Photo: Colin Park · CC BY-SA 2.02.3% of households have no car or van, fewer than in 99% of UK towns
Where 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns, Rolleston has 74%. In 2021, the Census found 344 residents in the village, living in 134 households. Locally, just over three in five residents describe themselves as Christian. Compared with other places, shared households of unrelated adults are scarce here: 1.5%, fewer than in 92% of UK towns.
A median age of 50.5: Rolleston is older than 87% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 60–64: just over one in ten residents, 2 times the share across England’s towns. Across Rolleston, a quarter of residents are 65 or over. In Collingham, the oldest of Nottinghamshire’s towns by this measure, it is 36%.
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.
More full-time students than 92% of UK towns: 7.2%
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%.
Compared with 11% across England’s towns, one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier here. Across England’s towns, the share of full-time students is 7.9%.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
A smaller share of one-person households than 99% of UK towns: 16%
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.
A household here has 2.6 people on average; across England’s towns, 2.4. For Rolleston, the census puts households with dependent children at 33%. Set beside that, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns.
3.8% of households live in a terraced house, below 98% 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
Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns. Against that, nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns.
In Rolleston, 99% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 90% 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
The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (2.6%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.2%). Lower than in just over two thirds of UK towns: 4.7% of residents were born outside the UK.
In Rolleston, 33% of residents said they have no religion, fewer than in 88% 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 Rolleston · Nottinghamshire’s towns 79% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
After White British, the largest groups are Other White (2.6%), Mixed or multiple (1.2%) and African (0.3%). At 95%, the share of residents who describe themselves as White British is higher than in 77% of UK towns. Across the comparison, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns.
Rolleston sits above 99% of UK towns for married adults and civil partners (66%)
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
Here a fifth of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, where the figure across England’s towns is 39%. Against that, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Across Rolleston, 12% of residents give unpaid care.
Degree level: the highest qualification of 51% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 51% of Rolleston’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 6.9% have no qualification (18%). 19% have A levels as their highest qualification, many of them still studying for a degree.
A younger town than 2 of the 7 around it: Rolleston
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rolleston | 344 | — | 50.5 | 25% | 33% |
| Farndon | 2,472 | 1.8 mi | 52.9 | 31% | 21% |
| Southwell | 7,405 | 2.8 mi | 50.4 | 30% | 23% |
| Newark-on-Trent | 29,755 | 3.7 mi | 40 | 18% | 26% |
| Balderton | 12,876 | 4.6 mi | 44 | 21% | 28% |
| Coddington | 1,165 | 5.3 mi | 45.3 | 24% | 30% |
| Lowdham | 1,844 | 5.9 mi | 55.4 | 32% | 23% |
| Farnsfield | 3,217 | 6.4 mi | 48.9 | 28% | 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 Rolleston’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 Rolleston’s residents
What is the population of Rolleston?
The 2021 Census counted 344 people in Rolleston’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Rolleston?
The median age was 50.5 at the 2021 Census. 9.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 25% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Rolleston?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 79% across Nottinghamshire’s towns. 4.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Rolleston?
33% said they had no religion and 61% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.6% were Muslim and 5.5% didn’t answer.
Is Rolleston good for families?
33% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Rolleston’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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