Photo: Alan Murray-Rust · CC BY-SA 2.0In East Markham, 0.8% of households live in a flat or apartment, fewer than in 99% of UK towns
In East Markham, 24% of households are one person living alone, beside 30% across England’s towns. Locally, 6% of households have no car or van. Few places have as many residents who describe themselves as White British: 96% here, more than in 87% of UK towns. 1,273 residents in 539 households: that is East Markham at the 2021 Census.
East Markham is older than 82% of UK towns: a median age of 49.4
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
55–59 is the most common age band: 9.3% of residents, 1.4 times the share across England’s towns. Across East Markham, 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
6% of adults are full-time students, more than in 84% 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%.
11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns, against 8.3% in East Markham. Across England’s towns, 7.9% of adults are full-time students.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
East Markham ranks below 92% of UK towns on shared households of unrelated adults: 1.5%
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.
In East Markham the average household is 2.4 people, beside 2.4 across England’s towns. Elsewhere, 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns. For East Markham, the census puts households with dependent children at 28%.
East Markham sits above 99% of UK towns for households in detached houses (67%)
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
Set against 24% across England’s towns, 3.8% of households live in a terraced house in East Markham. On average, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
A smaller share of residents born outside the UK than 93% of UK towns: 2.8%
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
Most residents from abroad were born in the Middle East and Asia (1.1%) or in EU countries (0.9%). Few places have as many residents whose main language is English: 100% here, more than in 99% of UK towns. The comparison figure for residents born outside the UK is 18% across England’s towns.
A larger share of residents who describe themselves as Christian than 91% of UK towns: 58%
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 East Markham · Nottinghamshire’s towns 79% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The largest groups after White British are Other White (2.1%), Indian (0.9%) and Pakistani (0.3%). Residents with no religion are rarer here than in 85% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as Christian is 46%.
Married adults and civil partners make up 62% in East Markham, more than in 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
28 residents give 50 hours or more of unpaid care each week. Few places have so few adults who have never married: 22% here, fewer than in 99% of UK towns. The wider picture: 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Nothing unusual on unpaid carers: 8.6%, close to the figure across England’s towns.
37% of adults are qualified to degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 37% of adults in East Markham (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 15% (England’s towns: 18%).
Around East Markham, 1 of 7 towns have a higher 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Markham | 1,273 | — | 49.4 | 22% | 28% |
| Tuxford | 2,810 | 1.3 mi | 46.4 | 24% | 28% |
| Walesby | 1,217 | 3.8 mi | 56.4 | 35% | 18% |
| Retford | 23,735 | 5.2 mi | 45 | 22% | 25% |
| New Ollerton and Ollerton | 10,870 | 5.5 mi | 41.6 | 19% | 26% |
| Sutton on Trent | 1,244 | 5.8 mi | 48.3 | 24% | 26% |
| North Leverton with Habblesthorpe | 1,079 | 6.3 mi | 48.2 | 23% | 27% |
| Ranby | 1,034 | 6.6 mi | 34.1 | 2.8% | 25% |
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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 East Markham’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 East Markham’s residents
What is the population of East Markham?
The 2021 Census counted 1,273 people in East Markham’s built-up area.
What is the average age in East Markham?
The median age was 49.4 at the 2021 Census. 9.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 22% were 65 or over.
How diverse is East Markham?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 79% across Nottinghamshire’s towns. 2.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in East Markham?
34% said they had no religion and 58% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.9% were Muslim and 5.8% didn’t answer.
Is East Markham good for families?
28% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on East Markham’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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