Photo: User Asterion on en.wikipedia · CC BY 2.5Gotham is older than 94% of UK towns: a median age of 53.1
Set against 73% across England’s towns, 96% of residents describe themselves as White British in Gotham. The village had 1,566 residents in 717 households at the 2021 Census. The share of households in flats stands at 2.9%. Lower than in 89% of UK towns: 10% of households live in a terraced house.
What the Census says about Gotham’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Gotham’s residents are under 53.1 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).
Above 92% of UK towns: 31% of residents are 65 or over
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 8% in Gotham and 12% across England’s towns. Across the comparison, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
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 lower share of full-time students than 71% of UK towns, at 4.4%
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%.
Compared with 11% across England’s towns, 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier here. As a yardstick, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Fewer families than 96% of UK towns: 19% of households have children
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.
In Gotham the average household is 2.2 people, beside 2.4 across England’s towns. On the census count, 29% of households are one person living alone.
Gotham sits above 82% of UK towns for households in detached houses (43%)
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
Against a figure of 24% across England’s towns, the share of households without a car or van in Gotham comes in at 12%. 2.9% of households live in a flat, less than in 93% of UK towns; 43% in a detached house, against 21% across England’s towns.
99% of residents have English as their main language, a share 90% of UK towns don’t reach
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
Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in Africa (1.3%) and in EU countries (1.2%). At 4%, the share of residents born outside the UK is lower than in 77% of UK towns.
A larger share of residents who describe themselves as Christian than 63% of UK towns: 52%
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: 96% of Gotham · Nottinghamshire’s towns 79% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The figure for residents with no religion is 43% in Gotham and 37% across England’s towns. Behind White British, the largest groups are Other White (2%), Mixed or multiple (1.5%) and African (0.3%). Across England’s towns, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian.
53% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 80% 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
Some 43 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. At 28%, the share of adults who have never married is lower than in 79% of UK towns. For married adults and civil partners, the comparison across England’s towns is 44%. On unpaid carers, 8.9% here is much the same as across England’s towns.
Qualified to degree level: 35% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Gotham, 35% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 16% have no qualification at all (18%).
No nearby town is as old as Gotham
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gotham | 1,566 | — | 53.1 | 31% | 19% |
| East Leake | 8,551 | 2.5 mi | 41 | 20% | 32% |
| Clifton | 22,936 | 2.8 mi | 36.1 | 17% | 28% |
| Ruddington | 7,491 | 2.8 mi | 42.9 | 21% | 30% |
| Sutton Bonington | 2,064 | 3.7 mi | 26 | 17% | 22% |
| Long Eaton | 37,815 | 3.9 mi | 42.6 | 19% | 26% |
| Kegworth | 4,293 | 3.9 mi | 34.7 | 17% | 23% |
| Beeston | 52,359 | 4 mi | 41.4 | 21% | 24% |
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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 Gotham’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 Gotham’s residents
What is the population of Gotham?
The 2021 Census counted 1,566 people in Gotham’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Gotham?
The median age was 53.1 at the 2021 Census. 8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 31% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Gotham?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 79% across Nottinghamshire’s towns. 4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Gotham?
43% said they had no religion and 52% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 4.4% didn’t answer.
Is Gotham good for families?
19% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Gotham’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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