Photo: Russ Hamer · CC BY-SA 3.0Older than 93% of UK towns: half of Cottesmore is over 52.5
57% of residents describe themselves as Christian, against 46% across England’s towns. On the census count, just over half of households live in a detached house. Married adults and civil partners are more common here than in 92% of UK towns. Census day 2021: 811 residents and 366 households in Cottesmore.
Cottesmore ranks above 93% of UK towns on residents aged 65 and over: 31%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 50–54: nearly one in ten residents, 1.3 times the share across England’s towns. As a reference point, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. Residents aged 15 to 24 account for 8.1%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Below 96% of UK towns: 3.4% of adults are full-time students
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%.
Where 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns, Cottesmore has 6.8%. To put it in context, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
22% of households have dependent children, fewer than in 88% of UK towns
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.
28% of households are one person living alone; across England’s towns the figure is 30%. Fewer shared households of unrelated adults than in 59% of UK towns: 2.2%. Across England’s towns, households with dependent children come to 29%.
12% of households live in a terraced house, below 84% 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
6.6% of households live in a flat or apartment, against 23% across England’s towns. Few places have so few households without a car or van: 11% here, fewer than in 73% of UK towns. Measured more widely, 24% of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns.
A higher share of residents whose main language is English than 87% of UK towns, at 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
5.4% of residents were born outside the UK, against 18% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, the share of residents whose main language is English is 90%. Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (2.1%), then in Africa (1.1%).
More residents who describe themselves as White British than 86% of UK towns: 96%
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: 96% of Cottesmore · Rutland’s towns 91% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Behind White British, the largest groups are Other White (2.1%), African (0.5%) and Mixed or multiple (0.4%). Against that, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. 36% of residents said they have no religion, a lower share than in 79% of UK towns.
Below 99% of UK towns: 21% of adults have never married or formed 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
At 8.6%, the share of unpaid carers is in line with the figure across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, the share of adults who have never married is 39%. 24 residents care, unpaid, for at least 50 hours a week.
Degree level: the highest qualification of 33% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 34% of adults have a degree-level qualification; in Cottesmore, 33%, and 15% have none, against 18%.
Cottesmore and its 7 nearest towns: 1 of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cottesmore | 811 | — | 52.5 | 31% | 22% |
| Greetham | 2,807 | 0.8 mi | 27.9 | 7.8% | 45% |
| South Witham | 1,590 | 3.8 mi | 41.4 | 16% | 27% |
| Clipsham | 1,150 | 4 mi | 35 | 2.9% | 25% |
| Barleythorpe | 1,344 | 4.2 mi | 36.2 | 11% | 46% |
| Langham | 1,400 | 4.2 mi | 55.2 | 34% | 20% |
| Oakham | 12,159 | 4.2 mi | 46.9 | 27% | 24% |
| Colsterworth | 1,296 | 6.6 mi | 49.9 | 26% | 22% |
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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 Cottesmore’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 Cottesmore’s residents
What is the population of Cottesmore?
The 2021 Census counted 811 people in Cottesmore’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Cottesmore?
The median age was 52.5 at the 2021 Census. 8.1% of residents were 15 to 24 and 31% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Cottesmore?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 91% across Rutland’s towns. 5.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Cottesmore?
36% said they had no religion and 57% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 5.6% didn’t answer.
Is Cottesmore good for families?
22% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Cottesmore’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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