Photo: Jonathan Thacker · CC BY-SA 2.0A smaller share of one-person households than 97% of UK towns: 21%
In Gretton, 6.7% of households have no car or van, beside 24% across England’s towns. On the census count, 2% of households live in a flat or apartment. The village has more married adults and civil partners than 94% of UK towns, at 57%. At the 2021 Census Gretton was home to 1,519 people in 608 households.
Half of Gretton is over 47.4, older than 71% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
One in ten residents are aged 15 to 24, against 12% across England’s towns. Census figures put residents aged 65 and over at 22% in Gretton.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
7.8% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, below 70% 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%.
Across England’s towns, 7.9% of adults are full-time students; in Gretton, 4.7%. By way of comparison, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
2.4 people per household, more than in 84% of UK towns
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Northamptonshire’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
30% of households have dependent children; across England’s towns the figure is 29%. Shared households of unrelated adults account for 2.3%.
A higher share of households in detached houses than 87% of UK towns, at 47%
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
Just over one in ten households live in a terraced house, against 24% across England’s towns. For comparison, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
Gretton ranks above 92% of UK towns on residents whose main language is English: 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
The largest groups were born in EU countries (2.6%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.3%). At 4.9%, the share of residents born outside the UK is lower than in nearly two thirds of UK towns. As a yardstick, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
Gretton: 94% of residents describe themselves as White British, above 64% of UK towns
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: 94% of Gretton · Northamptonshire’s towns 77% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
On religion, 43% answered “no religion” and 52% Christian, against 37% and 46% across England’s towns. By way of comparison, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. Beyond White British, the biggest groups are Other White (3.6%), Mixed or multiple (1.1%) and Indian (0.5%).
26% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, fewer than in 88% 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 giving 50 hours or more a week: 30. Set beside that, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. 9.4% of residents give unpaid care, about the same as across England’s towns.
Among adults, 32% hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
32% of Gretton’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 17% have none (18%).
3 of the 7 nearest towns are older 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 | 1,519 | — | 47.4 | 22% | 30% |
| Weldon | 3,042 | 3.3 mi | 40 | 18% | 32% |
| Corby | 68,164 | 3.9 mi | 37 | 13% | 35% |
| Uppingham | 4,272 | 4.2 mi | 41.5 | 23% | 23% |
| Cottingham and Middleton | 1,365 | 4.4 mi | 53.6 | 28% | 23% |
| Brigstock | 1,436 | 6.2 mi | 50.9 | 25% | 25% |
| King's Cliffe | 1,581 | 6.9 mi | 42.7 | 20% | 34% |
| Geddington | 1,525 | 7 mi | 49.8 | 25% | 27% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- “Northamptonshire’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Northamptonshire (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 1,519 people in Gretton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Gretton?
The median age was 47.4 at the 2021 Census. 9.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 22% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Gretton?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 77% across Northamptonshire’s towns. 4.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Gretton?
43% said they had no religion and 52% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 4.3% didn’t answer.
Is Gretton good for families?
30% 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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