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55.3Median age

Who lives here · ONS Census 2021

Older than 97% of UK towns: half of Hickling is over 55.3

18% of households are one person living alone (England’s towns: 30%). Hickling counted 368 residents and 151 households at the 2021 Census. Locally, 3.3% of households have no car or van. Compared with other places, households in terraced houses are scarce here: 2.7%, fewer than in 99% of UK towns.

30%aged 65 or over 3%born abroad 151households

Ages

Residents aged 65 and over: 30%, a higher share than 91% of UK towns

Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.

HicklingEngland’s towns

0–410–1420–2430–3440–4450–5460–6470–7480–84

The largest age band is 55–59: 13% of residents, 2 times the share across England’s towns. Set beside that, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. Locally, one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24.

Broad ages · share of residents

Under 1513%

15 to 2410%

25 to 4414%

45 to 6434%

65 and over30%

HicklingNottinghamshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Women and men · all residents

49% women, 51% men

Hickling

England

WomenMen

About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.

Students & newcomers

Residents who moved in within the year make up 6.9% in Hickling, less than in 87% of UK towns

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

Full-time students4.7%

Higher managerial and professional23%

Lower managerial and professional28%

Intermediate10%

Small employers and self-employed19%

Supervisory and technical3.1%

Semi-routine3.8%

Routine6%

Never worked or long-term unemployed2.8%

HicklingNottinghamshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Address a year before the Census

Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.

Hickling

7.1%

England’s towns

11%

Moved within the UKTerm-time addressMoved from abroad

Moved in within a year

residents, 6.9%; England’s towns 11%

Of them from abroad

0.6× England’s share

By class, half of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 9.7% in routine and semi-routine work (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). The comparison figure for residents who moved in within the year is 11% across England’s towns. Census figures put full-time students at 4.7% in Hickling.

Households

Bigger households than 85% of UK towns: 2.5 people each on average

Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.

Living alone, 66+ 12%Living alone, under 66 6%Families with dependent children 25%Couples and families, no young children 55%Shared houses and other 2.7%

Against Nottinghamshire’s towns and England’s towns

Hickling

Nottinghamshire’s towns

England’s towns

People per household

1 person19%

2 people45%

3 people19%

4 people11%

5 or more6.7%

England’s towns.

Shared households of unrelated adults make up 2.7%, against 4.3% across England’s towns. Census figures put households with dependent children at 25% in Hickling.

Homes & cars

A village of detached houses: 83% of households live in one

Accommodation type and cars or vans per household, Census 2021. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.

Type of home

Hickling

Nottinghamshire’s towns

England’s towns

DetachedSemi-detachedTerracedFlat or maisonetteCaravan or other

Cars or vans · share of households

No car or van3.3%

One27%

Two43%

Three or more27%

HicklingNottinghamshire’s townsEngland’s towns

The figure for households in flats is 2.7% in Hickling and 23% across England’s towns. On average, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.

Where people were born

Fewer residents born abroad than 91% of UK towns: 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%

Hickling

Nottinghamshire’s towns

13%

England’s towns

18%

EU countriesRest of EuropeMiddle East and AsiaAfricaAmericas, Oceania, other

Main language · residents aged 3 and over

English is main language100%

Another main language, speaks English very well or well0.3%

Another main language, little or no English0%

HicklingNottinghamshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Set against 90% across England’s towns, 100% of residents have English as their main language in Hickling. Across England’s towns, 18% of residents were born outside the UK. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (1.1%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.5%).

Ethnicity & religion

97% of residents describe themselves as White British, more than in 98% 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

HicklingNottinghamshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Other White1.4%

Asian0.5%

Mixed0.5%

Black0.3%

Other0%

0%6%12%

White British, not charted: 97% of Hickling · Nottinghamshire’s towns 79% · England’s towns 73%.

Religion · all residents

HicklingNottinghamshire’s townsEngland’s towns

No religion30%

Christian64%

Muslim0.5%

Hindu, Sikh, Jewish, Buddhist0%

Other religion0%

Didn’t answer6.3%

0%35%70%

Here 30% of residents said they have no religion, where the figure across England’s towns is 37%. The census found that 64% of residents describe themselves as Christian in Hickling. The wider picture: 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns.

Relationships & caring

64% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, a share 99% of UK towns don’t reach

Legal partnership status (residents 16 and over) and unpaid care (residents 5 and over), Census 2021.

Partnership status · residents 16 and over

Never married or in a civil partnership20%

Married or civil partnership64%

Separated0.3%

Divorced12%

Widowed4.4%

HicklingNottinghamshire’s townsEngland’s towns

35residents give unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age: 9.9%, against 8.7% in England’s towns

Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over

Up to 19 hours a week5.7%

20 to 49 hours2%

50 hours or more2.3%

Unpaid carers: 9.9%, above 66% of UK towns. Elsewhere, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. On the census count, a fifth of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership.

Qualifications

The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 48%

Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.

Highest qualification · residents 16 and over

No qualifications8.8%

Apprenticeship5.7%

A levels or similar16%

Degree level48%

HicklingNottinghamshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Degree-level qualifications are held by 48% of adults in Hickling (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 8.8% (England’s towns: 18%).

Neighbours

Hickling is older than every town around it

Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.

Cropwell BishopCotgraveKeyworthTollertonAsfordbyWymeswoldBinghamHickling

under 3838–4444–5050–5656+

Town	People	Away	Median age	65+	Homes with children
Hickling	368	—	55.3	30%	25%
Cropwell Bishop	1,903	4.4 mi	49.5	27%	26%
Cotgrave	7,794	4.7 mi	40.2	18%	30%
Keyworth	6,822	4.9 mi	51.2	31%	23%
Tollerton	1,976	6.1 mi	52.6	31%	28%
Asfordby	2,761	6.2 mi	46.3	23%	25%
Wymeswold	1,364	6.4 mi	47.4	21%	30%
Bingham	10,109	6.9 mi	43.3	21%	30%

More about Hickling’s residents

Health, work and homes have their own pages

HealthLife expectancy, early deaths and Census health, adjusted for age Work & commuteIncome, the claimant count, jobs and how people get to work Cost of livingOwners and renters, prices, rents and council tax SchoolsEvery primary and secondary, with results and inspections

How to read these numbers

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 Hickling’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 Hickling’s residents

What is the population of Hickling?

The 2021 Census counted 368 people in Hickling’s built-up area.

What is the average age in Hickling?

The median age was 55.3 at the 2021 Census. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 30% were 65 or over.

How diverse is Hickling?

97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 79% across Nottinghamshire’s towns. 3% were born outside the UK.

What religion are people in Hickling?

30% said they had no religion and 64% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.5% were Muslim and 6.3% didn’t answer.

Is Hickling good for families?

25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Hickling’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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