Photo: mym · CC BY-SA 2.0Only 3.3% of households have no car or van in Caxton
Compared with 21% across England’s towns, 58% of households live in a detached house here. In 2021, the Census found 616 residents in Caxton, living in 244 households. Census figures put one-person households at 20% here. On households with dependent children, Caxton sits higher than 93% of UK towns: 35%.
In Caxton, 15% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 89% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 50–54 than any other five-year age: one in ten residents, 1.5 times the share across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 18% of residents are 65 or over. 14% of residents are aged 15 to 24. The median age in Caxton is 43.4, lower than in 58% of UK towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
8% of adults are full-time students, more than in 94% 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%.
Across England’s towns, 33% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine or semi-routine work; Caxton has 50% and 13%. Measured more widely, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. For Caxton, the census puts residents who moved in within the year at 9.6%.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
2.5 people per household, more than in 91% of UK towns
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.
The share of shared households of unrelated adults is 1.6%, against 4.3% across England’s towns.
In Caxton, 1.2% of households live in a flat or apartment, fewer than in 99% of UK towns
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
Here 18% of households live in a terraced house, where the figure across England’s towns is 24%. As a yardstick, nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
A higher share of residents born outside the UK than 71% of UK towns, at 9.3%
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
The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (4.1%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (2.1%). The share of residents born outside the UK across England’s towns is 18%. 97% of residents have English as their main language, a lower share than in 67% of UK towns.
Only 88% of residents describe themselves as White British in Caxton
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: 88% of Caxton · Cambridgeshire’s towns 72% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The groups that follow White British are Other White (5%), Mixed or multiple (2.3%) and Indian (2.1%). Residents with no religion are more common here than in 62% of UK towns. Across the comparison, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. 47% of residents describe themselves as Christian; across England’s towns the figure is 46%.
Caxton ranks above 86% of UK towns on married adults and civil partners: 54%
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
Compared with 39% across England’s towns, 30% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership here. The share of married adults and civil partners across England’s towns is 44%. Locally, 11% of residents give unpaid care.
Adults qualified to degree level or above: 50%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Caxton counts 50% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 7.8% have no qualification (18%). The highest qualification of 16% is A levels, often students still at university.
Among its 7 nearest neighbours, 4 are older than Caxton
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caxton | 616 | — | 43.4 | 15% | 35% |
| Cambourne | 11,071 | 1.4 mi | 34.5 | 5.4% | 52% |
| Papworth Everard | 3,821 | 3 mi | 38.1 | 10% | 37% |
| Highfields Caldecote | 2,049 | 3 mi | 41.6 | 15% | 41% |
| Hardwick | 2,658 | 4.3 mi | 44.1 | 18% | 29% |
| Hilton | 1,052 | 5 mi | 47.9 | 24% | 30% |
| Comberton | 2,255 | 5.2 mi | 47.8 | 25% | 29% |
| Gamlingay | 2,920 | 5.6 mi | 51 | 30% | 24% |
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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 Caxton’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 Caxton’s residents
What is the population of Caxton?
The 2021 Census counted 616 people in Caxton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Caxton?
The median age was 43.4 at the 2021 Census. 14% of residents were 15 to 24 and 15% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Caxton?
88% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 72% across Cambridgeshire’s towns. 9.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Caxton?
43% said they had no religion and 47% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1% were Muslim and 7.3% didn’t answer.
Is Caxton good for families?
35% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Caxton’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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