Photo: Oxymoron · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Trowell is over 51.7, older than 91% of UK towns
Set against 23% across England’s towns, 0.5% of households live in a flat or apartment in Trowell. 2,165 residents in 969 households: that is Trowell at the 2021 Census. In Trowell, a quarter of households are one person living alone. Households in detached houses are more common here than in 95% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Trowell’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Trowell’s residents are under 51.7 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 29% are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Ages ↓
Many carers
240 residents gave unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age in 2021, 12% of those 5 and over: more than in 94% of UK towns. Relationships & caring ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
In Trowell, 7.8% of residents are aged 15 to 24, fewer than in 94% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
55–59 is the most common age band: 8.6% of residents, 1.3 times the share across England’s towns. For comparison, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. The census found that 29% of residents are 65 or over in Trowell.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Trowell ranks below 99% of UK towns on residents who moved in within the year: 4.9%
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 35% of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 23% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). The share of full-time students stands at 3.9%. Against that, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
Trowell ranks below 88% of UK towns on households with dependent children: 22%
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.
Shared households of unrelated adults: 2.2%, below three fifths of UK towns. Average household size: 2.3 people. The share of households with dependent children across England’s towns is 29%.
Only 1.7% of households live in a terraced house in Trowell
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 12%, against 24% across England’s towns.
Trowell ranks below 82% of UK towns on residents born outside the UK: 3.7%
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
Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (1.3%) or in the Middle East and Asia (1%). For comparison, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Trowell has more residents whose main language is English than 69% of UK towns, at 98%.
52% of residents describe themselves as Christian, a share 67% of UK towns don’t reach
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: 94% of Trowell · Nottinghamshire’s towns 79% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The figure for residents who describe themselves as White British is 94% in Trowell and 73% across England’s towns. For residents who describe themselves as Christian, the comparison across England’s towns is 46%. The groups that follow White British are Mixed or multiple (1.9%), Other White (1.8%) and Indian (0.7%).
Trowell ranks above 94% of UK towns on unpaid carers: 12%
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
Adults who have never married: 28%, below 82% of UK towns. The benchmark for unpaid carers across England’s towns: 8.7%. The census found that 54% of adults are married or in a civil partnership in Trowell.
Adults with a degree-level qualification: 29%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 29% of adults in Trowell (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 17% (England’s towns: 18%).
Trowell is older than every town around it
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trowell | 2,165 | — | 51.7 | 29% | 22% |
| Stapleford | 15,041 | 1.1 mi | 40.8 | 19% | 28% |
| Sandiacre | 9,373 | 1.9 mi | 43.5 | 22% | 27% |
| Ilkeston | 38,723 | 2.3 mi | 40.9 | 18% | 27% |
| Beeston | 52,359 | 2.5 mi | 41.4 | 21% | 24% |
| Awsworth | 2,444 | 3.1 mi | 45 | 22% | 24% |
| Nuthall and Watnall | 9,581 | 3.7 mi | 46.9 | 24% | 29% |
| Kimberley | 4,467 | 3.8 mi | 46.2 | 22% | 24% |
Health, work and homes have their own pages
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 Trowell’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 Trowell’s residents
What is the population of Trowell?
The 2021 Census counted 2,165 people in Trowell’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Trowell?
The median age was 51.7 at the 2021 Census. 7.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 29% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Trowell?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 79% across Nottinghamshire’s towns. 3.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Trowell?
41% said they had no religion and 52% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.9% were Muslim and 4.9% didn’t answer.
Is Trowell good for families?
22% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Trowell’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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