Photo: Alan Murray-Rust · CC BY-SA 2.0Ketton is older than 90% of UK towns: a median age of 51.2
In Ketton, 64% of residents describe themselves as Christian, beside 46% across England’s towns. For Ketton, the census puts households in detached houses at 54%. On adults who have never married, Ketton sits lower than 99% of UK towns: 22%. Census day 2021: 1,618 residents and 685 households here.
What the Census says about Ketton’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Ketton’s residents are under 51.2 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 29% are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Ketton sits above 87% of UK towns for residents aged 65 and over (29%)
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 55–59: nearly one in ten residents, 1.4 times the share across England’s towns. Residents aged 15 to 24 are rarer here than in four fifths of UK towns. Across England’s towns, 18% of residents are 65 or over.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 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.
More full-time students than 61% of UK towns: 5.1%
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, a third of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine or semi-routine work; Ketton has 46% and 16%. Nearly one in ten residents had moved in within the year before the Census, fewer than the 11% across England’s towns. The benchmark for full-time students across England’s towns: 7.9%.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Fewer family households than 68% of UK towns: 25% in Ketton
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 2.3 people, the average household compares with 2.4 across England’s towns. Across Ketton, 1.9% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home. The usual figure: 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns.
Below 94% of UK towns: 7.5% of households have no car or van
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
Where 24% of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns, Ketton has 14%. Locally, 4.6% of households live in a flat or apartment.
99% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 94% 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
Born outside the UK: 7.4% of residents, against 18% across England’s towns. Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (1.9%) or in the Middle East and Asia (1.7%). The wider picture: 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
Ketton sits below 95% of UK towns for residents with no religion (28%)
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 Ketton · Rutland’s towns 91% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Against a figure of 73% across England’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as White British in Ketton comes in at 94%. Across the comparison, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. After White British, the most common groups are Other White (2.7%), Mixed or multiple (1.5%) and Indian (0.7%).
A higher share of married adults and civil partners than 97% of UK towns, at 59%
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
On unpaid carers, 7.8% here is much the same as across England’s towns. 30 residents give 50 hours or more of unpaid care each week. The wider picture: 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
44% of adults hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Ketton, 44% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 11% have no qualification at all (18%).
Median age: 1 of the 7 towns around Ketton 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ketton | 1,618 | — | 51.2 | 29% | 25% |
| Easton on the Hill | 1,096 | 1.8 mi | 50.3 | 25% | 22% |
| Stamford | 20,745 | 3.3 mi | 44.8 | 23% | 25% |
| King's Cliffe | 1,581 | 4.5 mi | 42.7 | 20% | 34% |
| Wittering | 2,678 | 4.9 mi | 32.5 | 5.6% | 40% |
| Ryhall | 1,444 | 5.1 mi | 51.9 | 30% | 23% |
| Barnack | 1,007 | 6 mi | 45.7 | 22% | 29% |
| Greetham | 2,807 | 7.7 mi | 27.9 | 7.8% | 45% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- The Census was taken in a lockdown, in term time. 21 March 2021 fell in term time, and students were asked to give their term-time address, so most were counted where they study. Some may have been living with family that day.
- “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 Ketton’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 Ketton’s residents
What is the population of Ketton?
The 2021 Census counted 1,618 people in Ketton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Ketton?
The median age was 51.2 at the 2021 Census. 8.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 29% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Ketton?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 91% across Rutland’s towns. 7.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Ketton?
28% said they had no religion and 64% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 6.2% didn’t answer.
Is Ketton good for families?
25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Ketton’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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