Photo: Russ Hamer · CC BY-SA 3.0A median age of 27.9: Greetham is younger than 99% of UK towns
In Greetham, 4.6% of households have no car or van, beside 24% across England’s towns. The census found that 15% of households are one person living alone here. Households in flats are rarer here than in 98% of UK towns. This Rutland town had 2,807 residents in 674 households at the 2021 Census.
What the Census says about Greetham’s people
A town of families
45% of Greetham’s 674 households had dependent children in 2021, more than in 99% of UK towns. 18% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Younger than most towns
Half of Greetham’s residents are under 27.9 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 23% are 15 to 24 and 7.8% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
A town people move to
22% of residents gave a different address a year before the 2021 Census, 2.1 times the share across England’s towns. Students & newcomers ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
In Greetham, 7.8% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 99% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Here nearly a quarter of residents are aged 15 to 24, where the figure across England’s towns is 12%. On average, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Greetham, 27.9. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
35% women, 65% men
About 54 women for every 100 men. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Greetham is a garrison town: service personnel living in barracks count as residents.
22% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, a share 99% of UK towns don’t reach
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%.
By class, 39% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 18% in routine and semi-routine work (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). On average, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns. Full-time students account for 4.2%.
In Greetham, 45% of households have dependent children, more than in 99% 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.
Shared households of unrelated adults make up 3.1%, against 4.3% across England’s towns. Elsewhere, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns.
In Greetham, 36% of households live in a detached house, more than in 68% 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
Terraced houses are home to nearly a fifth of households, against 24% across England’s towns. To put it in context, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
Greetham: 16% of residents born outside the UK
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
Where just over a fifth of those born abroad across England’s towns arrived in 2017 or later, here the share is 30%. In Greetham, 97% of residents have English as their main language. By way of comparison, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns.
Fewer residents who describe themselves as White British than 85% of UK towns: 80%
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: 80% of Greetham · Rutland’s towns 91% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The share of residents with no religion is 45%, against 37% across England’s towns. On residents who describe themselves as Christian, Greetham sits lower than 73% of UK towns: 46%. 1.1% of residents are Muslim.
Unpaid carers: 5.7%, a lower share than 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
43% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, against 44% across England’s towns. On the census count, 47% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership. The wider picture: 8.7% of residents give unpaid care across England’s towns.
Among adults, 29% hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 29% of adults in Greetham (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 10% (England’s towns: 18%).
Ranked by age, 4th youngest of 514 UK towns this size
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Ages run from 20.6 in Keele to 63.1 in West Chiltington. Nearest to Greetham in age: Pirbright (24.7), Larkhill (27.2), Marham (30.1) and Ebbsfleet Valley (30.5).
The towns around Greetham are all 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greetham | 2,807 | — | 27.9 | 7.8% | 45% |
| South Witham | 1,590 | 3.1 mi | 41.4 | 16% | 27% |
| Clipsham | 1,150 | 3.2 mi | 35 | 2.9% | 25% |
| Langham | 1,400 | 4.9 mi | 55.2 | 34% | 20% |
| Barleythorpe | 1,344 | 4.9 mi | 36.2 | 11% | 46% |
| Oakham | 12,159 | 5 mi | 46.9 | 27% | 24% |
| Colsterworth | 1,296 | 5.9 mi | 49.9 | 26% | 22% |
| Ketton | 1,618 | 7.7 mi | 51.2 | 29% | 25% |
Health, work and homes have their own pages
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 Greetham’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 Greetham’s residents
What is the population of Greetham?
The 2021 Census counted 2,807 people in Greetham’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Greetham?
The median age was 27.9 at the 2021 Census, younger than 99% of UK towns. 23% of residents were 15 to 24 and 7.8% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Greetham?
80% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 91% across Rutland’s towns. 16% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Greetham?
45% said they had no religion and 46% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1.1% were Muslim and 4.9% didn’t answer.
Is Greetham good for families?
45% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Greetham’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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