The Old Cottage · Photo: Tim Heaton · CC BY-SA 2.0In Groby, 1.8% of households live in a flat or apartment, fewer than in 97% of UK towns
Across England’s towns, the share of households in detached houses is 21%; Groby has 56%. Meanwhile, on one-person households, Groby sits lower than 90% of UK towns: 24%. The 2021 Census counted 6,559 residents in 2,783 households. In Groby, 57% of adults are married or in a civil partnership.
Since 2011, Groby has changed by +1%, slower than 81% of UK towns
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Groby’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 6,800 people in 2011; 6,900 in 2024.
The 65 and over group saw the biggest change (+43%), the 16 to 29 group the smallest (−31%). The steepest year was mid-2011 to mid-2012, up 80 people.
A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 86% of UK towns: 8.5%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 55–59, with 7.8% of residents. Half of Groby’s residents are over 47.4, older than in 71% of UK towns. For comparison, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. Residents aged 65 and over: 25%, above 73% of UK towns.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Groby, 47.4. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
6.1% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 96% 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%.
4% of adults are full-time students, against 7.9% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier.
Groby sits below 87% of UK towns for shared households of unrelated adults (1.7%)
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 2.4 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. Census figures put households with dependent children at 28% in Groby. Set beside that, 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns.
Households in terraced houses: 10%, a lower share than 89% 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
The share of households without a car or van is 9.4%, against 24% across England’s towns.
Residents whose main language is English make up 97% in Groby, less than in 64% of UK towns
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
Residents born abroad were most often born in the Middle East and Asia (2.7%), then in EU countries (2.1%). Higher than in just over three fifths of UK towns: 7.6% of residents were born outside the UK. Set beside that, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Born abroad and arrived since 2017: 6.3% of that group, against 21% across England’s towns.
Only 84% of residents describe themselves as White British in Groby
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: 84% of Groby · Leicestershire’s towns 66% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Compared with 46% across England’s towns, 47% of residents describe themselves as Christian here. Set beside that, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. 1.1% of residents are Muslim.
Adults who have never married make up 27% in Groby, less than in 86% 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
Across England’s towns, the share of unpaid carers is 8.7%; Groby has 10%. The benchmark for adults who have never married across England’s towns: 39%.
Degree-level qualifications: held by 33% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Groby counts 33% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 16% have no qualification (18%).
Ranked by age, 161st oldest of 473 UK towns this size
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
The youngest is Red Lodge (30.9) and the oldest Barton on Sea (65.3). Nearest to Groby in age: Barrowford (47.4), Dodworth (47.4), Great Torrington (47.4) and Heathfield (47.5).
Of the 7 towns nearest Groby, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Groby | 6,559 | — | 47.4 | 25% | 28% |
| Ratby | 4,262 | 1.1 mi | 42.9 | 20% | 29% |
| Anstey | 7,043 | 1.9 mi | 42.7 | 21% | 28% |
| Leicester Forest East and Kirby Muxloe | 13,847 | 2.5 mi | 41.2 | 19% | 33% |
| Markfield | 4,761 | 2.6 mi | 51.1 | 30% | 21% |
| Cropston | 1,120 | 3.2 mi | 56.9 | 34% | 18% |
| Thornton | 1,030 | 3.5 mi | 46.5 | 22% | 28% |
| Thurcaston | 1,649 | 3.6 mi | 43.6 | 20% | 31% |
Health, work and homes have their own pages
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 Groby’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out. The population trend compares with the whole county and nation.
- Estimates since 2021 are modelled. The ONS builds mid-year estimates from the Census, births, deaths and migration records. Groby’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 6,807 people in 2021, against 6,559 in the built-up area.
- 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 Groby’s residents
What is the population of Groby?
The 2021 Census counted 6,559 people in Groby’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 6,900 people in mid-2024, about as many as in 2011.
What is the average age in Groby?
The median age was 47.4 at the 2021 Census, older than 71% of UK towns. 8.5% of residents were 15 to 24 and 25% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Groby?
84% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 66% across Leicestershire’s towns. 7.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Groby?
40% said they had no religion and 47% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1.1% were Muslim and 5.1% didn’t answer.
Is Groby good for families?
28% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Groby’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) · ONS mid-year population estimates for 2021 LSOAs, mid-2011 to mid-2024. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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