Photo: Richard Vince · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Keyworth is over 51.2, older than 90% of UK towns
By its share of households with dependent children (23%), Keyworth is below 87% of UK towns. This Nottinghamshire town counted 6,822 residents and 3,094 households at the 2021 Census. The census found that 3.5% of households live in a flat or apartment here. Higher than in 91% of UK towns: 52% of households live in a detached house.
What the Census says about Keyworth’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Keyworth’s residents are under 51.2 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 31% are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Ages ↓
Many carers
745 residents gave unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age in 2021, 11% of those 5 and over: more than in 92% of UK towns. Relationships & caring ↓
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.
+14% since 2011, a pace 74% of UK towns didn’t match
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Keyworth’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 6,700 people in 2011; 7,700 in 2024.
By age, the 30 to 44 group changed most (+30%) and the 45 to 64 group least (−5%). The steepest year was mid-2023 to mid-2024, up 410 people.
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 93% of UK towns: 31%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 70–74: 7.4% of residents, 1.5 times the share across England’s towns. The share of residents aged 15 to 24 stands at 8.8%. On average, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Keyworth, 51.2. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
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.
Residents who moved in within the year make up 7.5% in Keyworth, less than in 77% 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
Address a year before the Census
Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.
5.6% of adults are full-time students; across England’s towns the figure is 7.9%. The wider picture: 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.
2.2 people per household, fewer than in 73% of UK towns
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.
Across England’s towns, the share of shared households of unrelated adults is 4.3%; Keyworth has 2.2%. The census found that 30% of households are one person living alone in the town.
12% of households live in a terraced house, below 84% 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
In Keyworth, 14% of households have no car or van, beside 24% across England’s towns.
Keyworth sits above 73% of UK towns for residents whose main language is English (99%)
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
5.2% of residents were born outside the UK, against 18% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, nine in ten residents have English as their main language. Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (2.3%), then in the Middle East and Asia (1.4%).
More residents with no religion than 56% of UK towns: 42%
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: 92% of Keyworth · Nottinghamshire’s towns 79% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
1% of residents said their religion is Muslim. Against that, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. In Keyworth, 92% of residents describe themselves as White British, beside 73% across England’s towns.
A smaller share of adults who have never married than 90% of UK towns: 26%
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
The figure for married adults and civil partners is 55% in Keyworth and 44% across England’s towns. More unpaid carers than in 92% of UK towns: 11%. As a reference point, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Some 193 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week.
39% of adults are qualified to degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 18% of adults have no qualification; in Keyworth, 14%, while 39% hold one at degree level (34%).
Of 473 UK towns its size (5,000 to 9,000 people), the 52nd oldest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Red Lodge is the youngest (30.9); Barton on Sea the oldest (65.3). Nearest to Keyworth in age: Amble (51.1), Ruskington (51.2), Ashley (51.2) and Kingsbridge (51.2).
1 in 7 nearby towns have a higher median age than Keyworth
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keyworth | 6,822 | — | 51.2 | 31% | 23% |
| Tollerton | 1,976 | 1.9 mi | 52.6 | 31% | 28% |
| Edwalton | 4,762 | 2.8 mi | 38.7 | 17% | 36% |
| Ruddington | 7,491 | 3.1 mi | 42.9 | 21% | 30% |
| Cotgrave | 7,794 | 3.3 mi | 40.2 | 18% | 30% |
| Gamston (Rushcliffe) | 2,171 | 3.9 mi | 40.4 | 14% | 30% |
| West Bridgford | 36,489 | 4 mi | 40.9 | 17% | 30% |
| Clifton | 22,936 | 4.5 mi | 36.1 | 17% | 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 Keyworth’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. Keyworth’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 6,822 people in 2021, against 6,822 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 Keyworth’s residents
What is the population of Keyworth?
The 2021 Census counted 6,822 people in Keyworth’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 7,700 people in mid-2024, 14% more than in 2011.
What is the average age in Keyworth?
The median age was 51.2 at the 2021 Census, older than 90% of UK towns. 8.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 31% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Keyworth?
92% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 79% across Nottinghamshire’s towns. 5.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Keyworth?
42% said they had no religion and 50% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1% were Muslim and 5.8% didn’t answer.
Is Keyworth good for families?
23% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Keyworth’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. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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