Photo: Russ Hamer · CC BY-SA 3.0Wysall is older than 94% of UK towns: a median age of 52.8
Against a figure of 21% across England’s towns, the share of households in detached houses in Wysall comes in at 82%. The village’s 160 households held 390 residents at the 2021 Census. The share of households in terraced houses stands at 4.9%. Compared with other places, adults who have never married are scarce here: 24%, fewer than in 95% of UK towns.
12% of residents are aged 15 to 24, more than in 92% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
With residents aged 65 and over at 20%, Wysall is behind 64% of UK towns on that count. In Collingham, the oldest of Nottinghamshire’s towns by this measure, it is 36%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A student village: 6.2% of adults study full-time
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%.
The share of residents who moved in within the year is 10%, against 11% across England’s towns. The wider picture: 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Below 98% of UK towns: 20% of households are one person living alone
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 typical household size is 2.4 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 30% of households are one person living alone. Households with dependent children account for 26%.
A lower share of households without a car or van than 99% of UK towns, at 4.3%
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
Wysall ranks below 97% of UK towns on residents born outside the UK: 2.3%
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
Residents whose main language is English: 100%, above 99% of UK towns. The benchmark for residents born outside the UK across England’s towns: 18%.
Wysall sits above 89% of UK towns for residents who describe themselves as White British (96%)
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: 96% of Wysall · Nottinghamshire’s towns 79% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The share of residents who describe themselves as Christian is 56%, against 46% across England’s towns. For comparison, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. Residents with no religion account for 37%.
Above 99% of UK towns: 62% of adults are married or in a civil partnership
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
Against a figure of 8.7% across England’s towns, the share of unpaid carers in Wysall comes in at 9.8%. The wider picture: 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Some 5 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week.
50% of adults hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Wysall, 50% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 5.6% have no qualification at all (18%). For 19%, A levels are the highest qualification so far, many of them students still working towards a degree.
Wysall and its 7 nearest towns: 1 of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wysall | 390 | — | 52.8 | 20% | 26% |
| Wymeswold | 1,364 | 2.3 mi | 47.4 | 21% | 30% |
| Keyworth | 6,822 | 2.5 mi | 51.2 | 31% | 23% |
| East Leake | 8,551 | 3.4 mi | 41 | 20% | 32% |
| Burton on the Wolds | 1,260 | 3.9 mi | 45.9 | 20% | 33% |
| Tollerton | 1,976 | 4.3 mi | 52.6 | 31% | 28% |
| Ruddington | 7,491 | 4.3 mi | 42.9 | 21% | 30% |
| Gotham | 1,566 | 4.5 mi | 53.1 | 31% | 19% |
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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 Wysall’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 Wysall’s residents
What is the population of Wysall?
The 2021 Census counted 390 people in Wysall’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Wysall?
The median age was 52.8 at the 2021 Census. 12% of residents were 15 to 24 and 20% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Wysall?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 79% across Nottinghamshire’s towns. 2.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Wysall?
37% said they had no religion and 56% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5.4% didn’t answer.
Is Wysall good for families?
26% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Wysall’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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