Photo: Geoff Pick · CC BY-SA 2.0Younger than 97% of UK towns: half of Ranby is under 34.1
Against a figure of 30% across England’s towns, the share of one-person households in Ranby comes in at 15%. Still, at 80%, the share of adults who have never married is higher than in 99% of UK towns. The village is home to 1,034 residents in 52 households, by the 2021 Census. Here, 36% of residents describe themselves as Christian.
What the Census says about Ranby’s people
A village people move to
41% of residents gave a different address a year before the 2021 Census, 3.9 times the share across England’s towns. Students & newcomers ↓
Younger than most towns
Half of Ranby’s residents are under 34.1 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 12% are 15 to 24 and 2.8% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Residents aged 65 and over make up 2.8% in Ranby, less than in 99% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 30–34, with just over a fifth of residents, 2.9 times the share across England’s towns. Compared with other places, residents aged 15 to 24 are common here: 12%, more than in 92% of UK 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
6% women, 94% men
About 6 women for every 100 men. Across England, 51% of residents are women. A large institution, such as a prison, barracks, boarding school, university or care home, can tilt a town’s split: the census counts the people living there as residents.
Full-time students make up 0.6% in Ranby, less 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%.
In Ranby, just over two in five residents lived at another address a year earlier, beside 11% across England’s towns. For comparison, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Ranby sits below 72% of UK towns for households with dependent children (25%)
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.
Shared households of unrelated adults are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns. The share of households with dependent children across England’s towns is 29%. The average household has 2.4 people.
Households without a car or van: 2%, a lower share than 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
The share of households in terraced houses is 15%, against 24% across England’s towns. Census figures put households in detached houses at 12% in Ranby.
Ranby sits above 91% of UK towns for 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
Across England’s towns the share born abroad is 18%; in Ranby it is 4.3%. Residents born abroad were most often born in the Middle East and Asia (1.5%), then in Africa (1.2%). As a yardstick, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
Ranby ranks below 91% of UK towns on residents who describe themselves as White British: 72%
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: 72% of Ranby · Nottinghamshire’s towns 79% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Islam is the religion of 8.3% of residents. Measured more widely, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. 38% of residents said they have no religion, a lower share than in 66% of UK towns.
Ranby sits below 99% of UK towns for married adults and civil partners (9.4%)
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
Compared with 8.7% across England’s towns, 5.3% of residents give unpaid care here. Married adults and civil partners: 44% across England’s towns, for comparison.
Qualified to degree level: 18% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 18% of adults in Ranby (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 21% (England’s towns: 18%).
No nearby town is as young as Ranby
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ranby | 1,034 | — | 34.1 | 2.8% | 25% |
| Retford | 23,735 | 2.3 mi | 45 | 22% | 25% |
| Clarborough | 1,220 | 4.1 mi | 55.4 | 34% | 19% |
| Ranskill | 1,435 | 4.4 mi | 48.4 | 27% | 27% |
| Blyth | 1,264 | 4.5 mi | 52.1 | 31% | 23% |
| Worksop | 43,435 | 5.1 mi | 42.9 | 19% | 28% |
| Carlton in Lindrick | 5,460 | 5.6 mi | 48.7 | 28% | 24% |
| Langold | 2,603 | 6.4 mi | 40.4 | 19% | 28% |
Health, work and homes have their own pages
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 Ranby’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 Ranby’s residents
What is the population of Ranby?
The 2021 Census counted 1,034 people in Ranby’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Ranby?
The median age was 34.1 at the 2021 Census. 12% of residents were 15 to 24 and 2.8% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Ranby?
72% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 79% across Nottinghamshire’s towns. 4.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Ranby?
38% said they had no religion and 36% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 8.3% were Muslim and 11% didn’t answer.
Is Ranby good for families?
25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Ranby’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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