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The town, home to 7,491 people, lies in Nottinghamshire, East Midlands.
Prices are modest for what you get: the median home sold for £340,000, 5.3 years of area income. The overall grade lands at A+, better than 96% of UK towns. It ranks #6 of 49 in Nottinghamshire. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B− for safety, B for health and B− for hazard risk.
Figures: prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · crime, police.uk, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026 · life expectancy, ONS · flood risk, Environment Agency.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far Ruddington is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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The 2 things Ruddington does most differently from other towns.
Historic England lists 22 buildings inside Ruddington’s built-up area.
11% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Explore the history →22 listed buildings in Ruddington.
Former Framework Knitters' Workshop Now Part of Museum Complex, East Block: Photo: Malcolm Neal · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Manor Farmhouse: Photo: Jonathan Thacker · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Easthorpe House Easthorpe House, Calmlands Easthorpe House, Clasp Development Group Easthorpe House, Clasp International Easthorpe House, Eastdell Limited: Photo: Cameron Bolger · CC BY-SA 4.0 · St Peter's Rooms: Photo: Jonathan Thacker · CC BY-SA 2.0
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Ruddington.
Below is one of its 2 schools, and why it was picked. Between them, two primaries teach 647 pupils in Ruddington. Attainment 8 at the 3 secondary schools within 3 km averages 54.3, and nearly two thirds of pupils get grade 5 or above in English and maths.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Peter's CofE Junior SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 347 | B+ |
Social housing holds 12% of households. 74% of households own their home, above both Nottinghamshire’s towns (63%) and England’s towns (61%). Half of the 547 standard sales inside Ruddington’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026 went for more than £340,000.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £468,725 | 228 |
| Semi-detached | £316,500 | 170 |
| Terraced | £255,000 | 115 |
| Flat or maisonette | £190,000 | 34 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
People 65 and over make up 21% of the town, higher than both Nottinghamshire’s towns (18%) and England’s towns (18%). Ruddington has a median age of 42.9 years. Graduates make up just over two in five adults.
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Ruddington | Nottinghamshire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 17% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 7.8% | 14% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 27% | 26% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 25% | 25% |
| 65+ | 21% | 18% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 15% | 19% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 5% | 5.5% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 16% | 20% | 17% |
| Degree level | 42% | 29% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Nottinghamshire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 40% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
40% of workers worked mainly from home, above Nottinghamshire’s towns (26%) and England’s towns (31%) alike. Driving is how 80% of commuters got to work at the census. Income per household averages £61K a year, before tax.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Just over one in ten homes were built before 1919. Historic England’s list names 22 listed buildings in Ruddington, every one Grade II. Relative to its size, Ruddington keeps 29 listed buildings per 10,000 residents.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
84% of Ruddington’s residents described their health as good or very good at the census, above both Nottinghamshire’s towns (80%) and England’s towns (82%). One GP practice serves the town; 87% of patients rate theirs good in the GP Patient Survey. The nearest A&E to Ruddington is Queen's Medical Centre, 3.7 miles away.
| Census 2021 | Ruddington | Nottinghamshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 84% | 80% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 4.1% | 5.9% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 17% | 19% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · Because the census answers ignore age, a younger population lifts them; that is why the Health Grade is built on age-adjusted measures like life expectancy and early deaths.
Homes saw 11.6 burglaries and acts of damage per 1,000 residents a year, higher than both Nottinghamshire’s towns (10.4) and England’s towns (9.4). Over the year to August 2026, 328 offences were reported in Ruddington, along with 67 incidents of anti-social behaviour. Violence and sexual offences made up 46% of the total.
Not gradedAnti-social behaviour, shoplifting and other theft are shown but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident.
data.police.uk street-level crime · points inside the ONS built-up-area boundary · OGL · The police category of violence and sexual offences includes harassment and stalking.
Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Ruddington. Best known first.
15 notable people were born in Ruddington.
Mansfield Parkyns: Camille Silvy, Public domain · Francis Wheatley: Jean-Charles Langlois, Public domain
Town in Nottinghamshire, England
Ruddington is a built-up area of 7,491 people, in the Rushcliffe council area. TownRatings uses ONS’s 2022 built-up areas as towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a council district, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from ONS geography and Census 2021
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ruddington | 7,491 | — | A+ | A | B− | B |
| Clifton | 22,936 | 1.4 | D | D | D | D |
| Edwalton | 4,762 | 1.9 | A | A− | C+ | A− |
| Wilford | 4,849 | 2 | B+ | D− | B− | B |
| West Bridgford | 36,489 | 2.4 | A+ | A− | B+ | A− |
| Tollerton | 1,976 | 2.5 | — | B+ | A+ | A+ |
| Gotham | 1,566 | 2.8 | — | A+ | B+ | B |
| Keyworth | 6,822 | 3.1 | A+ | A | A | A |
Tollerton and Gotham have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
GCSE results beat 93% of towns in England, and primary results beat 86% (Department for Education, Attainment 8 and Key Stage 2). Ruddington has 2 state schools; places are handled by Nottinghamshire council.
Band D council tax in Ruddington is £2,700 for 2026–27, more than in 96% of UK towns (council, county, police and fire, plus the parish or town council). Your own bill depends on your home’s band; check it on GOV.UK.
At the 2021 Census, 7.8% of Ruddington’s 7,491 residents were 15 to 24 and 21% were 65 or over, against 12% and 18% across England’s towns.
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · HM Land Registry Price Paid (standard sales, September 2023 to August 2026) · ONS Price Index of Private Rents (August 2026, by council) · MHCLG and Welsh Government council tax, Band D 2026–27 (with parish precepts in England) · data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS small-area life expectancy and healthy life expectancy, 2019 to 2023 (England and Wales), OHID Fingertips small-area indicators (England) and Census 2021 health, adjusted for age · ONS small-area income estimates (financial year ending 2023) · DWP claimant count via Nomis (January to August 2026) · Historic England, National Heritage List for England (listed buildings, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, battlefields, World Heritage Sites), October 2026, inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary · Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties by build period (31 March 2025) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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