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Home to 504 people, this village lies in Cambridgeshire, East of England.
Barton is below the 1,000 residents fair grades need, but every figure on this page is real. It has 23 listed buildings, 0 of them Grade I. The median sale price is £622,500. Over-65s are just over a third of the population.
The 3 things Barton does most differently from other towns.
Historic England lists them inside Barton’s built-up area.
22% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Explore the history →Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Barton. Best known first.
MuseumMuseum of Zoology4.5 km outside town, to the northeast · 139K visitors a year (2023)
GardenCambridge University Botanic Garden4.6 km outside town, to the east
CastleCambridge Castle4.7 km outside town, to the northeast
Art galleryKettle's Yard Gallery4.6 km outside town, to the northeast
MuseumWhipple Museum of the History Of Science4.4 km outside town, to the northeastPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Barton.
Graduates make up 57% of adults. 7.5% of residents are 15 to 24, below Cambridgeshire’s towns (12%) and England’s towns (12%) alike. Barton has a median age of 53.2 years.
55% women, 45% men
About 83 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Barton | Cambridgeshire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 18% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 7.5% | 12% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 17% | 28% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 25% | 25% |
| 65+ | 34% | 17% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 11% | 17% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 3.5% | 5% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 11% | 16% | 17% |
| Degree level | 57% | 37% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Cambridgeshire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
At the 5 primary schools within 3 km, three in five pupils reach the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average). Its only school is listed below. GCSE results at the one secondary school within 3 km: 61% of pupils get a strong pass (grade 5+) in English and maths, and the Attainment 8 average is 56.8.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barton CofE VA Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 117 | C+ |
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 53% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
At the census, 53% of workers worked mainly from home. 0.7% of 16 to 64s claimed unemployment benefits in 2026, below Cambridgeshire’s towns (2.1%) and England’s towns (2.3%) alike. For every resident in work, Barton has 0.8 jobs. About 9% of its commuters stay in Barton for work.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
9% rent privately, below both Cambridgeshire’s towns (21%) and England’s towns (21%). Social housing holds one in ten households. Private rents average £1,408 a month across the South Cambridgeshire council area.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £700,000 | 14 |
| Semi-detached | £500,000 | 15 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
42% of the crimes fell under violence and sexual offences. Over the year to August 2026, 38 offences were reported in Barton, along with 6 incidents of anti-social behaviour. There were 11.9 anti-social behaviour reports per 1,000 residents (not graded), above Cambridgeshire’s towns (9) and England’s towns (7.8) alike.
Not gradedAnti-social behaviour, shoplifting and other theft are shown but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident.
data.police.uk street-level crime · points inside the ONS built-up-area boundary · OGL · The police category of violence and sexual offences includes harassment and stalking.
Seeing a GP means leaving Barton: the nearest practice is 1.9 miles away. The nearest A&E to Barton is Addenbrooke's and the Rosie Hospitals, 3.4 miles away. Also worth knowing: at the census, 5% of residents said their health was bad or very bad, higher than Cambridgeshire’s towns (4.4%) and near England’s towns (5.2%).
| Census 2021 | Barton | Cambridgeshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 84% | 84% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 5% | 4.4% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 17% | 16% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · Because the census answers ignore age, a younger population lifts them; that is why the Health Grade is built on age-adjusted measures like life expectancy and early deaths.
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Grade II* covers 3 of them. Before 1919: that is when 22% of homes were built. Conservation areas cover just over a third of Barton’s land, above Cambridgeshire’s towns (13%) and England’s towns (7%) alike.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barton | 504 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Comberton | 2,255 | 1.6 | — | B | B+ | A+ |
| Haslingfield | 1,535 | 2.2 | — | B− | A | A+ |
| Hauxton | 1,322 | 3 | — | B− | A | A+ |
| Harston | 1,827 | 3 | — | B− | B | A+ |
| Hardwick | 2,658 | 3.1 | A+ | B− | B+ | A+ |
| Cambridge | 152,742 | 3.5 | B+ | C− | C− | B+ |
| Girton | 4,384 | 3.6 | A+ | C+ | A | A+ |
Comberton, Haslingfield, Hauxton and Harston have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
By type: semi-detached houses £500,000 and detached houses £700,000.
That is 18.7 times the typical UK town for its size.
Village in Cambridgeshire, England
Barton is a built-up area of 504 people, in the South Cambridgeshire council area. TownRatings uses ONS’s 2022 built-up areas as towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a council district, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from ONS geography and Census 2021
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · HM Land Registry Price Paid (standard sales, September 2023 to August 2026) · ONS Price Index of Private Rents (August 2026, by council) · MHCLG and Welsh Government council tax, Band D 2026–27 (with parish precepts in England) · data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS small-area life expectancy and healthy life expectancy, 2019 to 2023 (England and Wales), OHID Fingertips small-area indicators (England) and Census 2021 health, adjusted for age · ONS small-area income estimates (financial year ending 2023) · DWP claimant count via Nomis (January to August 2026) · Historic England, National Heritage List for England (listed buildings, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, battlefields, World Heritage Sites), October 2026, inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary · Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties by build period (31 March 2025) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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