Photo: Richard Croft · CC BY-SA 2.019% of households have dependent children, below 96% of UK towns
Across England’s towns, the share of households in flats is 23%; Greasbrough has 26%. One-person households: 40% of the total. Fewer married adults and civil partners than in 94% of UK towns: 39%. Census day 2021: 3,859 residents and 1,916 households locally.
What the Census says about Greasbrough’s people
Fewer people than in 2011
ONS mid-year estimates put Greasbrough at 4,000 in 2011 and 3,900 in 2024, down 1%, against 10% for England: slower growth than in 89% of UK towns. Since 2011 ↓
Many carers
427 residents gave unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age in 2021, 12% of those 5 and over: more than in 94% of UK towns. Relationships & caring ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area) and ONS mid-year population estimates.
Since 2011, Greasbrough has changed by −1%, slower than 89% of UK towns
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Greasbrough’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 4,000 people in 2011; 3,900 in 2024.
Split by age, the 65 and over changed most (+25%) and the 16 to 29 least (−23%).
A median age of 49.5: Greasbrough is older than 83% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 55–59: 8.6% of residents, 1.3 times the share across England’s towns. Greasbrough has more residents aged 65 and over than 69% of UK towns, at 25%. Across Greasbrough, one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Greasbrough, 49.5. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Greasbrough ranks below 95% of UK towns on full-time students: 3.4%
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, a fifth of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 35% in routine and semi-routine work (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). To put it in context, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. Here, 7.6% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
Greasbrough households average 2 people, smaller than in 99% of UK towns
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against South Yorkshire’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
1.7% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, against 4.3% across England’s towns.
A larger share of households without a car or van than 97% of UK towns: 32%
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
Set against 21% across England’s towns, 18% of households live in a detached house in Greasbrough. On average, 24% of households have no car or van across England’s towns. Just over a quarter of households live in a terraced house.
Below 82% of UK towns: 3.7% of residents were 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
Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (1.5%) or in Africa (1%). Across England’s towns, residents born outside the UK come to 18%. In Greasbrough, 98% of residents have English as their main language, beside 90% across England’s towns.
94% of residents describe themselves as White British, a share 68% of UK towns don’t reach
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 Greasbrough · South Yorkshire’s towns 83% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents with no religion: 42% here and 37% across England’s towns. 51% of residents describe themselves as Christian. Set beside that, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns.
A higher share of unpaid carers than 94% of UK towns, at 12%
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
The number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 161. Adults who have never married are more common here than in 79% of UK towns. For unpaid carers, the comparison across England’s towns is 8.7%.
Degree-level qualifications reach 17% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Greasbrough, 17% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 28% have no qualification at all (18%).
143rd highest median age among 530 UK towns of 3,000 to 5,000
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Bailrigg (18.9), the youngest, and Milford on Sea (64.6), the oldest. Nearest to Greasbrough in age: Bromyard (49.4), Eaton Bray and Edlesborough (49.4), Joyden's Wood (49.5) and Whalley (49.6).
Every nearby town is younger than Greasbrough
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greasbrough | 3,859 | — | 49.5 | 25% | 19% |
| Rawmarsh | 18,892 | 1.5 mi | 40.7 | 18% | 28% |
| Rotherham | 71,535 | 1.7 mi | 38.4 | 17% | 30% |
| Thorpe Hesley | 4,153 | 2.6 mi | 49.1 | 25% | 23% |
| Thrybergh and Dalton | 5,858 | 2.9 mi | 42.7 | 20% | 26% |
| Swinton | 15,911 | 3 mi | 43.7 | 21% | 27% |
| Brinsworth | 8,764 | 3.4 mi | 43.6 | 21% | 26% |
| Wath upon Dearne | 16,962 | 3.4 mi | 39.9 | 18% | 31% |
Health, work and homes have their own pages
What this data can and can’t tell you
- “South Yorkshire’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in South Yorkshire (or England), summed the same way as Greasbrough’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out. The population trend compares with the whole county and nation.
- Estimates since 2021 are modelled. The ONS builds mid-year estimates from the Census, births, deaths and migration records. Greasbrough’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 3,859 people in 2021, against 3,859 in the built-up area.
- 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 Greasbrough’s residents
What is the population of Greasbrough?
The 2021 Census counted 3,859 people in Greasbrough’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 3,900 people in mid-2024, about as many as in 2011.
What is the average age in Greasbrough?
The median age was 49.5 at the 2021 Census, older than 83% of UK towns. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 25% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Greasbrough?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 83% across South Yorkshire’s towns. 3.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Greasbrough?
42% said they had no religion and 51% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.7% were Muslim and 5.9% didn’t answer.
Is Greasbrough good for families?
19% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Greasbrough’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) · ONS mid-year population estimates for 2021 LSOAs, mid-2011 to mid-2024. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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