Photo: David Hallam-Jones · CC BY-SA 2.0Oxton is older than 91% of UK towns: a median age of 51.7
By its share of households without a car or van (3.2%), Oxton is below 99% of UK towns. The village had 566 residents in 245 households at the 2021 Census. The share of shared households of unrelated adults stands at 0.4%. Compared with other places, households in detached houses are common here: 50%, more than in 90% of UK towns.
Residents aged 65 and over: 26%, a higher share than 78% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
At 12%, residents aged 15 to 24 sit close to the figure across England’s towns. Measured more widely, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Oxton sits above 90% of UK towns for full-time students (6.7%)
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%.
By class, 42% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 14% in routine and semi-routine work (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). The benchmark for full-time students across England’s towns: 7.9%. Across Oxton, nearly one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Oxton ranks below 91% of UK towns on households with dependent children: 21%
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.
Compared with 30% across England’s towns, 27% of households are one person living alone here. By way of comparison, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns.
Below 99% of UK towns: 0.8% of households live in a flat or apartment
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
The share of households in terraced houses is 9.6%, against 24% across England’s towns. By way of comparison, nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
A lower share of residents born outside the UK than 79% of UK towns, at 3.9%
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
Against a figure of 90% across England’s towns, the share of residents whose main language is English in Oxton comes in at 98%. On average, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Residents born abroad were most often born in Africa (1.8%), then in EU countries (1.2%).
96% of residents describe themselves as White British, more than in 91% 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: 96% of Oxton · Nottinghamshire’s towns 79% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Set against 46% across England’s towns, 52% of residents describe themselves as Christian in Oxton. On the census count, nearly two in five residents said they have no religion. Across England’s towns, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British.
A higher share of married adults and civil partners than 71% of UK towns, at 51%
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
Heavy unpaid care, 50 hours a week or more, falls to 14 residents. Oxton has fewer adults who have never married than 68% of UK towns, at 30%. On average, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. There is little gap on unpaid carers: 9.1%, about the same as across England’s towns.
The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 39%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Oxton’s adults: 39% with a degree-level qualification and 14% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns. For 20%, A levels are the highest qualification so far, many of them students still working towards a degree.
Oxton 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oxton | 566 | — | 51.7 | 26% | 21% |
| Calverton | 7,318 | 1.8 mi | 45.4 | 23% | 28% |
| Woodborough | 1,649 | 2.5 mi | 55.8 | 35% | 23% |
| Farnsfield | 3,217 | 3.4 mi | 48.9 | 28% | 28% |
| Blidworth | 4,295 | 3.5 mi | 43.1 | 19% | 28% |
| Lowdham | 1,844 | 4.2 mi | 55.4 | 32% | 23% |
| Ravenshead | 5,370 | 4.6 mi | 52.2 | 31% | 26% |
| Rainworth | 7,990 | 4.6 mi | 42.9 | 19% | 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 Oxton’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 Oxton’s residents
What is the population of Oxton?
The 2021 Census counted 566 people in Oxton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Oxton?
The median age was 51.7 at the 2021 Census. 12% of residents were 15 to 24 and 26% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Oxton?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 79% across Nottinghamshire’s towns. 3.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Oxton?
39% said they had no religion and 52% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1.2% were Muslim and 6.9% didn’t answer.
Is Oxton good for families?
21% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Oxton’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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