Photo: Dave Bevis · CC BY-SA 2.056% of residents describe themselves as Christian, more than in 84% of UK towns
Across England’s towns, nearly a quarter of households have no car or van; in Worksop, 21%. The town’s 18,877 households held 43,435 residents at the 2021 Census. For Worksop, the census puts households in terraced houses at 15%. The median age locally is 42.9, lower than in 62% of UK towns.
+7% since 2011: slower than 50% of UK towns
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Worksop’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 41,400 people in 2011; 44,400 in 2024.
No year added more people than mid-2022 to mid-2023: 940. Of the age groups, 65 and over changed most (+29%) and 16 to 29 least (−6%).
A larger share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 67% of UK towns: 10%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 50–54, with 7.7% of residents. Few places have so few residents aged 65 and over: 19% here, fewer than in just over two thirds of UK towns. Across England’s towns, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24. In Collingham, the oldest of Nottinghamshire’s towns by this measure, it is 36%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Worksop, 42.9. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A lower share of full-time students than 57% of UK towns, at 4.7%
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 25% of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 36% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). For comparison, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. Locally, nearly one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier.
Smaller households than 54% of UK towns: 2.3 people on average
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.
For Worksop, the census puts households with dependent children at 28%. One-person households: 30%, near enough the figure across England’s towns.
Fewer flats than 55% of UK towns: 9.8% of households
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
The census found that 30% of households live in a detached house in Worksop. Households in flats make up 23% across England’s towns.
A larger share of residents born outside the UK than 77% of UK towns: 11%
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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Residents whose main language is English make up 92%, against 90% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, the share of residents born outside the UK is 18%. By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (8.2%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.4%).
Worksop ranks below 73% of UK towns on residents who describe themselves as White British: 87%
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: 87% of Worksop · Nottinghamshire’s towns 79% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Beyond White British, the biggest groups are Other White (8.1%), Mixed or multiple (1.3%) and Indian (0.6%). At 37%, the share of residents with no religion is lower than in three quarters of UK towns.
In Worksop, 35% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, more than in 64% 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
Across England’s towns, nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care; in Worksop, 9.8%. Married adults and civil partners are rarer here than in 63% of UK towns. As a yardstick, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Heavy unpaid care, 50 hours a week or more, falls to 1,272 residents.
Degree-level qualifications reach 23% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Worksop counts 23% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 24% have no qualification (18%).
From a median age of 36 in Worksop Cheapside to 48 in Manton, Clumber & Elkesley
The town’s 6 neighbourhoods (ONS middle-layer areas with 500+ residents inside it, named by the House of Commons Library), youngest first. Census 2021.
Manton, Clumber & Elkesley is the oldest area, with 25% aged 65 or over; Worksop Cheapside the youngest (median age 36). Families with children are most common in Worksop North (34% of households).
Among 166 UK towns of 30,000 to 59,000 people, the 57th oldest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Canterbury (27.5), the youngest, and Rustington (56.2), the oldest. Nearest to Worksop in age: Camberley (42.7), Chippenham (42.8), Bromsgrove (42.9) and Denton (43).
Around Worksop, 6 of 7 towns have a higher median age
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Worksop | 43,435 | — | 42.9 | 19% | 28% |
| Shireoaks | 1,774 | 1.8 mi | 44.5 | 20% | 30% |
| Woodsetts | 1,695 | 2.9 mi | 56 | 35% | 18% |
| Carlton in Lindrick | 5,460 | 3.1 mi | 48.7 | 28% | 24% |
| Whitwell | 3,722 | 4 mi | 47.8 | 23% | 23% |
| Langold | 2,603 | 4.4 mi | 40.4 | 19% | 28% |
| South Anston | 2,526 | 4.7 mi | 52.7 | 33% | 23% |
| North Anston | 6,599 | 4.9 mi | 47.1 | 24% | 27% |
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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 Worksop’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out. The population trend compares with the whole county and nation.
- Estimates since 2021 are modelled. The ONS builds mid-year estimates from the Census, births, deaths and migration records. Worksop’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 42,317 people in 2021, against 43,435 in the built-up area.
- 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 Worksop’s residents
What is the population of Worksop?
The 2021 Census counted 43,435 people in Worksop’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 44,400 people in mid-2024, 7% more than in 2011.
What is the average age in Worksop?
The median age was 42.9 at the 2021 Census, younger than 62% of UK towns. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 19% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Worksop?
87% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 79% across Nottinghamshire’s towns. 11% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Worksop?
37% said they had no religion and 56% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.9% were Muslim and 5.4% didn’t answer.
Is Worksop good for families?
28% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Families are most common in Worksop North (34% of households). Schools are on Worksop’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) · ONS mid-year population estimates for 2021 LSOAs, mid-2011 to mid-2024 · House of Commons Library MSOA names. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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