Photo: Tim Heaton · CC BY-SA 2.0Younger than 96% of UK towns: half of Clipsham is under 35
Across England’s towns, 8.7% of residents give unpaid care; in Clipsham, 3.5%. In 2021, the Census found 1,150 residents in the village, living in 61 households. For Clipsham, the census puts households without a car or van at 3.2%. At 25%, the share of one-person households is lower than in 87% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Clipsham’s people
A village people move to
29% of residents gave a different address a year before the 2021 Census, 2.7 times the share across England’s towns. Students & newcomers ↓
Younger than most towns
Half of Clipsham’s residents are under 35 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 12% are 15 to 24 and 2.9% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Fewer residents aged 65 and over than 99% of UK towns: 2.9%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 12%, near enough the figure across England’s towns. Measured more widely, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
5% women, 95% men
About 6 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.
In Clipsham, 1.2% of adults are full-time students, fewer than in 99% 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%.
Residents who moved in within the year: 29%, above 99% of UK towns. Measured more widely, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Fewer family households than 76% of UK towns: 25% in Clipsham
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Rutland’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
At 4.9%, shared households of unrelated adults sit close to the figure across England’s towns. The benchmark for households with dependent children across England’s towns: 29%. Households average 2.3 people.
A lower share of households in detached houses than 86% of UK towns, at 14%
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
Terraced houses are home to 30% of households, against 24% across England’s towns. Across the comparison, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns. Locally, 13% of households live in a flat or apartment.
Clipsham sits above 78% of UK towns for residents born outside the UK (11%)
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
Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (4.5%) or in Africa (2.4%). Fewer residents whose main language is English than in four fifths of UK towns: 95%. The share of residents born outside the UK across England’s towns is 18%. Of residents born abroad, 13% arrived in 2017 or later, against 21% across England’s towns.
A smaller share of residents who describe themselves as White British than 95% of UK towns: 66%
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: 66% of Clipsham · Rutland’s towns 91% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Behind White British, the largest groups are Mixed or multiple (8.7%), Other White (8.4%) and Caribbean (4.9%). Clipsham has fewer residents who describe themselves as Christian than 85% of UK towns, at 43%. Set beside that, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. Compared with 37% across England’s towns, 33% of residents said they have no religion here.
Below 99% of UK towns: 12% of adults are married or in a civil partnership
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
11 residents give 50 hours or more of unpaid care each week. Few places have as many adults who have never married: 76% here, more than in 99% of UK towns. Measured more widely, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
18% of adults have qualifications at degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Clipsham, 18% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 20% have no qualification at all (18%).
Among its 7 nearest neighbours, 6 are older than Clipsham
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clipsham | 1,150 | — | 35 | 2.9% | 25% |
| South Witham | 1,590 | 2.4 mi | 41.4 | 16% | 27% |
| Greetham | 2,807 | 3.2 mi | 27.9 | 7.8% | 45% |
| Colsterworth | 1,296 | 4.4 mi | 49.9 | 26% | 22% |
| Corby Glen | 1,006 | 5.3 mi | 53.2 | 33% | 25% |
| Ryhall | 1,444 | 6.4 mi | 51.9 | 30% | 23% |
| Stamford | 20,745 | 7.4 mi | 44.8 | 23% | 25% |
| Oakham | 12,159 | 8.1 mi | 46.9 | 27% | 24% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- “Rutland’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Rutland (or England), summed the same way as Clipsham’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 Clipsham’s residents
What is the population of Clipsham?
The 2021 Census counted 1,150 people in Clipsham’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Clipsham?
The median age was 35 at the 2021 Census. 12% of residents were 15 to 24 and 2.9% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Clipsham?
66% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 91% across Rutland’s towns. 11% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Clipsham?
33% said they had no religion and 43% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 9.9% were Muslim and 8.5% didn’t answer.
Is Clipsham good for families?
25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Clipsham’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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