Photo: Michael Dibb · CC BY-SA 2.0Greet ranks below 99% of UK towns on households in flats: 0.6%
4.9% of households have no car or van, against 24% across England’s towns. At 21%, the share of one-person households is lower than in 96% of UK towns. Greet had 396 residents in 165 households at the 2021 Census. Locally, 12% of residents give unpaid care.
Residents aged 65 and over: 26%, a higher share than 77% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Half of Greet’s residents are over 47.6, older than in 72% of UK towns. For Greet, the census puts residents aged 15 to 24 at 12%. By way of comparison, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. In Minchinhampton, the oldest of Gloucestershire’s towns by this measure, it is 34%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Full-time students make up 8.7% in Greet, more than in 95% 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%.
Managerial and professional jobs take in 39% of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 19% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). Across England’s towns, 7.9% of adults are full-time students. For Greet, the census puts residents who moved in within the year at 8.6%.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Larger households than 86% of UK towns: 2.5 people on average
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Gloucestershire’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns, against 1.8% in Greet. For Greet, the census puts households with dependent children at 31%.
Greet: 58% of households live in a detached house, above 95% of UK towns
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
Where nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns, Greet has 16%. By contrast, 0.6% of households live in a flat, less than in 99% of UK towns; 58% in a detached house, against 21% across England’s towns.
Greet ranks above 93% of UK towns on residents whose main language is English: 99%
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
Here 5.8% of residents were born outside the UK, where the figure across England’s towns is 18%. Across England’s towns, the share of residents whose main language is English is 90%. By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in Africa (2.3%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.3%).
In Greet, 58% of residents describe themselves as Christian, more than in 90% 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: 94% of Greet · Gloucestershire’s towns 87% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Next after White British come Other White (3.3%), Mixed or multiple (1.3%) and Indian (0.3%). Just over a third of residents said they have no religion, fewer than in 84% of UK towns. As a yardstick, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Here 94% of residents describe themselves as White British, where the figure across England’s towns is 73%.
Married adults and civil partners make up 57% in Greet, more than in 94% 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
Set against 39% across England’s towns, 28% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership in Greet. Across England’s towns, married adults and civil partners come to 44%.
40% of adults are qualified to degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 34% of adults have a degree-level qualification; in Greet, 40%, and 10% have none, against 18%. Students still working towards a degree help explain why A levels are the highest qualification of 20%.
Around Greet, 4 of 7 towns have a higher 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greet | 396 | — | 47.6 | 26% | 31% |
| Winchcombe | 4,339 | 0.8 mi | 52.6 | 33% | 23% |
| Gotherington | 1,131 | 4 mi | 51.7 | 31% | 27% |
| Bishop's Cleeve | 16,323 | 4.4 mi | 41.9 | 21% | 30% |
| Prestbury | 4,078 | 5.1 mi | 51.1 | 31% | 23% |
| Ashchurch | 1,102 | 6.4 mi | 38.7 | 19% | 29% |
| Broadway | 2,719 | 6.6 mi | 56.5 | 37% | 16% |
| Northway | 4,858 | 7 mi | 42.2 | 19% | 26% |
Health, work and homes have their own pages
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.
- “Gloucestershire’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Gloucestershire (or England), summed the same way as Greet’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 Greet’s residents
What is the population of Greet?
The 2021 Census counted 396 people in Greet’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Greet?
The median age was 47.6 at the 2021 Census. 12% of residents were 15 to 24 and 26% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Greet?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 87% across Gloucestershire’s towns. 5.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Greet?
34% said they had no religion and 58% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.3% didn’t answer.
Is Greet good for families?
31% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Greet’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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