Photo: Dave Bevis · CC BY-SA 2.0Collingham is older than 96% of UK towns: a median age of 54.7
Households in flats make up 2.7%, against 23% across England’s towns. Collingham is home to 2,870 residents in 1,360 households, by the 2021 Census. On the census count, 1.8% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home. More households in detached houses than in 94% of UK towns: 55%.
What the Census says about Collingham’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Collingham’s residents are under 54.7 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 36% are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
More residents aged 65 and over than 97% of UK towns: 36%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
70–74 is the most common age band: one in ten residents, 2 times the share across England’s towns. As a yardstick, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. The share of residents aged 15 to 24 stands at 7.3%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Collingham, 54.7. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 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.
Full-time students make up 3.6% in Collingham, less than in 93% of UK towns
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%.
Against a figure of 11% across England’s towns, the share of residents who moved in within the year in Collingham comes in at 9.3%. Full-time students: 7.9% across England’s towns, for comparison.
Collingham sits below 95% of UK towns for households with dependent children (20%)
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.
Households in Collingham hold 2.1 people on average (England’s towns: 2.4). More one-person households than in 80% of UK towns: 34%. For comparison, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns.
A lower share of households in terraced houses than 83% of UK towns, at 12%
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
13% of households have no car or van; across England’s towns the figure is 24%.
Residents whose main language is English make up 99% in Collingham, more than in 87% 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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Among those born abroad, the share arriving in 2017 or later is 8.2% (England’s towns: 21%). Across England’s towns, nine in ten residents have English as their main language. 4.2% of residents were born outside the UK.
Residents who describe themselves as Christian make up 56% in Collingham, more than in 86% 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: 96% of Collingham · Nottinghamshire’s towns 79% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Collingham sits close to the norm on residents with no religion: 37%, about the same as across England’s towns. More residents who describe themselves as White British than in 83% of UK towns: 96%. By way of comparison, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Besides White British, the main groups are Other White (2.4%), Mixed or multiple (0.9%) and Indian (0.5%).
23% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, below 97% 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
44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns, against 55% in Collingham. For comparison, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Heavy unpaid care, 50 hours a week or more, falls to 81 residents.
40% of adults have a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 40% of adults in Collingham, 34% across England’s towns; 15% have no qualification, against 18%.
31st oldest of 514 UK towns of 2,500 to 4,000 people
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Keele is the youngest (20.6); West Chiltington the oldest (63.1). Nearest to Collingham in age: Prestbury (54.6), Combe Martin (54.6), Cowbridge (54.8) and Brockenhurst (55.1).
The towns around Collingham are all younger
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Collingham | 2,870 | — | 54.7 | 36% | 20% |
| Sutton on Trent | 1,244 | 3.1 mi | 48.3 | 24% | 26% |
| Witham St Hughs | 3,483 | 4 mi | 32.6 | 4.8% | 47% |
| Coddington | 1,165 | 4.6 mi | 45.3 | 24% | 30% |
| Bassingham | 1,511 | 5.1 mi | 50.3 | 25% | 27% |
| Newark-on-Trent | 29,755 | 5.6 mi | 40 | 18% | 26% |
| South Hykeham | 1,070 | 6.2 mi | 38 | 18% | 30% |
| Balderton | 12,876 | 6.6 mi | 44 | 21% | 28% |
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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 Collingham’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 Collingham’s residents
What is the population of Collingham?
The 2021 Census counted 2,870 people in Collingham’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Collingham?
The median age was 54.7 at the 2021 Census, older than 96% of UK towns. 7.3% of residents were 15 to 24 and 36% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Collingham?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 79% across Nottinghamshire’s towns. 4.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Collingham?
37% said they had no religion and 56% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 5.6% didn’t answer.
Is Collingham good for families?
20% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Collingham’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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