Photo: Andrew Hill · CC BY-SA 2.0Only 1% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home in Caunton
Just over a fifth of households are one person living alone, against 30% across England’s towns. The 2021 Census put Caunton’s population at 508, in 209 households. Households in terraced houses account for 4.8%. Few places have as many households in detached houses: 66% here, more than in 98% of UK towns.
Caunton is older than 88% of UK towns: a median age of 50.6
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 60–64, with 10% of residents, 1.8 times the share across England’s towns. Residents aged 65 and over: 27% of the total.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 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.
Above 93% of UK towns: 7.5% of adults are full-time students
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%.
By class, 37% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 13% in routine and semi-routine work (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). On the census count, 8.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. Measured more widely, 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.
Larger households than 79% of UK towns: 2.4 people on average
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.
At 29%, households with dependent children sit close to the figure across England’s towns.
Caunton ranks below 92% of UK towns on households without a car or van: 8.1%
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
Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, nearly a quarter of households have no car or van.
In Caunton, 99% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 97% 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%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns, against 3.7% in Caunton. The share of residents whose main language is English across England’s towns is 90%. By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (2%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.2%).
Residents who describe themselves as Christian make up 56% in Caunton, more than in 84% 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: 95% of Caunton · Nottinghamshire’s towns 79% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The Muslim share of residents is 1.4%. The usual figure: 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. 95% of residents describe themselves as White British, a higher share than in 80% of UK towns. Residents with no religion: 39% here and 37% across England’s towns.
A higher share of unpaid carers than 98% of UK towns, at 12%
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
With married adults and civil partners at 59%, Caunton is ahead of 97% of UK towns on that count. Unpaid carers: 8.7% across England’s towns, for comparison. Adults who have never married: a quarter of the total.
Qualified to degree level: 40% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 40% of adults in Caunton, 34% across England’s towns; 11% have no qualification, against 18%. 17% have A levels as their highest qualification, many of them still studying for a degree.
Caunton sits below 2 of its 7 closest neighbours on 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caunton | 508 | — | 50.6 | 27% | 29% |
| Southwell | 7,405 | 4.6 mi | 50.4 | 30% | 23% |
| Sutton on Trent | 1,244 | 4.7 mi | 48.3 | 24% | 26% |
| Farndon | 2,472 | 5.2 mi | 52.9 | 31% | 21% |
| Newark-on-Trent | 29,755 | 5.5 mi | 40 | 18% | 26% |
| Collingham | 2,870 | 5.5 mi | 54.7 | 36% | 20% |
| Bilsthorpe | 3,490 | 6 mi | 46.6 | 21% | 26% |
| Coddington | 1,165 | 6.2 mi | 45.3 | 24% | 30% |
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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 Caunton’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 Caunton’s residents
What is the population of Caunton?
The 2021 Census counted 508 people in Caunton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Caunton?
The median age was 50.6 at the 2021 Census. 9.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 27% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Caunton?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 79% across Nottinghamshire’s towns. 3.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Caunton?
39% said they had no religion and 56% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1.4% were Muslim and 3.2% didn’t answer.
Is Caunton good for families?
29% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Caunton’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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