Photo: Jonathan Clitheroe · CC BY-SA 2.0Newstead is younger than 96% of UK towns: a median age of 34.4
3.4% of households live in a flat or apartment, against 23% across England’s towns. Locally, 34% of households have dependent children. At 49%, the share of households in terraced houses is higher than in 98% of UK towns. Newstead counted 2,204 residents and 910 households at the 2021 Census.
What the Census says about Newstead’s people
Younger than most towns
Half of Newstead’s residents are under 34.4 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 9.3% are 15 to 24 and 11% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
More with no religion than most
60% of residents answered “no religion” in 2021 and 31% Christian, against 37% and 46% across England’s towns. Ethnicity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Newstead ranks below 96% of UK towns on residents aged 65 and over: 11%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Nearly one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24, against 12% across England’s towns. The wider picture: 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A larger share of full-time students than 73% of UK towns: 5.4%
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%.
31% of Newstead’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 30% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Typically, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. The census found that nearly one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier here.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Fewer people live alone than in 86% of UK towns: 25% of households
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, 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home; in Newstead, 3.2%. Against that, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. There are 2.4 people in the average household.
Below 77% of UK towns: 19% of households live in a detached house
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
Households without a car or van make up 18%, against 24% across England’s towns. 3.4% of households live in a flat, less than in 91% of UK towns; 19% in a detached house, against 21% across England’s towns.
Above 53% of UK towns: 6.6% of residents were born outside the UK
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
Just over a tenth of the town’s residents born abroad came in 2017 or later, set against 21% across England’s towns. Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (3.5%) or in Africa (1.3%). Across England’s towns, 18% of residents were born outside the UK.
More residents with no religion than 99% of UK towns: 60%
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: 91% of Newstead · Nottinghamshire’s towns 79% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Behind White British, the largest groups are Other White (3.4%), Mixed or multiple (2.7%) and African (0.9%). The benchmark for residents with no religion across England’s towns: 37%. Few places have so few residents who describe themselves as Christian: 31% here, fewer than in 99% of UK towns. Add to that, 91% of residents describe themselves as White British, against 73% across England’s towns.
Adults who have never married: 42%, a higher share than 93% of UK towns
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: 10%, above three quarters of UK towns. Census figures put married adults and civil partners at 43% in Newstead. For comparison, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Adults qualified to degree level or above: 29%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Newstead, 29% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 21% have no qualification at all (18%).
The towns around Newstead are all 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newstead | 2,204 | — | 34.4 | 11% | 34% |
| Annesley Woodhouse | 6,162 | 1.1 mi | 48.6 | 25% | 23% |
| Kirkby-in-Ashfield | 21,262 | 2.2 mi | 40.5 | 18% | 30% |
| Hucknall | 35,848 | 2.8 mi | 40.3 | 18% | 29% |
| Selston | 6,278 | 2.9 mi | 47.7 | 25% | 25% |
| Ravenshead | 5,370 | 3 mi | 52.2 | 31% | 26% |
| Brinsley and Underwood | 4,514 | 4 mi | 51 | 29% | 21% |
| Sutton in Ashfield | 36,435 | 4 mi | 42.5 | 20% | 27% |
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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 Newstead’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 Newstead’s residents
What is the population of Newstead?
The 2021 Census counted 2,204 people in Newstead’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Newstead?
The median age was 34.4 at the 2021 Census. 9.3% of residents were 15 to 24 and 11% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Newstead?
91% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 79% across Nottinghamshire’s towns. 6.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Newstead?
60% said they had no religion and 31% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.9% were Muslim and 6.3% didn’t answer.
Is Newstead good for families?
34% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Newstead’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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