Photo: Dave Thompson · CC BY-SA 2.03.5% of households have no car or van, below 99% of UK towns
Residents aged 65 and over make up 12%, against 18% across England’s towns. Compared with other places, households in flats are scarce here: 2.1%, fewer than in 97% of UK towns. In 2021, the Census found 962 residents in Gartree, living in 147 households. The share of adults who have never married stands at 55%.
Only 5.9% of residents are aged 15 to 24 in Gartree
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The median age in Gartree is 43.3, lower than in 59% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24. In Markfield, the oldest of Leicestershire’s towns by this measure, it is 30%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
17% women, 83% men
About 20 women for every 100 men. Across England, 51% of residents are women. A large institution, such as a prison, barracks, boarding school, university or care home, can tilt a town’s split: the census counts the people living there as residents.
A lower share of full-time students than 99% of UK towns, at 2.4%
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%.
The share of residents who moved in within the year trails 87% of UK towns: 6.9%. The comparison figure for full-time students is 7.9% across England’s towns.
A lower share of households with dependent children than 94% of UK towns, at 20%
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Leicestershire’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
The average household has 2.3 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. On top of that, at 5.4%, the share of shared households of unrelated adults is higher than in 97% of UK towns. Typically, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns.
Households in terraced houses: 10%, a lower share than 88% 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
At 21%, the share of households in detached houses is in line with the figure across England’s towns. To put it in context, nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns.
A higher share of residents born outside the UK than 86% of UK towns, at 15%
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, the share of residents whose main language is English is 90%; Gartree has 93%. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (6.5%) and in Africa (3%). The wider picture: 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns.
Fewer residents with no religion than 91% of UK towns: 31%
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: 76% of Gartree · Leicestershire’s towns 66% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Other than White British, most residents describe themselves as Other White (7.3%), Mixed or multiple (5.9%) and Caribbean (3.2%). On average, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. Just over three quarters of residents describe themselves as White British, fewer than in 88% of UK towns. Add to that, residents who describe themselves as Christian make up 49%, against 46% across England’s towns.
19% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, below 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
The number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 9. Few places have so few unpaid carers: 6.8% here, fewer than in 97% of UK towns. Married adults and civil partners make up 44% across England’s towns.
26% of adults have a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 26% of adults in Gartree, 34% across England’s towns; 15% have no qualification, against 18%.
Median age: 5 of the 7 towns around Gartree 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gartree | 962 | — | 43.3 | 12% | 20% |
| Market Harborough | 24,162 | 2.2 mi | 45.3 | 23% | 27% |
| Great Bowden | 1,510 | 2.4 mi | 43.9 | 22% | 32% |
| Kibworth Beauchamp and Kibworth Harcourt | 7,329 | 3.4 mi | 42.7 | 21% | 32% |
| Fleckney | 4,926 | 4.5 mi | 46.2 | 21% | 29% |
| Husbands Bosworth | 1,218 | 4.9 mi | 42.7 | 21% | 29% |
| Great Glen | 4,062 | 6.4 mi | 44.6 | 23% | 31% |
| Welford | 1,199 | 6.7 mi | 46.4 | 20% | 29% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- “Leicestershire’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Leicestershire (or England), summed the same way as Gartree’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 Gartree’s residents
What is the population of Gartree?
The 2021 Census counted 962 people in Gartree’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Gartree?
The median age was 43.3 at the 2021 Census. 5.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 12% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Gartree?
76% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 66% across Leicestershire’s towns. 15% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Gartree?
31% said they had no religion and 49% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 6.1% were Muslim and 8.3% didn’t answer.
Is Gartree good for families?
20% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Gartree’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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