Photo: Bob Danylec · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 97% of UK towns: half of Elston is over 54.9
The share of households without a car or van is 5.3%, against 24% across England’s towns. Elston is home to 699 residents in 301 households, by the 2021 Census. Census figures put one-person households at 19% here. 63% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, a higher share than in 99% of UK towns.
6.6% of residents are aged 15 to 24, below 99% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 55–59 than any other five-year age: one in ten residents, 1.5 times the share across England’s towns. The wider picture: 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 31%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A smaller share of full-time students than 99% of UK towns: 3%
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%.
Set against 11% across England’s towns, nearly one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier in Elston. For comparison, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Only 22% of households have dependent children in Elston
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.
Across England’s towns, households average 2.4 people; in Elston, 2.3. Elsewhere, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns.
A lower share of households in flats than 99% of UK towns, at 0.7%
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, nearly one in ten households live in a terraced house in Elston. The wider picture: nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns. Households in detached houses account for 62%.
Residents born outside the UK: 2.3%, a lower share than 98% 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
Where nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns, Elston has 100%. The wider picture: 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (1.3%) and in Africa (0.4%).
A higher share of residents who describe themselves as White British than 99% of UK towns, at 98%
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: 98% of Elston · Nottinghamshire’s towns 79% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents with no religion make up 39%, against 37% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British. The share of residents who describe themselves as Christian stands at 56%.
Elston sits below 99% of UK towns for adults who have never married (21%)
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 share of unpaid carers is 12%, against 8.7% across England’s towns. The wider picture: nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Among adults, 41% hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
17% of Elston’s adults have no qualification (18% across England’s towns), and 41% have one at degree level (34%).
Every neighbour of Elston has a younger population
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elston | 699 | — | 54.9 | 31% | 22% |
| Farndon | 2,472 | 2.7 mi | 52.9 | 31% | 21% |
| Balderton | 12,876 | 4.1 mi | 44 | 21% | 28% |
| Newark-on-Trent | 29,755 | 4.3 mi | 40 | 18% | 26% |
| East Bridgford | 1,763 | 5 mi | 52 | 30% | 23% |
| Long Bennington | 2,149 | 5.1 mi | 53.8 | 33% | 24% |
| Southwell | 7,405 | 5.2 mi | 50.4 | 30% | 23% |
| Aslockton | 2,173 | 5.2 mi | 48.1 | 21% | 25% |
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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 Elston’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 Elston’s residents
What is the population of Elston?
The 2021 Census counted 699 people in Elston’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Elston?
The median age was 54.9 at the 2021 Census. 6.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 31% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Elston?
98% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 79% across Nottinghamshire’s towns. 2.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Elston?
39% said they had no religion and 56% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.4% were Muslim and 3.7% didn’t answer.
Is Elston good for families?
22% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Elston’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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