Photo: Robin Hall · CC BY-SA 2.0Below 96% of UK towns: 2.3% of households live in a flat or apartment
30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns, against 21% in Upper Caldecote. The village had 1,333 residents in 559 households at the 2021 Census. For Upper Caldecote, the census puts married adults and civil partners at 57%. With a median age of 48.9, Upper Caldecote is older than 79% of UK towns.
24% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 66% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Young people aged 15 to 24 make up just over one in ten residents, against 12% across England’s towns. For comparison, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
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.
13% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, a share 93% of UK towns don’t reach
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%.
In Upper Caldecote, 4.7% of adults are full-time students, beside 7.9% across England’s towns. To put it in context, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
Bigger households than 75% of UK towns: 2.4 people each on average
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Bedfordshire’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
Families with dependent children are 26% of households (England’s towns 29%), and 12% are someone 66 or over living alone (Bedfordshire’s towns 11%). For Upper Caldecote, the census puts shared households of unrelated adults at 3.2%.
Below 89% of UK towns: 8.5% 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
In Upper Caldecote, 45% of households live in a detached house, beside 21% across England’s towns. Households without a car or van make up 24% across England’s towns. The census found that 9.9% of households live in a terraced house here.
Below 52% of UK towns: 6.2% 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 30%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (2.5%) and in Africa (1.5%). As a yardstick, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. The share of residents whose main language is English is 98%, against 90% across England’s towns.
42% of residents said they have no religion, more than in 56% 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
White British, not charted: 92% of Upper Caldecote · Bedfordshire’s towns 61% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The share of residents who describe themselves as Christian is 47%, against 46% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, the share of residents with no religion is 37%. After White British, the most common groups are Other White (2.6%), Indian (1.4%) and Mixed or multiple (1.3%).
27% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, below 84% 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
Against a figure of 8.7% across England’s towns, the share of unpaid carers in Upper Caldecote comes in at 10%. Adults who have never married: 39% across England’s towns, for comparison.
Degree-level qualifications: 32% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 32% of adults in Upper Caldecote, 34% across England’s towns; 15% have no qualification, against 18%.
Every neighbour of Upper Caldecote has a younger population
Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- “Bedfordshire’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Bedfordshire (or England), summed the same way as Upper Caldecote’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 Upper Caldecote’s residents
What is the population of Upper Caldecote?
The 2021 Census counted 1,333 people in Upper Caldecote’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Upper Caldecote?
The median age was 48.9 at the 2021 Census. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 24% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Upper Caldecote?
92% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 61% across Bedfordshire’s towns. 6.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Upper Caldecote?
42% said they had no religion and 47% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.6% were Muslim and 6.8% didn’t answer.
Is Upper Caldecote good for families?
26% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Upper Caldecote’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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