Photo: Ian Calderwood · CC BY-SA 2.0Households in flats: 3.6%, a lower share than 90% of UK towns
Households without a car or van: 8.9% here and 24% across England’s towns. At the 2021 Census Overseal and Castle Gresley was home to 5,055 people in 2,185 households. Residents with no religion: 47% of the total. 1.8% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, a lower share than in 78% of UK towns.
A median age of 41.9: Overseal and Castle Gresley is younger than 70% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Residents aged 65 and over: 19% here and 18% across England’s towns. On the census count, one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Overseal and Castle Gresley, 41.9. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Overseal and Castle Gresley sits below 69% of UK towns for full-time students (4.4%)
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%.
Residents who moved in within the year: 9.7% here and 11% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 7.9% of adults are full-time students.
In Overseal and Castle Gresley, 27% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 74% of UK towns
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Derbyshire’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
Households average 2.3 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. Census figures put households with dependent children at 29% in Overseal and Castle Gresley. The benchmark for one-person households across England’s towns: 30%.
Overseal and Castle Gresley ranks above 70% of UK towns on households in detached houses: 37%
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
Compared with 24% across England’s towns, just over a fifth of households live in a terraced house here. Households in detached houses: 21% across England’s towns, for comparison.
Fewer residents born abroad than 67% of UK towns: 4.7%
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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Across England’s towns, just over a fifth of those born abroad arrived in 2017 or later; here, 12%. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (3%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.7%). Residents born outside the UK: 18% across England’s towns, for comparison.
A higher share of residents who describe themselves as White British than 62% of UK towns, at 93%
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: 93% of Overseal and Castle Gresley · Derbyshire’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
47% of residents describe themselves as Christian (England’s towns: 46%). Set beside that, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. After White British, the most common groups are Other White (3.2%), Mixed or multiple (1.7%) and Indian (0.7%).
Overseal and Castle Gresley: 36% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, above 70% 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
One in ten residents give unpaid care (England’s towns: 8.7%). Locally, 47% of adults are married or in a civil partnership. Against that, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 29%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Overseal and Castle Gresley’s adults: 29% with a degree-level qualification and 18% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
113th youngest of 516 UK towns of 4,000 to 7,000 people
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
The youngest is Bailrigg (18.9) and the oldest Barton on Sea (65.3). Nearest to Overseal and Castle Gresley in age: Pontarddulais (41.8), Sacriston (41.9), Binfield (41.9) and South Darenth and Sutton at Hone (41.9).
Overseal and Castle Gresley sits below 5 of its 7 closest neighbours on median age
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overseal and Castle Gresley | 5,055 | — | 41.9 | 19% | 29% |
| Linton | 2,145 | 0.8 mi | 47.4 | 24% | 25% |
| Moira | 3,198 | 2 mi | 45.7 | 20% | 27% |
| Donisthorpe | 1,204 | 2.3 mi | 43.1 | 13% | 32% |
| Swadlincote | 34,569 | 2.4 mi | 41.7 | 18% | 28% |
| Woodville | 7,255 | 2.5 mi | 36.6 | 12% | 33% |
| Blackfordby | 1,071 | 2.6 mi | 52.8 | 31% | 20% |
| Measham | 5,373 | 3.7 mi | 43.3 | 20% | 27% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- “Derbyshire’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Derbyshire (or England), summed the same way as Overseal and Castle Gresley’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 Overseal and Castle Gresley’s residents
What is the population of Overseal and Castle Gresley?
The 2021 Census counted 5,055 people in Overseal and Castle Gresley’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Overseal and Castle Gresley?
The median age was 41.9 at the 2021 Census, younger than 70% of UK towns. 9.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 19% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Overseal and Castle Gresley?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Derbyshire’s towns. 4.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Overseal and Castle Gresley?
47% said they had no religion and 47% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 4.6% didn’t answer.
Is Overseal and Castle Gresley good for families?
29% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Overseal and Castle Gresley’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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