offences includes harassment and stalking.
77% of households own their home. Social housing holds just over one in ten households, lower than both Nottinghamshire’s towns (16%) and England’s towns (18%). Behind the median of £267,000: 401 standard sales inside Calverton’s built-up area, September 2023 to August 2026.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £324,995 | 206 |
| Semi-detached | £226,750 | 138 |
| Terraced | £213,000 | 46 |
| Flat or maisonette | £127,500 | 11 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
15 listed buildings in Calverton.
Museum Cottage: Photo: Jonathan Thacker · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Calverton House: Photo: Jonathan Thacker · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Corner Cottage: Photo: Jonathan Thacker · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Windles Square: Photo: Jonathan Thacker · CC BY-SA 2.0
8 notable people were born in Calverton.
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calverton | 7,318 | — | C+ | B− | B− | C+ |
| Woodborough | 1,649 | 1.5 | — | D | A+ | B− |
| Arnold | 40,016 | 3 | B+ | B | C+ | C+ |
| Bestwood Village | 2,151 | 3.9 | — | B+ | C | C |
| Lowdham | 1,844 | 4 | — | C | A | B+ |
| Blidworth | 4,295 | 4.3 | B− | A | C | D |
| Carlton | 53,555 | 4.4 | B+ | B | B− | C |
| Ravenshead | 5,370 | 4.6 | A | C− | A+ | A− |
Woodborough, Bestwood Village and Lowdham have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Band D council tax in Calverton is £2,701 for 2026–27, more than in 96% of UK towns (council, county, police and fire, plus the parish or town council). Your own bill depends on your home’s band; check it on GOV.UK.
Surface water isn’t included. Check a specific address on GOV.UK’s flood risk service.
Town in Nottinghamshire, England
Calverton is a built-up area of 7,318 people, in the Gedling council area. TownRatings uses ONS’s 2022 built-up areas as towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a council district, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from ONS geography and Census 2021
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · HM Land Registry Price Paid (standard sales, September 2023 to August 2026) · ONS Price Index of Private Rents (August 2026, by council) · MHCLG and Welsh Government council tax, Band D 2026–27 (with parish precepts in England) · data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS small-area life expectancy and healthy life expectancy, 2019 to 2023 (England and Wales), OHID Fingertips small-area indicators (England) and Census 2021 health, adjusted for age · ONS small-area income estimates (financial year ending 2023) · DWP claimant count via Nomis (January to August 2026) · Historic England, National Heritage List for England (listed buildings, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, battlefields, World Heritage Sites), October 2026, inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary · Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties by build period (31 March 2025) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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