Photo: Jonathan Clitheroe · CC BY-SA 2.0In Hucknall, 50% of residents said they have no religion, more than in 93% of UK towns
Nearly a quarter of households have no car or van across England’s towns, against 21% in Hucknall. At the same time, with a median age of 40.3, Hucknall is younger than nearly four fifths of UK towns. The town had 35,848 residents in 15,410 households at the 2021 Census. In Hucknall, 38% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership.
What the Census says about Hucknall’s people
More with no religion than most
50% of residents answered “no religion” in 2021 and 42% Christian, against 37% and 46% across England’s towns. Ethnicity & religion ↓
Growing faster than most
ONS mid-year estimates put Hucknall at 32,100 in 2011 and 38,100 in 2024, up 19%, against 10% for England: faster growth than in 83% of UK towns. Since 2011 ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area) and ONS mid-year population estimates.
A growing town: +19% since 2011, faster than 83% of UK towns
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Hucknall’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 32,100 people in 2011; 38,100 in 2024.
In one year, mid-2016 to mid-2017, the population rose by 930, the most of any year. Of the age groups, 65 and over changed most (+31%) and 16 to 29 least (+8%).
More residents aged 15 to 24 than 61% of UK towns: 10%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
18% of residents are 65 or over, about the same as across England’s towns. By way of comparison, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. The largest age band is 30–34: 7.8% of residents.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Hucknall, 40.3. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Hucknall sits below 55% of UK towns for full-time students (4.7%)
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%.
Managerial and professional jobs account for 28% of Hucknall’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 30%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. The share of full-time students across England’s towns is 7.9%. Residents who moved in within the year: nearly a tenth of the total.
Bigger households than 55% of UK towns: 2.3 people each on average
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.
29% of households have dependent children, about the same as across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home; in Hucknall, 2.3%.
Only 10% of households live in a flat or apartment in Hucknall
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
For Hucknall, the census puts households in detached houses at 28%. Against that, 23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns. In Hucknall, just over a fifth of households live in a terraced house, beside 24% across England’s towns.
5.8% born outside the UK, fewer than in 56% of UK towns
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
Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (2.5%), then in the Middle East and Asia (1.4%). Across England’s towns, the share of residents born outside the UK is 18%. Here 97% of residents have English as their main language, where the figure across England’s towns is 90%.
Residents who describe themselves as Christian make up 42% in Hucknall, less than in 88% 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
White British, not charted: 91% of Hucknall · Nottinghamshire’s towns 79% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Behind White British, the largest groups are Other White (2.7%), Mixed or multiple (2.2%) and African (1.3%). Fewer residents who describe themselves as White British than in three fifths of UK towns: 91%. Typically, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
10% of residents give unpaid care, more than in 73% 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
1,097 people care, unpaid, for 50 hours or more a week. Compared with other places, married adults and civil partners are scarce here: 44%, fewer than in three quarters of UK towns. Across England’s towns, unpaid carers come to 8.7%.
Degree-level qualifications: 24% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Hucknall’s adults: 24% with a degree-level qualification and 21% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
From a median age of 37 in Hucknall Westville to 46 in West Hucknall
The town’s 4 neighbourhoods (ONS middle-layer areas with 500+ residents inside it, named by the House of Commons Library), youngest first. Census 2021.
West Hucknall is the oldest area, with 24% aged 65 or over; Hucknall Westville the youngest (median age 37). Families with children are most common in Hucknall Westville (32% of households).
Ranked by age, 59th youngest of 192 UK towns this size
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
The youngest is Hatfield (30.3) and the oldest Rustington (56.2). Nearest to Hucknall in age: Walton-on-Thames (40.1), Bishop's Stortford (40.2), Loughton (40.3) and Merthyr Tydfil (40.3).
Hucknall and its 7 nearest towns: 5 of them are older
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hucknall | 35,848 | — | 40.3 | 18% | 29% |
| Bestwood Village | 2,151 | 1.5 mi | 39.2 | 16% | 33% |
| Newstead | 2,204 | 2.8 mi | 34.4 | 11% | 34% |
| Nuthall and Watnall | 9,581 | 3 mi | 46.9 | 24% | 29% |
| Kimberley | 4,467 | 3.2 mi | 46.2 | 22% | 24% |
| Annesley Woodhouse | 6,162 | 3.7 mi | 48.6 | 25% | 23% |
| Eastwood | 18,890 | 3.9 mi | 46.8 | 25% | 24% |
| Ravenshead | 5,370 | 4.2 mi | 52.2 | 31% | 26% |
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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 Hucknall’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out. The population trend compares with the whole county and nation.
- Estimates since 2021 are modelled. The ONS builds mid-year estimates from the Census, births, deaths and migration records. Hucknall’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 36,440 people in 2021, against 35,848 in the built-up area.
- 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 Hucknall’s residents
What is the population of Hucknall?
The 2021 Census counted 35,848 people in Hucknall’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 38,100 people in mid-2024, 19% more than in 2011.
What is the average age in Hucknall?
The median age was 40.3 at the 2021 Census, younger than 79% of UK towns. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 18% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Hucknall?
91% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 79% across Nottinghamshire’s towns. 5.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Hucknall?
50% said they had no religion and 42% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.7% were Muslim and 5.7% didn’t answer.
Is Hucknall good for families?
29% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Families are most common in Hucknall Westville (32% of households). Schools are on Hucknall’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) · ONS mid-year population estimates for 2021 LSOAs, mid-2011 to mid-2024 · House of Commons Library MSOA names. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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