Photo: Ian S · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 96% of UK towns: half of Scrooby is over 54.6
Detached houses are home to 63% of households, against 21% across England’s towns. At the same time, at 18%, the share of households with dependent children is lower than in 97% of UK towns. The 2021 Census counted 307 residents in 141 households. Here, 7% of households have no car or van.
29% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 88% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Where 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns, Scrooby has 9.6%. As a reference point, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 115 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Fewer full-time students than 69% of UK towns: 4.4%
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%.
Across England’s towns, a third of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine or semi-routine work; Scrooby has 46% and 11%. For full-time students, the comparison across England’s towns is 7.9%. In Scrooby, 10% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
A smaller share of shared households of unrelated adults than 94% of UK towns: 1.4%
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 average household has 2.2 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. Locally, 29% of households are one person living alone. Elsewhere, 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns.
Households in flats: 4.2%, a lower share than 86% 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
Across England’s towns, the share of households in terraced houses is 24%; Scrooby has 13%. Households in flats make up 23% across England’s towns.
Residents whose main language is English make up 99% in Scrooby, more than in 88% 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
With residents born outside the UK at 4.2%, Scrooby is behind 74% of UK towns on that count. The benchmark for residents whose main language is English across England’s towns: 90%. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (2.9%) and in the rest of Europe (0.7%).
Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 97% in Scrooby, more than in 97% 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: 97% of Scrooby · Nottinghamshire’s towns 79% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The figure for residents with no religion is 34% in Scrooby and 37% across England’s towns. Here, 61% of residents describe themselves as Christian. As a reference point, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns.
Married adults and civil partners make up 58% in Scrooby, more than in 95% 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
For 5 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week. Married adults and civil partners make up 44% across England’s towns. 6.4% of residents give unpaid care, a lower share than in 98% of UK towns. Adults who have never married: 25%, below 92% of UK towns.
Degree-level qualifications: 36% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
With 36% of its adults qualified to degree level, Scrooby compares with 34% across England’s towns; another 10% hold no qualification (18%).
1 in 7 nearby towns have a higher median age than Scrooby
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scrooby | 307 | — | 54.6 | 29% | 18% |
| Bawtry | 3,408 | 1.6 mi | 50.5 | 28% | 22% |
| Ranskill | 1,435 | 1.8 mi | 48.4 | 27% | 27% |
| Harworth and Bircotes | 8,885 | 1.9 mi | 39.6 | 18% | 29% |
| Blyth | 1,264 | 2.9 mi | 52.1 | 31% | 23% |
| Tickhill | 4,909 | 4.1 mi | 55.3 | 35% | 20% |
| Langold | 2,603 | 4.7 mi | 40.4 | 19% | 28% |
| New Rossington and Rossington | 13,911 | 4.9 mi | 40.8 | 19% | 30% |
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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 Scrooby’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 Scrooby’s residents
What is the population of Scrooby?
The 2021 Census counted 307 people in Scrooby’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Scrooby?
The median age was 54.6 at the 2021 Census. 9.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 29% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Scrooby?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 79% across Nottinghamshire’s towns. 4.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Scrooby?
34% said they had no religion and 61% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 4.3% didn’t answer.
Is Scrooby good for families?
18% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Scrooby’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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