Photo: Dave Spicer · CC BY-SA 2.0Graffham is older than 97% of UK towns: a median age of 55
Against a figure of 46% across England’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as Christian in Graffham comes in at 64%. For Graffham, the census puts households in terraced houses at 4%. At 21%, the share of adults who have never married is lower than in 99% of UK towns.
Fewer young people than 99% of UK towns: 6.2% are 15 to 24
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 60–64: 13% of residents, 2.3 times the share across England’s towns. Here, 31% of residents are 65 or over. As a yardstick, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Graffham sits below 98% of UK towns for full-time students (3.2%)
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; Graffham has 43% and 8.5%. 13% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, a higher share than in 94% of UK towns. As a yardstick, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Graffham sits below 91% of UK towns for households with dependent children (21%)
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against West Sussex’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
Households in Graffham hold 2.3 people on average (England’s towns: 2.4). As a yardstick, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns. Census figures put one-person households at 24% in the village. Shared houses stand out: 6.1% of households are unrelated adults living together, more than in 97% of UK towns.
Fewer car-free households than 95% of UK towns: 7.1%
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
21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns, against 44% in Graffham. Few places have so few households in flats: 4% here, fewer than in 88% of UK towns. Against that, nearly a quarter of households have no car or van across England’s towns.
Residents born outside the UK make up 13% in Graffham, more than in 82% 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%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
The largest groups were born in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (5.8%) and in EU countries (3.1%). As a yardstick, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. In Graffham, 98% of residents have English as their main language, beside 90% across England’s towns.
A smaller share of residents with no religion than 97% of UK towns: 25%
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 Graffham · West Sussex’s towns 84% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents who describe themselves as White British: 96%, above 83% of UK towns. By way of comparison, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns.
In Graffham, 61% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 98% 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
Unpaid carers make up 9.7%, against 8.7% across England’s towns. By way of comparison, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. For 5 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week.
43% of adults have a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
15% of Graffham’s adults have no qualification (18% across England’s towns), and 43% have one at degree level (34%).
Every nearby town is younger than Graffham
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Graffham | 225 | — | 55 | 31% | 21% |
| Midhurst | 5,366 | 3.7 mi | 50.2 | 30% | 22% |
| Easebourne | 1,396 | 4 mi | 51.5 | 31% | 24% |
| Petworth | 2,592 | 4.1 mi | 49.2 | 30% | 22% |
| Tangmere | 4,000 | 6.6 mi | 37.9 | 18% | 31% |
| Mid Lavant | 1,441 | 6.9 mi | 49.3 | 26% | 24% |
| Fernhurst | 1,830 | 7.3 mi | 48.9 | 27% | 27% |
| Westhampnett | 1,238 | 7.4 mi | 41.9 | 19% | 34% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- “West Sussex’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in West Sussex (or England), summed the same way as Graffham’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 Graffham’s residents
What is the population of Graffham?
The 2021 Census counted 225 people in Graffham’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Graffham?
The median age was 55 at the 2021 Census. 6.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 31% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Graffham?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 84% across West Sussex’s towns. 13% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Graffham?
25% said they had no religion and 64% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 7.6% didn’t answer.
Is Graffham good for families?
21% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Graffham’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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