Photo: Alan Murray-Rust · CC BY-SA 2.0A larger share of households in detached houses than 97% of UK towns: 62%
8.1% of households live in a terraced house (England’s towns: 24%). The share of adults who have never married stands at 27%. The median age in Linby is 46.3, higher than in 64% of UK towns. The village counted 349 residents and 134 households at the 2021 Census.
Linby ranks below 78% of UK towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 8.9%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The share of residents aged 65 and over tops 60% of UK towns: 23%. As a reference point, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 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.
A lower share of residents who moved in within the year than 93% of UK towns, at 6.5%
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%.
Full-time students are about as common here as across England’s towns: 7.2%. As a yardstick, 11% of 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.
Linby sits below 79% of UK towns for one-person households (26%)
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.
At 4.5%, shared households of unrelated adults sit close to the figure across England’s towns. Against that, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. A household here holds 2.4 people on average. Households with dependent children are more common here than in 73% of UK towns.
Fewer households without a car or van than 91% of UK towns: 8.2%
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
One in ten households live in a flat or apartment. Typically, nearly a quarter of households have no car or van across England’s towns.
Linby ranks above 70% of UK towns on 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%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in Africa (3.7%) and in the Middle East and Asia (2.9%). Elsewhere, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. On residents born outside the UK, Linby sits higher than 64% of UK towns: 8%.
More residents who describe themselves as Christian than 78% of UK towns: 54%
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: 90% of Linby · Nottinghamshire’s towns 79% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The groups that follow White British are Indian (2.6%), Mixed or multiple (2.3%) and Other White (1.4%). As a reference point, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. 90% of residents describe themselves as White British, a lower share than in 61% of UK towns. Residents with no religion make up 36%, against 37% across England’s towns.
Linby ranks above 78% of UK towns on married adults and civil partners: 53%
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
Unpaid carers giving 50 hours or more a week: 9. Typically, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. At 9.5%, unpaid carers sit close to the figure across England’s towns.
Degree-level qualifications reach 40% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 34% across England’s towns, 40% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 19% hold no qualification (18%). Many still at university: 15% list A levels as their highest qualification.
Linby and its 7 nearest towns: 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linby | 349 | — | 46.3 | 23% | 30% |
| Hucknall | 35,848 | 1.3 mi | 40.3 | 18% | 29% |
| Newstead | 2,204 | 1.7 mi | 34.4 | 11% | 34% |
| Bestwood Village | 2,151 | 2.4 mi | 39.2 | 16% | 33% |
| Annesley Woodhouse | 6,162 | 2.7 mi | 48.6 | 25% | 23% |
| Ravenshead | 5,370 | 3 mi | 52.2 | 31% | 26% |
| Kirkby-in-Ashfield | 21,262 | 3.9 mi | 40.5 | 18% | 30% |
| Selston | 6,278 | 4.2 mi | 47.7 | 25% | 25% |
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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 Linby’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 Linby’s residents
What is the population of Linby?
The 2021 Census counted 349 people in Linby’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Linby?
The median age was 46.3 at the 2021 Census. 8.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 23% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Linby?
90% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 79% across Nottinghamshire’s towns. 8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Linby?
36% said they had no religion and 54% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5.7% didn’t answer.
Is Linby good for families?
30% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Linby’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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