Photo: Alan Murray-Rust · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Halam is over 53.5, older than 94% of UK towns
Households without a car or van: 5% here and 24% across England’s towns. There were 162 households in Halam at the 2021 Census, home to 387 residents. The census found that nearly two thirds of households live in a detached house locally. Higher than in 98% of UK towns: 65% of residents describe themselves as Christian.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 77% of UK towns, at 26%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
9.4% of residents are aged 15 to 24, against 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
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A lower share of residents who moved in within the year than 95% of UK towns, at 6.2%
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%.
Full-time students: 5.1% here and 7.9% across England’s towns. On average, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Halam ranks below 96% of UK towns on one-person households: 22%
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.
A household here has 2.5 people on average; across England’s towns, 2.4. To put it in context, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. Here, nearly a quarter of households have dependent children. Shared households of unrelated adults are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns.
Households in flats make up 0.6% in Halam, less than in 99% of UK towns
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
6.3% of households live in a terraced house, against 24% across England’s towns. On average, 23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
Halam ranks below 93% of UK towns on residents born outside the UK: 2.9%
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
The largest groups were born in EU countries (2.6%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (0.3%). Across England’s towns, the share of residents born outside the UK is 18%. Halam has more residents whose main language is English than 99% of UK towns, at 100%.
Below 95% of UK towns: 29% of residents said they have no religion
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 Halam · Nottinghamshire’s towns 79% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Set against 73% across England’s towns, 96% of residents describe themselves as White British in Halam. Other than White British, most residents describe themselves as Mixed or multiple (1.6%), Other White (1%) and African (0.5%). As a yardstick, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns.
Halam sits above 99% of UK towns for married adults and civil partners (64%)
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
22% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, against 39% across England’s towns. The benchmark for married adults and civil partners across England’s towns: 44%. On the census count, one in ten residents give unpaid care.
Qualified to degree level: 46% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 34% across England’s towns, 46% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 8.7% hold no qualification (18%).
Nearby, 2 of 7 towns have older populations than Halam
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Halam | 387 | — | 53.5 | 26% | 23% |
| Southwell | 7,405 | 1.5 mi | 50.4 | 30% | 23% |
| Farnsfield | 3,217 | 2.2 mi | 48.9 | 28% | 28% |
| Bilsthorpe | 3,490 | 4.3 mi | 46.6 | 21% | 26% |
| Calverton | 7,318 | 5 mi | 45.4 | 23% | 28% |
| Lowdham | 1,844 | 5 mi | 55.4 | 32% | 23% |
| Woodborough | 1,649 | 5 mi | 55.8 | 35% | 23% |
| Blidworth | 4,295 | 5.1 mi | 43.1 | 19% | 28% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- The Census was taken in a lockdown, in term time. 21 March 2021 fell in term time, and students were asked to give their term-time address, so most were counted where they study. Some may have been living with family that day.
- “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 Halam’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 Halam’s residents
What is the population of Halam?
The 2021 Census counted 387 people in Halam’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Halam?
The median age was 53.5 at the 2021 Census. 9.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 26% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Halam?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 79% across Nottinghamshire’s towns. 2.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Halam?
29% said they had no religion and 65% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5.4% didn’t answer.
Is Halam good for families?
23% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Halam’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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