Photo: Rodney Burton · CC BY-SA 2.00.9% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, fewer than in 99% of UK towns
With a median age of 50.6, Upper Gravenhurst is older than 88% of UK towns. The village had 564 residents in 234 households at the 2021 Census. One-person households account for 22%. 47% of households live in a detached house; across England’s towns the figure is 21%.
8% of residents are aged 15 to 24, below 93% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
22% of residents are 65 or over (England’s towns: 18%). Measured more widely, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
4.6% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, below 99% of UK towns
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%.
Where 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns, Upper Gravenhurst has 3.9%. As a reference point, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
Bigger households than 82% of UK towns: 2.4 people each on average
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Bedfordshire’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
The figure for households with dependent children is 27% in Upper Gravenhurst and 29% across England’s towns.
Only 3.4% of households have no car or van in Upper Gravenhurst
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
Nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns, against 18% in Upper Gravenhurst. Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns.
A higher share of residents whose main language is English than 99% of UK towns, at 100%
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 30%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Born outside the UK: 5.1% of residents, against 18% across England’s towns. 100% of residents have English as their main language.
53% of residents describe themselves as Christian, more than in 69% of UK towns
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: 92% of Upper Gravenhurst · Bedfordshire’s towns 61% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
After White British, the most common groups are Other White (3.4%), Indian (1.6%) and Mixed or multiple (1.4%). The wider picture: 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. In Upper Gravenhurst, just over two in five residents said they have no religion, beside 37% across England’s towns.
More married adults and civil partners than 94% of UK towns: 57%
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
By its share of adults who have never married (27%), Upper Gravenhurst is below 84% of UK towns. Locally, 11% of residents give unpaid care. Elsewhere, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
A degree-level qualification for 37% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 37% of adults in Upper Gravenhurst (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 16% (England’s towns: 18%).
Upper Gravenhurst 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Gravenhurst | 564 | — | 50.6 | 22% | 27% |
| Shillington | 1,629 | 1.3 mi | 45.4 | 20% | 28% |
| Meppershall | 2,044 | 1.9 mi | 46.5 | 23% | 30% |
| Silsoe | 3,419 | 2.1 mi | 39.7 | 16% | 38% |
| Clophill | 2,515 | 2.2 mi | 49.7 | 24% | 28% |
| Shefford | 7,317 | 2.7 mi | 39.9 | 16% | 33% |
| Lower Stondon | 3,966 | 3.3 mi | 40.3 | 17% | 33% |
| Flitton | 1,531 | 3.3 mi | 46.2 | 19% | 34% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- “Bedfordshire’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Bedfordshire (or England), summed the same way as Upper Gravenhurst’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 Upper Gravenhurst’s residents
What is the population of Upper Gravenhurst?
The 2021 Census counted 564 people in Upper Gravenhurst’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Upper Gravenhurst?
The median age was 50.6 at the 2021 Census. 8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 22% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Upper Gravenhurst?
92% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 61% across Bedfordshire’s towns. 5.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Upper Gravenhurst?
41% said they had no religion and 53% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 4.1% didn’t answer.
Is Upper Gravenhurst good for families?
27% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Upper Gravenhurst’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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