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59.3Median age

Who lives here · ONS Census 2021

Manton is older than 99% of UK towns: a median age of 59.3

3.1% of households live in a flat or apartment, against 23% across England’s towns. Manton is home to 374 residents in 165 households, by the 2021 Census. On the census count, 15% of households have dependent children. Lower than in 94% of UK towns: 7.4% of households have no car or van.

37%aged 65 or over 7.2%born abroad 165households

Ages

37% of residents are 65 or over, a share 98% of UK towns don’t reach

Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.

MantonEngland’s towns

0–410–1420–2430–3440–4450–5460–6470–7480–84

Residents aged 15 to 24: 6.6% here and 12% across England’s towns. The wider picture: 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.

Broad ages · share of residents

Under 156.9%

15 to 246.6%

25 to 4415%

45 to 6434%

65 and over37%

MantonRutland’s townsEngland’s towns

Women and men · all residents

50% women, 50% men

Manton

England

WomenMen

About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.

Students & newcomers

3.5% of adults are full-time students, fewer than in 95% 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

Full-time students3.5%

Higher managerial and professional19%

Lower managerial and professional22%

Intermediate8.7%

Small employers and self-employed13%

Supervisory and technical5.2%

Semi-routine7.8%

Routine9.8%

Never worked or long-term unemployed11%

MantonRutland’s townsEngland’s towns

Address a year before the Census

Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.

Manton

9.7%

England’s towns

11%

Moved within the UKTerm-time addressMoved from abroad

Moved in within a year

residents, 9.7%; England’s towns 11%

Of them from abroad

2.2× England’s share

By its share of residents who moved in within the year (9.7%), Manton is above 68% of UK towns. The usual figure: 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.

Households

Households here average 2.1 people, below 93% of UK towns

Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.

Living alone, 66+ 19%Living alone, under 66 7.9%Families with dependent children 15%Couples and families, no young children 55%Shared houses and other 3%

Against Rutland’s towns and England’s towns

Manton

Rutland’s towns

England’s towns

People per household

1 person27%

2 people47%

3 people17%

4 people6.6%

5 or more1.8%

England’s towns.

3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home; across England’s towns the figure is 4.3%. The share of one-person households stands at 27%.

Homes & cars

Manton ranks above 89% of UK towns on households in detached houses: 49%

Accommodation type and cars or vans per household, Census 2021. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.

Type of home

Manton

Rutland’s towns

England’s towns

DetachedSemi-detachedTerracedFlat or maisonetteCaravan or other

Cars or vans · share of households

No car or van7.4%

One37%

Two37%

Three or more18%

MantonRutland’s townsEngland’s towns

Terraced houses are home to 19% of households, against 24% across England’s towns. 3.1% of households live in a flat, less than in 93% of UK towns; 49% in a detached house, against 21% across England’s towns.

Where people were born

Residents whose main language is English: 99%, a higher share than 92% 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%

Manton

7.2%

Rutland’s towns

8.5%

England’s towns

18%

EU countriesRest of EuropeMiddle East and AsiaAfricaAmericas, Oceania, other

Main language · residents aged 3 and over

English is main language99%

Another main language, speaks English very well or well0.8%

Another main language, little or no English0%

MantonRutland’s townsEngland’s towns

Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (3.2%), then in Africa (1.9%). Few places have as many residents born outside the UK: 7.2% here, more than in 58% of UK towns. Typically, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.

Ethnicity & religion

94% of residents describe themselves as White British, more than in 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

MantonRutland’s townsEngland’s towns

Other White3.5%

Asian0%

Mixed1.3%

Black0.8%

Other0.5%

0%6%12%

White British, not charted: 94% of Manton · Rutland’s towns 91% · England’s towns 73%.

Religion · all residents

MantonRutland’s townsEngland’s towns

No religion41%

Christian52%

Muslim0.3%

Hindu, Sikh, Jewish, Buddhist0%

Other religion0%

Didn’t answer7.2%

0%30%60%

The groups that follow White British are Other White (3.5%), Mixed or multiple (1.3%) and Caribbean (0.5%). For residents who describe themselves as White British, the comparison across England’s towns is 73%. 52% of residents describe themselves as Christian, a higher share than in 64% of UK towns. Meanwhile, across England’s towns, the share of residents with no religion is 37%; Manton has 41%.

Relationships & caring

Fewer adults who have never married than 99% of UK towns: 18%

Legal partnership status (residents 16 and over) and unpaid care (residents 5 and over), Census 2021.

Partnership status · residents 16 and over

Never married or in a civil partnership18%

Married or civil partnership57%

Separated2.6%

Divorced10%

Widowed11%

MantonRutland’s townsEngland’s towns

41residents give unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age: 11%, against 8.7% in England’s towns

Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over

Up to 19 hours a week5.8%

20 to 49 hours0.8%

50 hours or more4.7%

The number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 17. More married adults and civil partners than in 94% of UK towns: 57%. The share of adults who have never married across England’s towns is 39%. In Manton, just over one in ten residents give unpaid care, beside 8.7% across England’s towns.

Qualifications

Among adults, 42% hold a degree-level qualification

Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.

Highest qualification · residents 16 and over

No qualifications18%

Apprenticeship6.1%

A levels or similar13%

Degree level42%

MantonRutland’s townsEngland’s towns

Against 34% across England’s towns, 42% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 18% hold no qualification (18%).

Neighbours

No nearby town is as old as Manton

Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.

OakhamUppinghamBarleythorpeLanghamKettonGreethamGrettonManton

under 3838–4444–5050–5656+

Town	People	Away	Median age	65+	Homes with children
Manton	374	—	59.3	37%	15%
Oakham	12,159	3 mi	46.9	27%	24%
Uppingham	4,272	3.2 mi	41.5	23%	23%
Barleythorpe	1,344	3.9 mi	36.2	11%	46%
Langham	1,400	4.7 mi	55.2	34%	20%
Ketton	1,618	6.2 mi	51.2	29%	25%
Greetham	2,807	6.6 mi	27.9	7.8%	45%
Gretton	1,519	6.6 mi	47.4	22%	30%

More about Manton’s residents

Health, work and homes have their own pages

HealthLife expectancy, early deaths and Census health, adjusted for age Work & commuteIncome, the claimant count, jobs and how people get to work Cost of livingOwners and renters, prices, rents and council tax SchoolsEvery primary and secondary, with results and inspections

How to read these numbers

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 Manton’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 Manton’s residents

What is the population of Manton?

The 2021 Census counted 374 people in Manton’s built-up area.

What is the average age in Manton?

The median age was 59.3 at the 2021 Census. 6.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 37% were 65 or over.

How diverse is Manton?

94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 91% across Rutland’s towns. 7.2% were born outside the UK.

What religion are people in Manton?

41% said they had no religion and 52% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 7.2% didn’t answer.

Is Manton good for families?

15% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Manton’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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