Photo: Richard Humphrey · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 51.8: Abbots Ripton is older than 91% of UK towns
Just over a fifth of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, against 39% across England’s towns. Census day 2021: 312 residents and 139 households in Abbots Ripton. The census found that 22% of households have dependent children here. Fewer households without a car or van than in 99% of UK towns: 4.4%.
In Abbots Ripton, 7.3% of residents are aged 15 to 24, fewer than in 97% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 50–54: 12% of residents, 1.7 times the share across England’s towns. At 21%, the share of residents aged 65 and over is lower than in 58% of UK towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Abbots Ripton: 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, above 88% 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
Address a year before the Census
Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.
The share of full-time students stands at 4.8%. In Abbots Ripton, just over half of adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 11% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns.
Fewer one-person households than 96% of UK towns: 22%
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Cambridgeshire’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
1.4% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home (England’s towns: 4.3%). The usual figure: 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. Households average 2.3 people.
Abbots Ripton ranks below 94% of UK towns on households in terraced houses: 7.4%
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
Where just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns, Abbots Ripton has 55%. By contrast, at 3.7%, the share of households in flats is lower than in 90% of UK towns. Measured more widely, 24% of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns.
13% of residents were born outside the UK, a share 83% of UK towns don’t reach
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
With residents whose main language is English at 97%, Abbots Ripton is behind 57% of UK towns on that count. By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (8.3%) and in EU countries (3.5%). As a yardstick, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns.
A higher share of residents who describe themselves as Christian than 92% of UK towns, at 59%
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: 85% of Abbots Ripton · Cambridgeshire’s towns 72% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
34% of residents said they have no religion; across England’s towns the figure is 37%. Residents who describe themselves as White British account for 85%. Set beside that, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
A larger share of married adults and civil partners than 98% of UK towns: 60%
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
At 8.3%, the share of unpaid carers is in line with the figure across England’s towns. 3 residents care, unpaid, for at least 50 hours a week. Married adults and civil partners: 44% across England’s towns, for comparison.
48% of adults have a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 34% of adults have a degree-level qualification; in Abbots Ripton, 48%, and 9.8% have none, against 18%.
A younger town than 1 of the 7 around it: Abbots Ripton
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abbots Ripton | 312 | — | 51.8 | 21% | 22% |
| Alconbury Weald | 1,222 | 1.9 mi | 31.2 | 3.3% | 46% |
| Alconbury | 1,464 | 3 mi | 50.8 | 26% | 21% |
| Huntingdon | 25,603 | 3.3 mi | 38.2 | 15% | 30% |
| Wyton | 1,248 | 4.4 mi | 31.4 | 4.1% | 48% |
| Bury | 1,750 | 4.6 mi | 44 | 21% | 31% |
| Brampton | 6,585 | 4.8 mi | 38.8 | 18% | 33% |
| Houghton | 1,368 | 4.8 mi | 52.4 | 31% | 26% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- “Cambridgeshire’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Cambridgeshire (or England), summed the same way as Abbots Ripton’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 Abbots Ripton’s residents
What is the population of Abbots Ripton?
The 2021 Census counted 312 people in Abbots Ripton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Abbots Ripton?
The median age was 51.8 at the 2021 Census. 7.3% of residents were 15 to 24 and 21% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Abbots Ripton?
85% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 72% across Cambridgeshire’s towns. 13% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Abbots Ripton?
34% said they had no religion and 59% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5.5% didn’t answer.
Is Abbots Ripton good for families?
22% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Abbots Ripton’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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