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The town has 8,885 residents and lies in Nottinghamshire, East Midlands. On the way to work, 11% walk, cycle or take a bus or train.
Work and incomes lag: mean household income £44,412; 4.1% of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefits. Health is weaker too (D) — men here can expect to live to 77.2, women to 81. Its strongest subject is schools: primary results beat 61% of towns in England; secondary results beat 79% of towns in England. Cost of living is a strength too: homes sell for a median £184,995, about 4 times local household income. The overall grade comes out at C, #28 of 49 in Nottinghamshire. Nationally, it does better than a third of UK towns.
Figures: prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · income and life expectancy, ONS · claimants, DWP.
The 3 things Harworth and Bircotes does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far Harworth and Bircotes is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Historic England lists 8 buildings inside Harworth and Bircotes’s built-up area.
1% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Harworth and Bircotes.
One measure of family life: 19% of residents are under 15. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 11% of residents, below both Nottinghamshire’s towns (14%) and England’s towns (12%). Harworth and Bircotes has a median age of 39.6 years.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Harworth and Bircotes | Nottinghamshire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 17% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 14% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 26% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 25% | 25% |
| 65+ | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 24% | 19% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 5.9% | 5.5% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 18% | 20% | 17% |
| Degree level | 20% | 29% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Nottinghamshire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
64% of pupils at the town’s 3 primary schools met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average). Harworth Church of England Academy’s results beat 97% of schools in England like it. Some 1,335 pupils attend Harworth and Bircotes’s two primaries and one secondary.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harworth Church of England AcademyLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 210 | A+ |
| Serlby Park AcademyLargest secondary schoolAll-through | All-through | 991 | B+ |
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
1% of homes date from before 1919. Harworth and Bircotes has 9 listed buildings for every 10,000 residents.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
78% of Harworth and Bircotes’ residents described their health as good or very good at the census, below Nottinghamshire’s towns (80%) and England’s towns (82%) alike. A disability affects just over a fifth of people in the town. The nearest A&E to Harworth and Bircotes is Bassetlaw District General Hospital, 7.5 miles away.
| Census 2021 | Harworth and Bircotes | Nottinghamshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 78% | 80% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 7.1% | 5.9% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 21% | 19% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · These shares come straight from the census, without allowing for age, and young towns benefit; the Health Grade instead weighs age-adjusted measures, including life expectancy and early deaths.
There were 16.9 anti-social behaviour reports per 1,000 residents (not graded), higher than both Nottinghamshire’s towns (10.7) and England’s towns (7.8). Violent crime runs at 31.9 per 1,000 residents a year. The 12 months to August 2026 brought 800 recorded crimes inside Harworth and Bircotes’s built-up area, and 135 reports of anti-social behaviour. Also worth knowing: for its size, Harworth and Bircotes records more crime per resident than 85% of the 1,308 UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
Not gradedAnti-social behaviour, shoplifting and other theft are shown but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident.
data.police.uk street-level crime · points inside the ONS built-up-area boundary · OGL
Social housing holds nearly a fifth of households, above both Nottinghamshire’s towns (16%) and England’s towns (18%). Private rents average £727 a month across the Bassetlaw council area. Half of the 602 standard sales inside Harworth and Bircotes’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026 went for more than £184,995.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £267,747 | 228 |
| Semi-detached | £166,245 | 295 |
| Terraced | £145,000 | 77 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 15% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
86% of commuters drove, above both Nottinghamshire’s towns (75%) and England’s towns (70%). Each working resident is matched by 0.4 jobs in Harworth and Bircotes.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
8 listed buildings in Harworth and Bircotes.
Harworth War Memorial and enclosing walls: Photo: JThomas · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Dovecote Barn: Photo: Alan Murray-Rust · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Geograph · Syringa House: Photo: Alan Murray-Rust · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Geograph · High Farmhouse: Photo: Alan Murray-Rust · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Geograph
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harworth and Bircotes | 8,885 | — | C | B+ | C− | D |
| Bawtry | 3,408 | 1.9 | B | B− | C | C+ |
| Tickhill | 4,909 | 2.2 | A− | B− | B | B+ |
| Blyth | 1,264 | 3.2 | — | C− | C− | C− |
| Ranskill | 1,435 | 3.4 | — | C+ | B− | B− |
| New Rossington and Rossington | 13,911 | 3.7 | B− | A | C− | D |
| Langold | 2,603 | 3.8 | D | B+ | D | C− |
| Wadworth | 1,156 | 4.6 | — | B+ | C+ | B |
Blyth, Ranskill and Wadworth have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Band D council tax in Harworth and Bircotes is £2,722 for 2026–27, more than in 97% of UK towns (council, county, police and fire, plus the parish or town council). Your own bill depends on your home’s band; check it on GOV.UK.
Police recorded 800 crimes inside Harworth and Bircotes’ built-up area in the 12 months to August 2026, 35% of them violence and sexual offences, a police category that includes harassment and stalking.
Homes cost less than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £184,995, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: terraced houses £145,000, semi-detached houses £166,245 and detached houses £267,747.
Town in Nottinghamshire, England
Harworth and Bircotes is a built-up area of 8,885 people, in the Bassetlaw council area. TownRatings uses ONS’s 2022 built-up areas as towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a council district, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from ONS geography and Census 2021
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · HM Land Registry Price Paid (standard sales, September 2023 to August 2026) · ONS Price Index of Private Rents (August 2026, by council) · MHCLG and Welsh Government council tax, Band D 2026–27 (with parish precepts in England) · data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS small-area life expectancy and healthy life expectancy, 2019 to 2023 (England and Wales), OHID Fingertips small-area indicators (England) and Census 2021 health, adjusted for age · ONS small-area income estimates (financial year ending 2023) · DWP claimant count via Nomis (January to August 2026) · Historic England, National Heritage List for England (listed buildings, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, battlefields, World Heritage Sites), October 2026, inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary · Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties by build period (31 March 2025) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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