Photo: Alan Murray-Rust · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 54: Edingley is older than 95% of UK towns
Across England’s towns, 30% of households are one person living alone; in Edingley, 20%. At the 2021 Census, 400 people lived here, in 157 households. The share of households in terraced houses stands at 6.3%. Adults who have never married are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns.
29% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 90% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 trails 64% of UK towns: 9.3%. To put it in context, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
4.4% of adults are full-time students, fewer than in 69% 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%.
By class, 43% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 13% in routine and semi-routine work (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). The benchmark for full-time students across England’s towns: 7.9%. Across Edingley, one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier.
Bigger households than 83% of UK towns: 2.4 people each 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.
Households with dependent children: 25%, below 73% of UK towns. Shared households of unrelated adults: 4.5% of the total.
A village of detached houses: 77% of households live in one
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, 4.5% of households have no car or van in Edingley. The comparison figure for households in detached houses is 21% across England’s towns. Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns.
Residents whose main language is English: 100%, a higher share than 99% 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
Residents born outside the UK make up 3.2%, against 18% across England’s towns. 100% of residents have English as their main language.
Edingley ranks above 85% of UK towns on residents who describe themselves as White British: 96%
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 Edingley · Nottinghamshire’s towns 79% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
With residents with no religion at 43%, Edingley is ahead of 61% of UK towns on that count. What’s more, more residents who describe themselves as Christian than in just over three quarters of UK towns: 54%. Set beside that, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. After White British, the largest groups are Mixed or multiple (2.8%), Other White (0.5%) and African (0.5%).
60% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 98% 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
Set against 8.7% across England’s towns, one in ten residents give unpaid care in Edingley. 11 residents care, unpaid, for at least 50 hours a week. Across the comparison, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Degree-level qualifications: 44% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 18% of adults have no qualification; in Edingley, 14%, while 44% hold one at degree level (34%).
Edingley sits below 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edingley | 400 | — | 54 | 29% | 25% |
| Farnsfield | 3,217 | 1.1 mi | 48.9 | 28% | 28% |
| Southwell | 7,405 | 2.5 mi | 50.4 | 30% | 23% |
| Bilsthorpe | 3,490 | 3.2 mi | 46.6 | 21% | 26% |
| Blidworth | 4,295 | 4.3 mi | 43.1 | 19% | 28% |
| Rainworth | 7,990 | 4.7 mi | 42.9 | 19% | 28% |
| Calverton | 7,318 | 5.1 mi | 45.4 | 23% | 28% |
| Woodborough | 1,649 | 5.5 mi | 55.8 | 35% | 23% |
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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 Edingley’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 Edingley’s residents
What is the population of Edingley?
The 2021 Census counted 400 people in Edingley’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Edingley?
The median age was 54 at the 2021 Census. 9.3% of residents were 15 to 24 and 29% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Edingley?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 79% across Nottinghamshire’s towns. 3.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Edingley?
43% said they had no religion and 54% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 3.3% didn’t answer.
Is Edingley good for families?
25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Edingley’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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