Photo: Bob Danylec · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Farndon is over 52.9, older than 94% of UK towns
Christians make up 57% of residents, against 46% across England’s towns. The 2021 Census counted 2,472 residents in 1,102 households. Adults who have never married: 26% of the total. Fewer households in flats than in 85% of UK towns: 4.6%.
What the Census says about Farndon’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Farndon’s residents are under 52.9 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 31% are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 92% of UK towns, at 31%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 8.4% here and 12% across England’s towns. Measured more widely, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. The largest age band is 55–59: nearly one in ten residents.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A smaller share of residents who moved in within the year than 98% of UK towns: 5.9%
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%.
31% of Farndon’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 28% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Across the comparison, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns. Full-time students: 4.2% of the total.
21% of households have dependent children, below 93% of UK towns
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.
At 2.2 people, the average household compares with 2.4 across England’s towns. Here, 2.8% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home. The wider picture: 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns.
Farndon ranks below 92% of UK towns on households in terraced houses: 8.5%
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
Just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns, against 46% in Farndon. Across the comparison, nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns. Census figures put households without a car or van at 14% here.
Fewer residents born outside the UK than 74% of UK towns: 4.3%
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
Residents whose main language is English: 98% here and 90% across England’s towns. Across the comparison, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (2.8%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.5%).
34% said they have no religion, fewer than in 84% 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: 95% of Farndon · Nottinghamshire’s towns 79% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The groups that follow White British are Other White (2.8%), Mixed or multiple (1.1%) and Caribbean (0.3%). Residents who describe themselves as White British are more common here than in 79% of UK towns. To put it in context, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns.
A higher share of unpaid carers than 87% of UK towns, at 11%
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
Married adults and civil partners make up 53%, against 44% across England’s towns. To put it in context, 8.7% of residents give unpaid care across England’s towns. 97 people care, unpaid, for 50 hours or more a week.
Degree-level qualifications: 26% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
26% of Farndon’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 21% have none (18%).
Median age: 2 of the 7 towns around Farndon are older
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Farndon | 2,472 | — | 52.9 | 31% | 21% |
| Newark-on-Trent | 29,755 | 2 mi | 40 | 18% | 26% |
| Balderton | 12,876 | 2.8 mi | 44 | 21% | 28% |
| Coddington | 1,165 | 3.6 mi | 45.3 | 24% | 30% |
| Southwell | 7,405 | 4.6 mi | 50.4 | 30% | 23% |
| Claypole | 1,352 | 5.1 mi | 49.9 | 21% | 26% |
| Long Bennington | 2,149 | 6 mi | 53.8 | 33% | 24% |
| Collingham | 2,870 | 7 mi | 54.7 | 36% | 20% |
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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 Farndon’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 Farndon’s residents
What is the population of Farndon?
The 2021 Census counted 2,472 people in Farndon’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Farndon?
The median age was 52.9 at the 2021 Census. 8.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 31% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Farndon?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 79% across Nottinghamshire’s towns. 4.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Farndon?
34% said they had no religion and 57% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.4% were Muslim and 7.3% didn’t answer.
Is Farndon good for families?
21% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Farndon’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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