Photo: Alan Murray-Rust · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 54.5: Thurgarton is older than 96% of UK towns
In Thurgarton, 2.2% of households live in a flat or apartment, beside 23% across England’s towns. The village has more households in detached houses than 99% of UK towns, at 79%. At the 2021 Census, 445 people lived in the village, in 188 households. The share of married adults and civil partners stands at 67%.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 6.7% in Thurgarton, less than in 99% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Residents aged 65 and over: 29%, above 87% of UK towns. To put it in context, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
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.
In Thurgarton, 6.3% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 94% 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%.
Managerial and professional jobs take in 54% of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 9.1% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). Compared with other places, full-time students are common here: 5.2%, more than in nearly two thirds of UK towns. As a reference point, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
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: 19%
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 figure for shared households of unrelated adults is 3.2% in Thurgarton and 4.3% across England’s towns. Still, 24% of households have dependent children, fewer than in 77% of UK towns. One-person households: 30% across England’s towns, for comparison. Average household size: 2.4 people.
Thurgarton sits below 99% of UK towns for households without a car or van (3.2%)
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
Compared with 24% across England’s towns, 4.3% of households live in a terraced house here.
More residents whose main language is English than 99% of UK towns: 100%
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 largest groups were born in EU countries (2.5%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.4%). Across the comparison, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. In Thurgarton, 5.6% of residents were born outside the UK, beside 18% across England’s towns.
Residents who describe themselves as Christian make up 59% in Thurgarton, more than in 92% 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: 91% of Thurgarton · Nottinghamshire’s towns 79% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Leading the other groups after White British: Mixed or multiple (3.4%), Other White (3.1%) and Indian (1.6%). Across the comparison, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Thurgarton has fewer residents with no religion than 85% of UK towns, at 34%. Add to that, residents who describe themselves as White British make up 91%, against 73% across England’s towns.
Thurgarton ranks below 99% of UK towns on adults who have never married: 20%
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
In Thurgarton, just over one in ten residents give unpaid care, beside 8.7% across England’s towns. Elsewhere, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Qualified to degree level: 49% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 49% of Thurgarton’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 11% have no qualification (18%).
Median age: 2 of the 7 towns around Thurgarton 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thurgarton | 445 | — | 54.5 | 29% | 24% |
| Lowdham | 1,844 | 2.3 mi | 55.4 | 32% | 23% |
| Southwell | 7,405 | 3.1 mi | 50.4 | 30% | 23% |
| East Bridgford | 1,763 | 3.8 mi | 52 | 30% | 23% |
| Woodborough | 1,649 | 4.1 mi | 55.8 | 35% | 23% |
| Calverton | 7,318 | 5.1 mi | 45.4 | 23% | 28% |
| Farndon | 2,472 | 5.2 mi | 52.9 | 31% | 21% |
| Farnsfield | 3,217 | 5.5 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 Thurgarton’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 Thurgarton’s residents
What is the population of Thurgarton?
The 2021 Census counted 445 people in Thurgarton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Thurgarton?
The median age was 54.5 at the 2021 Census. 6.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 29% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Thurgarton?
91% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 79% across Nottinghamshire’s towns. 5.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Thurgarton?
34% said they had no religion and 59% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5% didn’t answer.
Is Thurgarton good for families?
24% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Thurgarton’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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