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Over-65s are 31% of the population. A town in Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, home to 6,822 people.
Good marks almost everywhere you look. Homes are affordable: the median home sold for £325,950, 5.1 years of area income. Add health to its strengths: life expectancy is 84.4 for men and 87.5 for women. Overall, that makes an A+, good for #2 of 49 in Nottinghamshire. It comes out better than almost every UK town. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B for jobs & income and B for walkability.
Figures: prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · life expectancy and income, ONS · claimants, DWP · commuting, Census 2021.
The 3 things Keyworth 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 Keyworth is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Historic England lists 12 buildings inside Keyworth’s built-up area, 1 of them Grade I.
6% 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 Keyworth.
Children under 15 make up 14%, below Nottinghamshire’s towns (17%) and England’s towns (18%) alike, and on top of that the share aged 15 to 24 is 8.8%. Ages in Keyworth split evenly at 51.2: half are older, half younger. Degrees are held by 39% of adults.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Keyworth | Nottinghamshire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 17% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 8.8% | 14% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 26% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 25% | 25% |
| 65+ | 31% | 18% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 14% | 19% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 6.1% | 5.5% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 18% | 20% | 17% |
| Degree level | 39% | 29% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Nottinghamshire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Attainment 8 at the one secondary school within 3 km averages 51.3, and 55% of pupils get grade 5 or above in English and maths. Crossdale Primary School’s results beat 75% of schools in England like it. Of its 4 schools, two are shown below, each with the reason. Some 1,590 pupils attend Keyworth’s three primaries and one secondary.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crossdale Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 196 | A− |
| The South Wolds Academy & Sixth FormLargest secondary schoolSecondary | Secondary | 1,033 | B+ |
Council and housing-body homes hold 8% of households. 82% of households own their home, above both Nottinghamshire’s towns (63%) and England’s towns (61%). Private rents average £1,047 a month across the Rushcliffe council area.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £429,950 | 265 |
| Semi-detached | £265,000 | 157 |
| Terraced | £212,000 | 55 |
| Flat or maisonette | £190,000 | 8 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
The nearest A&E to Keyworth is Queen's Medical Centre, 6.4 miles away. At the census, 4.6% of residents said their health was bad or very bad, lower than both Nottinghamshire’s towns (5.9%) and England’s towns (5.2%). There is no GP practice here: the nearest is 3 miles off.
| Census 2021 | Keyworth | Nottinghamshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 82% | 80% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 4.6% | 5.9% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 19% | 19% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · No age adjustment applies to these census answers, which flatter younger towns; the Health Grade’s measures, life expectancy and early deaths among them, do allow for age.
Violent crime runs at 12.8 per 1,000 residents a year. Homes saw 5.5 burglaries and acts of damage per 1,000 residents a year, lower than both Nottinghamshire’s towns (10.4) and England’s towns (9.4). Police figures for Keyworth’s built-up area: 253 crimes and 36 anti-social behaviour reports in the 12 months to August 2026. Of all the crimes, 47% were violence and sexual offences.
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 · The police category of violence and sexual offences includes harassment and stalking.
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Homes built before 1919 account for 6% of the housing. Keyworth’s listed buildings include the Church of St Mary Magdalene, Grade I. Of the town’s land, 4% lies in conservation areas, below both Nottinghamshire’s towns (5%) and England’s towns (7%).
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 38% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
38% of workers worked mainly from home, above Nottinghamshire’s towns (26%) and England’s towns (31%) alike. Driving is how 82% of commuters got to work at the census. About just over a tenth of its commuters stay in Keyworth for work. A household here earns £61K a year before tax, on average.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Keyworth. Best known first.
12 listed buildings in Keyworth, 1 of them Grade I.
Church of All Saints: Photo: Tim Heaton · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Stanton-on-the-Wolds War Memorial: Photo: Alan Murray-Rust · CC BY-SA 2.0
10 notable people were born in Keyworth.
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keyworth | 6,822 | — | A+ | A | A | A |
| Tollerton | 1,976 | 1.9 | — | B+ | A+ | A+ |
| Edwalton | 4,762 | 2.8 | A | A− | C+ | A− |
| Ruddington | 7,491 | 3.1 | A+ | A | B− | B |
| Cotgrave | 7,794 | 3.3 | A− | A+ | C+ | C |
| Gamston (Rushcliffe) | 2,171 | 3.9 | — | A | A | A |
| West Bridgford | 36,489 | 4 | A+ | A− | B+ | A− |
| Clifton | 22,936 | 4.5 | D | D | D | D |
Tollerton and Gamston (Rushcliffe) 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 Keyworth is £2,643 for 2026–27, more than in 92% 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.
Town in Nottinghamshire, England
Keyworth is a built-up area of 6,822 people, in the Rushcliffe 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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