Photo: Alan Murray-Rust · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Epperstone is over 56.1, older than 97% of UK towns
Compared with 37% across England’s towns, 27% of residents said they have no religion here. Fewer households in flats than in 84% of UK towns: 4.8%. Census day 2021: 599 residents and 271 households in Epperstone. In Epperstone, 61% of households live in a detached house.
More residents aged 65 and over than 92% of UK towns: 31%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
In Epperstone, 9.2% of residents are aged 15 to 24, beside 12% across England’s towns. Typically, 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.
3.3% of adults are full-time students, below 96% 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%.
44% of Epperstone’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 12% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. In Epperstone, 6.1% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. Across England’s towns, the share of full-time students is 7.9%.
A smaller share of households with dependent children than 97% of UK towns: 18%
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 share of shared households of unrelated adults trails 77% of UK towns: 1.9%. On the census count, 23% of households are one person living alone. Typically, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns.
Epperstone ranks below 99% of UK towns on households without a car or van: 4.4%
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
Across England’s towns, the share of households in terraced houses is 24%; Epperstone has 10%.
Fewer residents born abroad 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
Where 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns, Epperstone has 99%. To put it in context, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Residents born abroad were most often born in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.2%), then in EU countries (1%).
Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 98% in Epperstone, more than in 99% 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: 98% of Epperstone · Nottinghamshire’s towns 79% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents who describe themselves as Christian make up 66%, against 46% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British.
Married adults and civil partners: 61%, a higher share than 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
For 5 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week. To put it in context, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Lower than in 96% of UK towns: 24% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership. Here just over one in ten residents give unpaid care, where the figure across England’s towns is 8.7%.
Degree level: the highest qualification of 43% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Epperstone counts 43% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 11% have no qualification (18%).
Epperstone is older than every town around it
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Epperstone | 599 | — | 56.1 | 31% | 18% |
| Woodborough | 1,649 | 1.5 mi | 55.8 | 35% | 23% |
| Lowdham | 1,844 | 1.7 mi | 55.4 | 32% | 23% |
| Calverton | 7,318 | 2.5 mi | 45.4 | 23% | 28% |
| East Bridgford | 1,763 | 4.3 mi | 52 | 30% | 23% |
| Arnold | 40,016 | 4.4 mi | 43.4 | 21% | 28% |
| Southwell | 7,405 | 4.6 mi | 50.4 | 30% | 23% |
| Carlton | 53,555 | 4.7 mi | 43.1 | 20% | 27% |
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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 Epperstone’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 Epperstone’s residents
What is the population of Epperstone?
The 2021 Census counted 599 people in Epperstone’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Epperstone?
The median age was 56.1 at the 2021 Census. 9.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 31% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Epperstone?
98% 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 Epperstone?
27% said they had no religion and 66% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 5.5% didn’t answer.
Is Epperstone good for families?
18% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Epperstone’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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