Photo: Colin Smith · CC BY-SA 2.0A lower share of shared households of unrelated adults than 99% of UK towns, at 0.5%
Households without a car or van make up 4.3%, against 24% across England’s towns. At the 2021 Census Greatham was home to 452 people in 185 households. Locally, 1.6% of households live in a flat or apartment. The median age locally is 48.1, higher than in 75% of UK towns.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 65% of UK towns: 9.3%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns, against 21% in Greatham. On average, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A lower share of full-time students than 81% of UK towns, at 4.1%
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 account for 47% of Greatham’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 15%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. 9.1% of residents had moved in within the year before the Census, fewer than the 11% across England’s towns. Set beside that, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
In Greatham, 24% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 88% of UK towns
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Hampshire’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
Across England’s towns, households average 2.4 people; in Greatham, 2.4. Just over a quarter of households have dependent children. The share of one-person households across England’s towns is 30%.
A higher share of households in detached houses than 72% of UK towns, at 38%
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
The share of households in terraced houses is 25%, against 24% across England’s towns. What’s more, 1.6% of households live in a flat, less than in 98% of UK towns; 38% in a detached house, against 21% across England’s towns.
Greatham ranks above 61% of UK towns on residents whose main language is English: 98%
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
Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (4.6%) and in Africa (1.1%). The comparison figure for residents whose main language is English is 90% across England’s towns. Residents born outside the UK make up 6.8%, against 18% across England’s towns.
43% of residents said they have no religion, a share 66% 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: 93% of Greatham · Hampshire’s towns 84% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Compared with 73% across England’s towns, 93% of residents describe themselves as White British here. Across England’s towns, the share of residents with no religion is 37%. Locally, 52% of residents describe themselves as Christian.
26% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, fewer than in 90% 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
Unpaid carers: 9.9%, above nearly two thirds of UK towns. 52% of adults are married or in a civil partnership. Across England’s towns, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership.
Degree level: the highest qualification of 45% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
45% of Greatham’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 11% have none (18%).
Greatham and its 7 nearest towns: 2 of them are older
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greatham | 452 | — | 48.1 | 21% | 26% |
| Liss | 4,749 | 2 mi | 47.4 | 24% | 27% |
| Whitehill | 5,178 | 2 mi | 43.6 | 19% | 26% |
| Bordon | 9,349 | 2.9 mi | 35.3 | 11% | 35% |
| Hill Brow and Rake | 1,200 | 3 mi | 53 | 32% | 30% |
| Lindford | 2,740 | 3.5 mi | 44.4 | 20% | 27% |
| Liphook | 7,128 | 3.6 mi | 43.3 | 21% | 31% |
| Headley Down and Headley | 4,935 | 4.5 mi | 52.3 | 28% | 23% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- “Hampshire’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Hampshire (or England), summed the same way as Greatham’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 Greatham’s residents
What is the population of Greatham?
The 2021 Census counted 452 people in Greatham’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Greatham?
The median age was 48.1 at the 2021 Census. 9.3% of residents were 15 to 24 and 21% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Greatham?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 84% across Hampshire’s towns. 6.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Greatham?
43% said they had no religion and 52% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 4% didn’t answer.
Is Greatham good for families?
26% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Greatham’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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