Photo: Jennifer Luther Thomas · CC BY-SA 2.073% of households live in a detached house, a share 99% of UK towns don’t reach
Set against 30% across England’s towns, just over a fifth of households are one person living alone in Gretton. The census found that 3.3% of households live in a terraced house in the village. With a median age of 50.5, Gretton is older than 87% of UK towns. There were 214 households in the village at the 2021 Census, home to 528 residents.
Fewer young people than 86% of UK towns: 8.5% are 15 to 24
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 55–59 than any other five-year age: 11% of residents, 1.6 times the share across England’s towns. The wider picture: 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. Residents aged 65 and over are more common here than in 63% of UK towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A smaller share of full-time students than 99% of UK towns: 3%
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%.
With residents who moved in within the year at 13%, Gretton is ahead of 93% of UK towns on that count. By way of comparison, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Larger households than 84% of UK towns: 2.4 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.
A quarter of households have dependent children; across England’s towns the figure is 29%. Here, 4.2% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
A smaller share of households without a car or van than 98% of UK towns: 5.6%
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 flat or apartment across England’s towns, against 1.9% in Gretton. Across the comparison, nearly a quarter of households have no car or van across England’s towns.
More residents whose main language is English than 76% of UK towns: 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
5.1% of residents were born outside the UK, against 18% across England’s towns. By way of comparison, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in the Middle East and Asia (1.9%) and in EU countries (1.3%).
56% of residents describe themselves as Christian, a share 84% of UK towns don’t reach
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: 95% of Gretton · Gloucestershire’s towns 87% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Compared with 73% across England’s towns, 95% of residents describe themselves as White British here. Here, 39% of residents said they have no religion. As a reference point, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
64% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 99% 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
Nothing unusual on unpaid carers: 8.1%, close to the figure across England’s towns. Typically, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Across Gretton, just over a fifth of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership.
Degree level: the highest qualification of 47% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
47% of Gretton’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 8.2% have none (18%).
Nearby, 4 of 7 towns have older populations than Gretton
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gretton | 528 | — | 50.5 | 24% | 25% |
| Winchcombe | 4,339 | 1.6 mi | 52.6 | 33% | 23% |
| Gotherington | 1,131 | 2.7 mi | 51.7 | 31% | 27% |
| Bishop's Cleeve | 16,323 | 3.4 mi | 41.9 | 21% | 30% |
| Prestbury | 4,078 | 4.7 mi | 51.1 | 31% | 23% |
| Ashchurch | 1,102 | 5 mi | 38.7 | 19% | 29% |
| Northway | 4,858 | 5.6 mi | 42.2 | 19% | 26% |
| Bredon | 2,071 | 6.3 mi | 50.9 | 28% | 26% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- “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 Gretton’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 Gretton’s residents
What is the population of Gretton?
The 2021 Census counted 528 people in Gretton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Gretton?
The median age was 50.5 at the 2021 Census. 8.5% of residents were 15 to 24 and 24% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Gretton?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 87% across Gloucestershire’s towns. 5.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Gretton?
39% said they had no religion and 56% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 4.4% didn’t answer.
Is Gretton good for families?
25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Gretton’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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