Photo: Alan Murray-Rust · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 51.7: Lambley is older than 91% of UK towns
Compared with 24% across England’s towns, 5.3% of households live in a terraced house here. There were 401 households in Lambley at the 2021 Census, home to 885 residents. For Lambley, the census puts households in detached houses at 57%. 95% of residents describe themselves as White British, a higher share than in 81% of UK towns.
Lambley: 29% of residents are 65 or over, above 89% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 55–59 than any other five-year age: one in ten residents, 1.5 times the share across England’s towns. Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than in just over four fifths of UK towns: 8.7%. By way of comparison, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
5.2% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 99% 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%.
Across England’s towns, a third of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine work; in Lambley, 39% and 17%. Lower than in 88% of UK towns: 3.9% of adults are full-time students. For comparison, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
Below 79% of UK towns: 24% of households have dependent children
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.
The figure for shared households of unrelated adults is 2.2% in Lambley and 4.3% across England’s towns. Measured more widely, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns. Census figures put one-person households at 28% here.
8.7% of households have no car or van, fewer than in 89% 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
Across England’s towns, the share of households in flats is 23%; Lambley has 8.3%. The share of households without a car or van across England’s towns is 24%.
2.3% of residents were born outside the UK, fewer than in 98% 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%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
The share of residents whose main language is English is 100%, against 90% across England’s towns. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in the Middle East and Asia (0.6%) and in Africa (0.6%). Across England’s towns, 18% of residents were born outside the UK.
52% describe themselves as Christian, more than in 66% 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: 95% of Lambley · Nottinghamshire’s towns 79% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The largest groups after White British are Mixed or multiple (2.1%), Other White (1.2%) and Indian (0.2%). By way of comparison, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Here just over two in five residents said they have no religion, where the figure across England’s towns is 37%.
More married adults and civil partners than 78% of UK towns: 52%
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
Where nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns, Lambley has 30%. On the census count, one in ten residents give unpaid care. As a yardstick, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
A degree-level qualification for 36% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
With 36% of its adults qualified to degree level, Lambley compares with 34% across England’s towns; another 15% hold no qualification (18%).
Nearby, 3 of 7 towns have older populations than Lambley
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lambley | 885 | — | 51.7 | 29% | 24% |
| Woodborough | 1,649 | 1.5 mi | 55.8 | 35% | 23% |
| Carlton | 53,555 | 2.2 mi | 43.1 | 20% | 27% |
| Arnold | 40,016 | 2.5 mi | 43.4 | 21% | 28% |
| Lowdham | 1,844 | 2.6 mi | 55.4 | 32% | 23% |
| Calverton | 7,318 | 2.8 mi | 45.4 | 23% | 28% |
| Radcliffe on Trent | 7,205 | 3.8 mi | 50.5 | 31% | 24% |
| East Bridgford | 1,763 | 4.3 mi | 52 | 30% | 23% |
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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 Lambley’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 Lambley’s residents
What is the population of Lambley?
The 2021 Census counted 885 people in Lambley’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Lambley?
The median age was 51.7 at the 2021 Census. 8.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 29% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Lambley?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 79% across Nottinghamshire’s towns. 2.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Lambley?
41% said they had no religion and 52% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 5.4% didn’t answer.
Is Lambley good for families?
24% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Lambley’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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