Photo: Simon Cobb · CC036% of households have dependent children, a share 94% of UK towns don’t reach
55% of households live in a detached house, against 21% across England’s towns. On the census count, 69% of residents describe themselves as White British. More married adults and civil partners than in 84% of UK towns: 54%. There were 1,933 households in Edwalton at the 2021 Census, home to 4,762 residents.
What the Census says about Edwalton’s people
A town of families
36% of Edwalton’s 1,933 households had dependent children in 2021, more than in 94% of UK towns and the highest share in Nottinghamshire. 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing faster than most
ONS mid-year estimates put Edwalton at 2,600 in 2011 and 6,200 in 2024, up 139%, against 10% for England: faster growth than in 99% of UK towns. Since 2011 ↓
A town people move to
15% of residents gave a different address a year before the 2021 Census, 1.4 times the share across England’s towns. Students & newcomers ↓
Younger than most towns
Half of Edwalton’s residents are under 38.7 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 10% are 15 to 24 and 17% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
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.
Edwalton’s population changed by +139% since 2011, more than in 99% of UK towns
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Edwalton’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 2,600 people in 2011; 6,200 in 2024.
In one year, mid-2022 to mid-2023, the population rose by 670, the most of any year. Of the age groups, 30 to 44 changed most (+238%) and 65 and over least (+29%).
A median age of 38.7: Edwalton is younger than 87% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Here one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24, where the figure across England’s towns is 12%. For Edwalton, the census puts residents aged 65 and over at 17%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Edwalton, 38.7. The typical town is 44.4.
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.
Edwalton ranks above 96% of UK towns on residents who moved in within the year: 15%
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, 53% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 12% in routine and semi-routine work (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). Edwalton has more full-time students than 92% of UK towns, at 7.3%. The comparison figure for residents who moved in within the year is 11% across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Only 26% of households in Edwalton are one person living alone
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 average household has 2.5 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. Edwalton has fewer shared households of unrelated adults than just over four fifths of UK towns, at 1.8%. By way of comparison, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns.
A lower share of households in terraced houses than 95% of UK towns, at 7.2%
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%. The census found that just over one in ten households live in a flat or apartment in Edwalton.
Edwalton sits above 86% of UK towns for residents born outside the UK (15%)
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
Arrivals from 2017 on account for 16% of residents born abroad, beside 21% across England’s towns. Edwalton has fewer residents whose main language is English than 84% of UK towns, at 94%. On average, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Most residents from abroad were born in the Middle East and Asia (7%) or in EU countries (3.3%).
Edwalton sits below 95% of UK towns for residents who describe themselves as Christian (38%)
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: 69% of Edwalton · Nottinghamshire’s towns 79% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Across England’s towns, the share of residents with no religion is 37%; Edwalton has 40%. As a reference point, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Behind White British, the largest groups are Indian (9.5%), Other White (4.8%) and Mixed or multiple (4.8%).
Edwalton sits below 51% of UK towns for adults who have never married (32%)
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
The number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 82. Nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care, fewer than in 75% of UK towns. Measured more widely, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Adults qualified to degree level or above: 53%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
9.4% of Edwalton’s adults have no qualification (18% across England’s towns), and 53% have one at degree level (34%). A levels are as far as 15% have gone so far, many of them students midway to a degree.
Of 695 UK towns its size (3,000 to 6,000 people), the 67th youngest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Bailrigg is the youngest (18.9); Sutton on Sea and Trusthorpe the oldest (64.7). Nearest to Edwalton in age: Elsenham (38.6), Ludgershall (38.6), Locking (38.7) and Durrington (38.7).
6 of the 7 nearest towns are older than Edwalton
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edwalton | 4,762 | — | 38.7 | 17% | 36% |
| Tollerton | 1,976 | 1.1 mi | 52.6 | 31% | 28% |
| West Bridgford | 36,489 | 1.2 mi | 40.9 | 17% | 30% |
| Gamston (Rushcliffe) | 2,171 | 1.4 mi | 40.4 | 14% | 30% |
| Ruddington | 7,491 | 1.9 mi | 42.9 | 21% | 30% |
| Wilford | 4,849 | 2 mi | 43.9 | 22% | 27% |
| Clifton | 22,936 | 2.7 mi | 36.1 | 17% | 28% |
| Keyworth | 6,822 | 2.8 mi | 51.2 | 31% | 23% |
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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 Edwalton’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. Edwalton’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 4,412 people in 2021, against 4,762 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 Edwalton’s residents
What is the population of Edwalton?
The 2021 Census counted 4,762 people in Edwalton’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 6,200 people in mid-2024, 139% more than in 2011.
What is the average age in Edwalton?
The median age was 38.7 at the 2021 Census, younger than 87% of UK towns. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 17% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Edwalton?
69% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 79% across Nottinghamshire’s towns. 15% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Edwalton?
40% said they had no religion and 38% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 6.8% were Muslim and 6% didn’t answer.
Is Edwalton good for families?
36% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Edwalton’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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