Photo: philandju · CC BY-SA 2.0Grindleton is older than 97% of UK towns: a median age of 55
Set against 37% across England’s towns, a quarter of residents said they have no religion in Grindleton. The village counted 441 residents and 205 households at the 2021 Census. Locally, 12% of residents give unpaid care. Shared households of unrelated adults are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns.
6.6% of residents are aged 15 to 24, below 99% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 60–64, with one in ten residents, 1.7 times the share across England’s towns. The census found that nearly a third of residents are 65 or over in Grindleton. Measured more widely, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Only 5.7% of residents lived at another address a year earlier in Grindleton
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%.
42% of Grindleton’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 16% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Few places have so few full-time students: 4.5% here, fewer than in 65% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, the share of residents who moved in within the year is 11%.
A lower share of households with dependent children than 95% of UK towns, at 20%
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Lancashire’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
Households in Grindleton hold 2.1 people on average (England’s towns: 2.4). One-person households are more common here than in 73% of UK towns. Typically, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns.
Fewer car-free households than 84% of UK towns: 9.6%
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
Across England’s towns, the share of households in terraced houses is 24%; Grindleton has 25%. Here, 15% of households live in a flat or apartment. At 33%, the share of households in detached houses is higher than in 61% of UK towns.
A larger share of residents whose main language is English than 99% of UK towns: 100%
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
Set against 18% across England’s towns, 4.5% of residents were born outside the UK in Grindleton. The benchmark for residents whose main language is English across England’s towns: 90%. Residents born abroad were most often born in Africa (1.4%), then in EU countries (1.1%).
Grindleton ranks above 98% of UK towns on residents who describe themselves as White British: 97%
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: 97% of Grindleton · Lancashire’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Against a figure of 46% across England’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as Christian in Grindleton comes in at 68%. The share of residents who describe themselves as White British across England’s towns is 73%.
Grindleton sits below 98% of UK towns for adults who have never married (23%)
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
12 residents give 50 hours or more of unpaid care each week. Few places have as many married adults and civil partners: 55% here, more than in 89% of UK towns. As a reference point, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
A degree-level qualification for 39% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
39% of Grindleton’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 12% have none (18%).
1 of the 7 nearest towns are older than Grindleton
Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.
Health, work and homes have their own pages
What this data can and can’t tell you
- “Lancashire’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Lancashire (or England), summed the same way as Grindleton’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 Grindleton’s residents
What is the population of Grindleton?
The 2021 Census counted 441 people in Grindleton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Grindleton?
The median age was 55 at the 2021 Census. 6.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 32% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Grindleton?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Lancashire’s towns. 4.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Grindleton?
25% said they had no religion and 68% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.1% didn’t answer.
Is Grindleton good for families?
20% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Grindleton’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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