Photo: Yellowman94 · CC BY-SA 3.0Residents with no religion: 50%, a higher share than 94% of UK towns
The median age in Cotgrave is 40.2, lower than in nearly four fifths of UK towns. 7,794 residents in 3,275 households: that is Cotgrave at the 2021 Census. Here, 25% of households are one person living alone. With households in flats at 5.6%, Cotgrave is behind 80% of UK towns on that count.
What the Census says about Cotgrave’s people
More with no religion than most
50% of residents answered “no religion” in 2021 and 43% 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.
A +17% change since 2011: faster than 80% of UK towns
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Cotgrave’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 7,200 people in 2011; 8,400 in 2024.
The steepest year was mid-2017 to mid-2018, up 340 people. The 65 and over group saw the biggest change (+51%), the 16 to 29 group the smallest (−4%).
9.4% of residents are aged 15 to 24, below 62% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Little separates the share of residents aged 65 and over here, 18%, from the figure across England’s towns. Against that, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. 30–34 is the most common age band: nearly one in ten residents.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Cotgrave, 40.2. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
In Cotgrave, 7% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 85% 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%.
In Cotgrave, just over a third of adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 26% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Against that, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns. Full-time students: 4.6% of the total.
Cotgrave households average 2.4 people, larger than in 71% 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.
The share of households with dependent children is 30%, against 29% across England’s towns. 2.2% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
A lower share of households in terraced houses than 64% of UK towns, at 17%
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 without a car or van: 14%, below three fifths of UK towns. The usual figure: nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns. 29% of households live in a detached house.
4.5% born outside the UK, fewer than in 71% 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 residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (2.3%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.8%). The benchmark for residents born outside the UK across England’s towns: 18%. More residents whose main language is English than in nearly two thirds of UK towns: 98%.
In Cotgrave, 43% of residents describe themselves as Christian, fewer than in 87% 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 Cotgrave · Nottinghamshire’s towns 79% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns, against 93% in Cotgrave. Next after White British come Other White (2.4%), Mixed or multiple (2.3%) and Indian (0.7%). For residents who describe themselves as Christian, the comparison across England’s towns is 46%.
A larger share of adults who have never married than 73% of UK towns: 36%
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
Heavy unpaid care, 50 hours a week or more, falls to 209 residents. Measured more widely, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. On married adults and civil partners, Cotgrave sits lower than 62% of UK towns: 46%. Meanwhile, by its share of unpaid carers (9.9%), Cotgrave is above nearly two thirds of UK towns.
30% of adults have a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
30% of Cotgrave’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 17% have none (18%).
94th youngest of 589 UK towns of 5,000 to 11,000 people
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Tidworth (28.4), the youngest, and Barton on Sea (65.3), the oldest. Nearest to Cotgrave in age: Stansted Mountfitchet (40.1), Kings Hill (40.1), Blaenavon (40.2) and Wingate (40.3).
A younger town than 6 of the 7 around it: Cotgrave
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cotgrave | 7,794 | — | 40.2 | 18% | 30% |
| Cropwell Bishop | 1,903 | 2.1 mi | 49.5 | 27% | 26% |
| Radcliffe on Trent | 7,205 | 2.6 mi | 50.5 | 31% | 24% |
| Tollerton | 1,976 | 2.6 mi | 52.6 | 31% | 28% |
| Gamston (Rushcliffe) | 2,171 | 3.2 mi | 40.4 | 14% | 30% |
| Keyworth | 6,822 | 3.3 mi | 51.2 | 31% | 23% |
| Edwalton | 4,762 | 3.4 mi | 38.7 | 17% | 36% |
| West Bridgford | 36,489 | 4.1 mi | 40.9 | 17% | 30% |
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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 Cotgrave’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. Cotgrave’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 8,207 people in 2021, against 7,794 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 Cotgrave’s residents
What is the population of Cotgrave?
The 2021 Census counted 7,794 people in Cotgrave’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 8,400 people in mid-2024, 17% more than in 2011.
What is the average age in Cotgrave?
The median age was 40.2 at the 2021 Census, younger than 79% of UK towns. 9.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 18% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Cotgrave?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 79% across Nottinghamshire’s towns. 4.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Cotgrave?
50% said they had no religion and 43% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.5% were Muslim and 5.6% didn’t answer.
Is Cotgrave good for families?
30% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Cotgrave’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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