Photo: David Hardie · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 51.6: Greysouthen is older than 91% of UK towns
In Greysouthen, 44% of households live in a terraced house, beside 24% across England’s towns. 333 residents in 146 households: that is Greysouthen at the 2021 Census. Here, 7% of households have no car or van. Few places have so few one-person households: 23% here, fewer than in 94% of UK towns.
11% of residents are aged 15 to 24, more than in 84% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
In Greysouthen, nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over, beside 18% across England’s towns. The usual figure: 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Greysouthen ranks above 93% of UK towns on residents who moved in within the year: 13%
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%.
Across England’s towns, a third of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine work; in Greysouthen, 47% and 17%. Higher than in nearly three quarters of UK towns: 5.5% of adults are full-time students. The share of residents who moved in within the year across England’s towns is 11%.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Below 87% of UK towns: 23% of households have dependent children
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Cumbria’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
In Greysouthen the average household is 2.3 people, beside 2.4 across England’s towns. By way of comparison, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns. Census figures put shared households of unrelated adults at 4.8% locally.
Fewer households in flats than 99% of UK towns: 0.7%
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
21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns, against 28% in Greysouthen. The usual figure: 23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
Greysouthen sits below 66% of UK towns for residents born outside the UK (4.8%)
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
The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in the Middle East and Asia (2.4%) and in Africa (1.8%). On residents whose main language is English, Greysouthen sits lower than 62% of UK towns: 97%. The wider picture: 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns.
A larger share of residents who describe themselves as White British than 82% of UK towns: 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 Greysouthen · Cumbria’s towns 95% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The largest groups after White British are Indian (2.4%), Other White (0.9%) and Pakistani (0.6%). The wider picture: 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. More residents who describe themselves as Christian than in three fifths of UK towns: 51%. Nearly two in five residents said they have no religion (England’s towns: 37%).
56% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 91% 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
Some 8 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. Unpaid carers are more common here than in 88% of UK towns. Elsewhere, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Adults who have never married: 29%, below 72% of UK towns.
51% of adults hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 18% of adults have no qualification; in Greysouthen, 10%, while 51% hold one at degree level (34%).
No nearby town is as old as Greysouthen
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greysouthen | 333 | — | 51.6 | 23% | 23% |
| Great Broughton and Little Broughton | 1,763 | 1.5 mi | 47 | 23% | 26% |
| Stainburn | 2,120 | 3.2 mi | 48.4 | 26% | 26% |
| Cockermouth | 8,859 | 3.2 mi | 50.3 | 28% | 22% |
| Seaton | 5,051 | 3.5 mi | 47 | 24% | 26% |
| Dearham | 2,344 | 4.1 mi | 42.1 | 19% | 30% |
| Flimby | 1,716 | 4.2 mi | 44.7 | 22% | 25% |
| Workington | 21,276 | 4.6 mi | 41.7 | 20% | 25% |
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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.
- “Cumbria’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Cumbria (or England), summed the same way as Greysouthen’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 Greysouthen’s residents
What is the population of Greysouthen?
The 2021 Census counted 333 people in Greysouthen’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Greysouthen?
The median age was 51.6 at the 2021 Census. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 23% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Greysouthen?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 95% across Cumbria’s towns. 4.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Greysouthen?
39% said they had no religion and 51% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.6% were Muslim and 6.9% didn’t answer.
Is Greysouthen good for families?
23% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Greysouthen’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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