Photo: C.E.G.B. · CC BY-SA 2.0Households with dependent children: 18%, a lower share than 97% of UK towns
57% of households live in a detached house (England’s towns: 21%). The 2021 Census counted 113 residents in 49 households. Locally, 99% of residents describe themselves as White British. With a median age of 50, Cottam is older than 84% of UK towns.
In Cottam, 27% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 80% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Against a figure of 12% across England’s towns, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in Cottam comes in at 11%. Across the comparison, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
43% women, 57% men
About 77 women for every 100 men. Across England, 51% of residents are women. A large institution, such as a prison, barracks, boarding school, university or care home, can tilt a town’s split: the census counts the people living there as residents.
Only 3% of adults are full-time students in Cottam
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%.
Across England’s towns, 33% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine work; in Cottam, 39% and 18%. Census figures put residents who moved in within the year at 4.4% in the village. The share of full-time students across England’s towns is 7.9%.
More shared households of unrelated adults than 99% of UK towns: 12%
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.
One-person households make up 35%, against 30% across England’s towns. The comparison figure for shared households of unrelated adults is 4.3% across England’s towns. The average household has 2.3 people.
A smaller share of households without a car or van than 99% of UK towns: 4.1%
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
By its share of households in flats (6.1%), Cottam is below 77% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, households without a car or van come to 24%. Households in terraced houses: 18% of the total.
Cottam sits below 95% of UK towns for residents born outside the UK (2.7%)
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
90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns, against 100% in Cottam. For residents born outside the UK, the comparison across England’s towns is 18%. Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (0.9%) or in Africa (0.9%).
In Cottam, 47% of residents said they have no religion, more than in 85% 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: 99% of Cottam · Nottinghamshire’s towns 79% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Here nearly half of residents describe themselves as Christian, where the figure across England’s towns is 46%. To put it in context, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns.
Cottam: 18% of residents give unpaid care, above 99% 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
By its share of adults who have never married (30%), Cottam is below 69% of UK towns. On average, 8.7% of residents give unpaid care across England’s towns. Here, half of adults are married or in a civil partnership.
27% of adults have a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 34% of adults have a degree-level qualification; in Cottam, 27%, and 19% have none, against 18%.
Among its 7 nearest neighbours, 4 are older than Cottam
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cottam | 113 | — | 50 | 27% | 18% |
| North Leverton with Habblesthorpe | 1,079 | 2.4 mi | 48.2 | 23% | 27% |
| Lea | 1,006 | 4.5 mi | 55.5 | 34% | 17% |
| Sturton by Stow | 1,485 | 4.6 mi | 50.2 | 27% | 24% |
| Saxilby | 4,432 | 5.4 mi | 50.5 | 28% | 23% |
| Clarborough | 1,220 | 6 mi | 55.4 | 34% | 19% |
| East Markham | 1,273 | 6.4 mi | 49.4 | 22% | 28% |
| Gainsborough | 21,899 | 6.4 mi | 39.6 | 18% | 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 Cottam’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 Cottam’s residents
What is the population of Cottam?
The 2021 Census counted 113 people in Cottam’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Cottam?
The median age was 50 at the 2021 Census. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 27% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Cottam?
99% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 79% across Nottinghamshire’s towns. 2.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Cottam?
47% said they had no religion and 49% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.9% were Muslim and 3.5% didn’t answer.
Is Cottam good for families?
18% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Cottam’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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