Grove is mostly home to owner-occupiers in their working years, many raising children, with a decent income and a commute that ends at the car or the laptop. Three in four households own their home. The typical resident is about forty. Couples with children are a big part of the place, and students barely appear. The fixtures of Grove life are the mortgage, the school run and the lawn.
The 2021 Census, the source for every population figure on this page, counted about 74% of Grove's households as owner-occupiers. About 11% rent privately and around 13% rent from the council or a housing association. Social landlords house more of Grove than private ones do, which surprises anyone expecting buy-to-let to dominate a growing village.
The median age in Grove is about 40, and around 29% of residents are aged 25 to 44. A large share of the village is at the age of careers, mortgages and children who need a lift somewhere.
Household income in the area averaged about £68,500 a year before tax in the financial year to March 2023. The Office for National Statistics modelled that figure for the wider neighbourhood. It is the gross figure, before tax, National Insurance and the mortgage are taken off, and it is a few years old. That income pays for what Grove mostly is, which is a three-bed house with a garden for a family.
About 21% of Grove's households are couples with dependent children, and around 10% are lone parents. Together, almost a third of the village's homes have children in them. Combine that with the share of homes that have three bedrooms and you get a village that gets very busy around half past eight.
At the other end, about 26% of households are one person living alone. Around 11% of all households are pensioners living alone, and they are counted within that 26%. A pensioner on their own in a house built for a family of four is a common picture in Grove, and a big part of the housing in the village.
About 33% of Grove's adults hold a degree or equivalent, and around 13% have no formal qualifications. Only about 2% are full-time students. Grove has no university and no student housing, and nobody's student loan pays any of its rents.
Grove's population is mostly working families with secure homes and good incomes, with a sizeable minority of people living alone. Most buyers will find their own household well represented among the neighbours.