Photo: Jonathan Clitheroe · CC BY-SA 2.0Fewer households in flats than 98% of UK towns: 1.5%
With a median age of 48.9, Farnsfield is older than nearly four fifths of UK towns. This Nottinghamshire town had 3,217 residents in 1,373 households at the 2021 Census. Households in terraced houses account for 6.5%. Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 58% here and 46% across England’s towns.
What the Census says about Farnsfield’s people
Many carers
367 residents gave unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age in 2021, 12% of those 5 and over: more than in 97% of UK towns. Relationships & caring ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Residents aged 65 and over make up 28% in Farnsfield, more than in 85% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Nearly one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24 (England’s towns: 12%). Across England’s towns, 18% of residents are 65 or over.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Farnsfield, 48.9. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A lower share of residents who moved in within the year than 87% of UK towns, at 6.9%
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%.
4.9% of adults are full-time students, against 7.9% across England’s towns. The wider picture: just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
1.6% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, below 88% 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.
Against a figure of 30% across England’s towns, the share of one-person households in Farnsfield comes in at 26%. For shared households of unrelated adults, the comparison across England’s towns is 4.3%. A household here holds 2.3 people on average.
Farnsfield sits above 98% of UK towns for households in detached houses (63%)
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
Households without a car or van: 11% here and 24% across England’s towns. The comparison figure for households in detached houses is 21% across England’s towns.
A larger share of residents whose main language is English than 89% of UK towns: 99%
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
Born abroad and arrived since 2017: a tenth of that group, against 21% across England’s towns. The census found that 4.4% of residents were born outside the UK in Farnsfield. As a reference point, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
Farnsfield sits below 84% of UK towns for residents with no religion (34%)
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 Farnsfield · Nottinghamshire’s towns 79% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The next-largest groups, after White British, are Other White (2.2%), Mixed or multiple (0.9%) and Indian (0.6%). At 95%, the share of residents who describe themselves as White British is higher than in 76% of UK towns. The benchmark for residents with no religion across England’s towns: 37%.
Above 97% of UK towns: 12% of residents give unpaid care
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 married adults and civil partners tops 94% of UK towns: 57%. Here, nearly a quarter of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership. The comparison figure for unpaid carers is 8.7% across England’s towns.
42% of adults have a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Farnsfield counts 42% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 12% have no qualification (18%).
175th oldest of 514 UK towns of 2,500 to 4,000 people
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Keele (20.6), the youngest, and West Chiltington (63.1), the oldest. Nearest to Farnsfield in age: Great Totham (48.8), Lytchett Matravers (48.8), Downton (48.9) and Stalham (49).
A younger town than 3 of the 7 around it: Farnsfield
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Farnsfield | 3,217 | — | 48.9 | 28% | 28% |
| Bilsthorpe | 3,490 | 2.5 mi | 46.6 | 21% | 26% |
| Blidworth | 4,295 | 3.4 mi | 43.1 | 19% | 28% |
| Rainworth | 7,990 | 3.6 mi | 42.9 | 19% | 28% |
| Southwell | 7,405 | 3.6 mi | 50.4 | 30% | 23% |
| Calverton | 7,318 | 5.1 mi | 45.4 | 23% | 28% |
| Ravenshead | 5,370 | 5.5 mi | 52.2 | 31% | 26% |
| Woodborough | 1,649 | 5.8 mi | 55.8 | 35% | 23% |
Health, work and homes have their own pages
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 Farnsfield’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 Farnsfield’s residents
What is the population of Farnsfield?
The 2021 Census counted 3,217 people in Farnsfield’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Farnsfield?
The median age was 48.9 at the 2021 Census, older than 79% of UK towns. 8.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 28% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Farnsfield?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 79% across Nottinghamshire’s towns. 4.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Farnsfield?
34% said they had no religion and 58% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.7% were Muslim and 6.3% didn’t answer.
Is Farnsfield good for families?
28% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Farnsfield’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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