Bilsthorpe & Farnsfield

Newark and Sherwood · East Midlands · population 9,336 · 5 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

65Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,418 of 6,856 in England
  • #217 of 575 in East Midlands
  • #5 of 13 in Newark and Sherwood
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,287
Median age (est.)49
Density88per km²
No qualifications17%
Degree or above34%
No car or van10%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 10%25–44 19%45–64 30%65+ 25%

Tenure

Own outright: 44%Mortgage/shared: 32%Social rent: 13%Private rent: 11%
Own outright 44%Mortgage/shared 32%Social rent 13%Private rent 11%

Households

One person: 25%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 27%Lone parent: 9%Other: 19%
One person 25%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 27%Lone parent 9%Other 19%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 19% · Managers & directors 17% · Associate professional 13%

All occupation groups
Professional19%
Managers & directors17%
Associate professional13%
Skilled trades12%
Caring & leisure10%
Elementary9%
Administrative9%
Sales & customer service6%
Process & plant6%

Ethnic group

White: 97%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 97%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 54% · No religion 38% · Muslim 0%

Born outside the UK: 4%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Bilsthorpe & Farnsfield is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,418 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #5 of 13 in Newark and Sherwood. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (80) but weak on Housing & access (22). Typical homes here sold for about £280,000 over the past year, up 14% across five years (from 131 sales), 19% above the wider Newark and Sherwood median of £235,000. Typical household take-home income is around £43,345 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 54 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 65 · #2,397
Employment 58 · #2,857
Education 63 · #2,562
Health 60 · #2,761
Crime 80 · #1,396
Housing & access 22 · #5,311
Living environment 79 · #1,458

House prices ?

£280,000median (12m) · +7.7% yr · n=131
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£280,000131+7.7%+14.3%
Detached£360,00086+14.0%+5.9%
Semi-detached£197,00035-1.5%+20.9%
Terraced£182,5009-3.9%+25.9%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=1)
This area£280,000
Newark and Sherwood£235,000
East Midlands£250,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£43,345±£6,355 · #2,485 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£34,268
Price-to-income ?6.5×typical home ÷ net income — less stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

84Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

54 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 505 offences
Newark and Sherwood71
East Midlands79
England83

Rank #2,419 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences256
Theft56
Burglary25
Vehicle crime16
Criminal damage & arson70
Public order & weapons37
Drugs11
Robbery2
Other32

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 155 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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