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40.5Median age

Who lives here · ONS Census 2021

Fewer flats than 99% of UK towns: 1.1% of households

The share of one-person households trails 85% of UK towns: 25%. At the 2021 Census Bassingbourn was home to 2,353 people in 934 households. For Bassingbourn, the census puts households with dependent children at 32%. Half of the village’s residents are under 40.5, younger than in 78% of UK towns.

18%aged 65 or over 9.4%born abroad 934households

Ages

A young village: 10% of residents are 15 to 24

Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.

BassingbournEngland’s towns

0–410–1420–2430–3440–4450–5460–6470–7480–84

At 18%, the share of residents aged 65 and over is in line with the figure across England’s towns. To put it in context, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. The largest age band is 35–39: 7.1% of residents.

Broad ages · share of residents

Under 1519%

15 to 2410%

25 to 4427%

45 to 6427%

65 and over18%

BassingbournCambridgeshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Women and men · all residents

51% women, 49% men

Bassingbourn

England

WomenMen

About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.

Students & newcomers

Full-time students: 6%, a higher share than 84% 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

Full-time students6%

Higher managerial and professional18%

Lower managerial and professional24%

Intermediate11%

Small employers and self-employed11%

Supervisory and technical6.4%

Semi-routine10%

Routine9.6%

Never worked or long-term unemployed4.2%

BassingbournCambridgeshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Address a year before the Census

Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.

Bassingbourn

11%

England’s towns

11%

Moved within the UKTerm-time addressMoved from abroad

Moved in within a year

232

residents, 10%; England’s towns 11%

Of them from abroad

0.4× England’s share

Just over two fifths of Bassingbourn’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 20% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Across the comparison, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. For Bassingbourn, the census puts residents who moved in within the year at 10%.

The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.

Households

2.5 people per household, more than in 89% of UK towns

Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.

Living alone, 66+ 12%Living alone, under 66 13%Families with dependent children 32%Couples and families, no young children 40%Shared houses and other 2.3%

Against Cambridgeshire’s towns and England’s towns

Bassingbourn

Cambridgeshire’s towns

England’s towns

People per household

1 person25%

2 people34%

3 people18%

4 people16%

5 or more6.9%

England’s towns.

Against a figure of 4.3% across England’s towns, the share of shared households of unrelated adults in Bassingbourn comes in at 2.3%.

Homes & cars

Households without a car or van make up 8.4% in Bassingbourn, less than in 90% of UK towns

Accommodation type and cars or vans per household, Census 2021. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.

Type of home

Bassingbourn

Cambridgeshire’s towns

England’s towns

DetachedSemi-detachedTerracedFlat or maisonetteCaravan or other

Cars or vans · share of households

No car or van8.4%

One36%

Two39%

Three or more16%

BassingbournCambridgeshire’s townsEngland’s towns

With households in terraced houses at 23%, Bassingbourn is ahead of 63% of UK towns on that count. Add to that, 1.1% of households live in a flat, less than in 99% of UK towns; 32% in a detached house, against 21% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, nearly a quarter of households have no car or van.

Where people were born

A larger share of residents born outside the UK than 71% of UK towns: 9.4%

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%

Bassingbourn

9.4%

Cambridgeshire’s towns

22%

England’s towns

18%

EU countriesRest of EuropeMiddle East and AsiaAfricaAmericas, Oceania, other

When those born abroad arrived

BassingbournEngland’s towns

Before 19711971–801981–901991–20002001–102011–132014–162017–192020–21

Main language · residents aged 3 and over

English is main language97%

Another main language, speaks English very well or well3.1%

Another main language, little or no English0.2%

BassingbournCambridgeshire’s townsEngland’s towns

The newest arrivals, from 2017 or later, are 15% of those born abroad (against 21% across England’s towns). 97% of residents have English as their main language. On average, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns.

Ethnicity & religion

In Bassingbourn, 47% of residents said they have no religion, more than in 84% 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

BassingbournCambridgeshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Other White5.9%

Asian2.3%

Mixed1.5%

Black1.2%

Other0.5%

0%8%16%

White British, not charted: 89% of Bassingbourn · Cambridgeshire’s towns 72% · England’s towns 73%.

Religion · all residents

BassingbournCambridgeshire’s townsEngland’s towns

No religion47%

Christian45%

Muslim0.3%

Hindu, Sikh, Jewish, Buddhist1.5%

Other religion0.9%

Didn’t answer5.9%

0%30%60%

Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 45% here and 46% across England’s towns. Few places have so few residents who describe themselves as White British: 89% here, fewer than in 69% of UK towns. By way of comparison, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. The largest groups after White British are Other White (5.9%), Mixed or multiple (1.5%) and Indian (0.8%).

Relationships & caring

50% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 66% 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

Never married or in a civil partnership32%

Married or civil partnership50%

Separated2.3%

Divorced11%

Widowed5.3%

BassingbournCambridgeshire’s townsEngland’s towns

168residents give unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age: 7.6%, against 8.7% in England’s towns

Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over

Up to 19 hours a week4.3%

20 to 49 hours1.4%

50 hours or more1.9%

The share of unpaid carers trails 91% of UK towns: 7.6%. In Bassingbourn, nearly a third of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership. For married adults and civil partners, the comparison across England’s towns is 44%.

Qualifications

Degree-level qualifications: held by 37% of adults

Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.

Highest qualification · residents 16 and over

No qualifications15%

Apprenticeship4.7%

A levels or similar17%

Degree level37%

BassingbournCambridgeshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Across England’s towns, 34% of adults have a degree-level qualification; in Bassingbourn, 37%, and 15% have none, against 18%.

Neighbours

Every nearby town is older than Bassingbourn

Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.

RoystonMeldrethMelbournOrwellAshwellBarringtonFoxtonBassingbourn

under 3838–4444–5050–5656+

Town	People	Away	Median age	65+	Homes with children
Bassingbourn	2,353	—	40.5	18%	32%
Royston	17,443	2.3 mi	40.9	20%	29%
Meldreth	1,823	2.7 mi	43.7	21%	32%
Melbourn	4,907	3.2 mi	45.2	24%	27%
Orwell	1,147	4 mi	49.5	27%	26%
Ashwell	1,982	5 mi	47.1	25%	31%
Barrington	1,184	5.1 mi	48.7	23%	27%
Foxton	1,275	5.4 mi	47.1	24%	29%

More about Bassingbourn’s residents

Health, work and homes have their own pages

Health ALife expectancy, early deaths and Census health, adjusted for age Work & commute BIncome, the claimant count, jobs and how people get to work Cost of living B⁺Owners and renters, prices, rents and council tax Schools C⁻Every primary and secondary, with results and inspections

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

The Census was taken in a lockdown, in term time. 21 March 2021 fell in term time, and students were asked to give their term-time address, so most were counted where they study. Some may have been living with family that day.
“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 Bassingbourn’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 Bassingbourn’s residents

What is the population of Bassingbourn?

The 2021 Census counted 2,353 people in Bassingbourn’s built-up area.

What is the average age in Bassingbourn?

The median age was 40.5 at the 2021 Census. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 18% were 65 or over.

How diverse is Bassingbourn?

89% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 72% across Cambridgeshire’s towns. 9.4% were born outside the UK.

What religion are people in Bassingbourn?

47% said they had no religion and 45% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 5.9% didn’t answer.

Is Bassingbourn good for families?

32% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Bassingbourn’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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