Photo: Alan Murray-Rust · CC BY-SA 2.0Ranskill sits above 98% of UK towns for households in detached houses (66%)
Set against 12% across England’s towns, 7.5% of residents are aged 15 to 24 in Ranskill. 33% of residents said they have no religion, a lower share than in 89% of UK towns. The village had 1,435 residents and 621 households at the 2021 Census, with a median age of 48.4. Across Ranskill, 2.1% of households live in a flat or apartment.
Older than 76% of UK towns: half of Ranskill is over 48.4
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Residents aged 65 and over: 27% here and 18% across England’s towns. In Collingham, the oldest of Nottinghamshire’s towns by this measure, it is 36%.
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.
A smaller share of full-time students than 90% of UK towns: 3.8%
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%.
8.1% of residents lived at another address a year earlier (England’s towns: 11%). Full-time students make up 7.9% across England’s towns.
In Ranskill, 24% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 88% of UK towns
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.
The typical household size is 2.3 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. Set beside that, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. Across Ranskill, 27% of households have dependent children. Shared households of unrelated adults are rarer here than in 54% of UK towns.
Below 96% of UK towns: 6.7% of households live in a terraced 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 8.6%, against 24% across England’s towns.
Ranskill ranks above 85% 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
Born outside the UK: 4% of residents, against 18% across England’s towns. By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (2.4%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.6%). Across England’s towns, residents whose main language is English come to 90%.
62% of residents describe themselves as Christian, more than in 96% 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: 95% of Ranskill · Nottinghamshire’s towns 79% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
With residents who describe themselves as White British at 95%, Ranskill is ahead of 82% of UK towns on that count. Against that, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. The next-largest groups, after White British, are Other White (1.6%), Mixed or multiple (1.3%) and Indian (0.6%).
In Ranskill, 25% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, fewer than in 91% 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
With unpaid carers at 10%, Ranskill is ahead of 73% of UK towns on that count. In Ranskill, 55% of adults are married or in a civil partnership. Against that, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 32%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 32% of Ranskill’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 17% have no qualification (18%).
Ranskill and its 7 nearest towns: 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ranskill | 1,435 | — | 48.4 | 27% | 27% |
| Blyth | 1,264 | 2.2 mi | 52.1 | 31% | 23% |
| Harworth and Bircotes | 8,885 | 3.4 mi | 39.6 | 18% | 29% |
| Bawtry | 3,408 | 3.4 mi | 50.5 | 28% | 22% |
| Ranby | 1,034 | 4.4 mi | 34.1 | 2.8% | 25% |
| Langold | 2,603 | 4.6 mi | 40.4 | 19% | 28% |
| Carlton in Lindrick | 5,460 | 4.8 mi | 48.7 | 28% | 24% |
| Clarborough | 1,220 | 5 mi | 55.4 | 34% | 19% |
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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 Ranskill’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 Ranskill’s residents
What is the population of Ranskill?
The 2021 Census counted 1,435 people in Ranskill’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Ranskill?
The median age was 48.4 at the 2021 Census. 7.5% of residents were 15 to 24 and 27% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Ranskill?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 79% across Nottinghamshire’s towns. 4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Ranskill?
33% said they had no religion and 62% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 4.9% didn’t answer.
Is Ranskill good for families?
27% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Ranskill’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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