Photo: Alan Murray-Rust · CC BY-SA 2.0Lound is older than 97% of UK towns: a median age of 55.9
Where nearly a quarter of households have no car or van across England’s towns, Lound has 6.1%. Census figures put households in flats at 1% locally. One-person households are rarer here than in 91% of UK towns. The 2021 Census put the village’s population at 452, in 199 households.
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 97% of UK towns: 35%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Nearly one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24; across England’s towns the figure is 12%. Measured more widely, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 84 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.
Below 95% of UK towns: 6.2% of residents lived at another address a year earlier
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%.
With full-time students at 4%, Lound is behind 83% of UK towns on that count. The share of residents who moved in within the year across England’s towns is 11%.
A lower share of shared households of unrelated adults than 92% of UK towns, at 1.5%
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, 29% of households have dependent children; in Lound, 24%. Average household size: 2.2 people. On average, 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns.
69% of households live in a detached house, more than in 99% 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
Nearly one in ten households live in a terraced house, against 24% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, households in detached houses come to 21%.
In Lound, 99% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 83% 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
Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (2%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.9%). Compared with other places, residents born outside the UK are scarce here: 4.4%, fewer than in 71% of UK towns. Set beside that, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
Lound ranks below 86% of UK towns on residents with no religion: 33%
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: 94% of Lound · Nottinghamshire’s towns 79% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
57% of residents describe themselves as Christian, against 46% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, residents with no religion come to 37%. On the census count, 94% of residents describe themselves as White British.
12% of residents give unpaid care, a share 96% of UK towns don’t reach
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
Set against 39% across England’s towns, a quarter of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership in Lound. Still, more married adults and civil partners than in 89% of UK towns: 55%. As a yardstick, 8.7% of residents give unpaid care across England’s towns.
Among adults, 41% hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
41% of Lound’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 14% have none (18%).
No nearby town is as old as Lound
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lound | 452 | — | 55.9 | 35% | 24% |
| Ranskill | 1,435 | 2.4 mi | 48.4 | 27% | 27% |
| Clarborough | 1,220 | 2.6 mi | 55.4 | 34% | 19% |
| Retford | 23,735 | 3.3 mi | 45 | 22% | 25% |
| Ranby | 1,034 | 3.4 mi | 34.1 | 2.8% | 25% |
| Blyth | 1,264 | 4.2 mi | 52.1 | 31% | 23% |
| Bawtry | 3,408 | 5.3 mi | 50.5 | 28% | 22% |
| Harworth and Bircotes | 8,885 | 5.7 mi | 39.6 | 18% | 29% |
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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 Lound’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 Lound’s residents
What is the population of Lound?
The 2021 Census counted 452 people in Lound’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Lound?
The median age was 55.9 at the 2021 Census. 8.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 35% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Lound?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 79% across Nottinghamshire’s towns. 4.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Lound?
33% said they had no religion and 57% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1.5% were Muslim and 6.4% didn’t answer.
Is Lound good for families?
24% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Lound’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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