Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 59 min4:36 am – 9:35 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 32 min8:16 am – 3:47 pm
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People11,272 residentsin the Ollerton & Boughton census areaMedian age 41.84,931 households61% of homes owner-occupied32% owned outright20% social rented, 19% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting4.6% unemployment rate59% of adults are economically active, 5,228 in work, 24% retiredMain industries: retail and wholesale 19%, health and social work 16%, construction 10%Getting to work: 17% work from home, 69% go by car, 2% take public transport, 12% walk or cycle43% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages19% of adults hold a degree or higher26% have no qualifications, 6% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 98%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 22°C, lows 12°CColdest month January: highs 7°C, lows 1°C644 mm of rain a year, 14 days with 10 mm or morewettest month June44 days of air frost, 13 summer days above 25°C in a typical yearSource: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991-2020 averages, 2 km grid (highs and lows from the 12 km grid)
Parks and green spacesThe Community Wildlife Gardenpark · 1.0 miRufford Country Parkpark · 2.5 mi · 61 haDukeries Leisure Centresports ground · under a mileCentral Park Play Areaplaying field · 1.0 miWellow Greenplaying field · 1.2 miSherwood Forestpark · 3.1 mi · 22 haSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes110 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 197014 of magnitude 3+, 3 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 5.0 on 27 Feb 200830 mi away, Market Rasen, LincsMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 25 Aug 202644 mi away, Grimsby, LincolnshireSource: British Geological Survey earthquake database
Flood riskRivers and sea: no mapped risk within 500 m of the centreSource: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea
Air qualityNO2 5.9 · PM2.5 7.0 · PM10 13 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within UK limits, above the WHO guideline for PM2.5Source: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband89% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband99% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)Every premises can get at least 10 Mbit/s (the universal service obligation)5,391 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation40 m131 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 27 to 83 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalRetford Hospital8.2 miGP surgeryMiddleton Lodge Practice2 surgeries within 2 milesunder a milePharmacyBoots3 pharmacies within 2 milesunder a mileDentistHall & Purchaseunder a mileSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi7 schools5 primary, 1 secondary, 1 independentPrimarySt Joseph's Catholic Primary and Nursery Schoolages 3-11, 224 pupilsunder a mileSecondaryThe Dukeries Academyages 11-16, 709 pupilsunder a milePrimaryThe Parkgate Academyages 2-11, 331 pupilsunder a mileCollegeWest Nottinghamshire College10.3 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportEast Midlands Airport EMA30 miRailway stationRetford Low Level7.5 miBus stationRetford Bus Station8.1 miBus stops45 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the NG22 postcode district.
