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13% of commuters walk, cycle or take public transport. Some 11,022 people live in this town, in Cambridgeshire, East of England.
School results trail most towns: primary results beat 12% of towns in England; secondary results beat 22% of towns in England. Chatteris’s overall grade is D, better than 11% of UK towns. That places it #45 of 50 in Cambridgeshire. It also trails on jobs & income (C−) — households earn a mean £49,711 a year, and 2.8% of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefits. The median home sold for £230,000, 5 times what households in the Fenland council area earn in a year. Its other grades sit near the middle: B− for safety and C+ for walkability.
Figures: income, ONS · claimants, DWP · prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · crime, police.uk, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026 · commuting, Census 2021.
The 3 things Chatteris does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far Chatteris is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Historic England lists 109 buildings inside Chatteris’s built-up area, 1 of them Grade I.
15% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Chatteris.
The share aged 15 to 24 is 9.8%. 20% of residents are 65 or over, higher than both Cambridgeshire’s towns (17%) and England’s towns (18%). Chatteris has a median age of 42.8 years.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Chatteris | Cambridgeshire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 18% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 9.8% | 12% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 28% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 25% | 25% |
| 65+ | 20% | 17% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 23% | 17% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 6.3% | 5% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 17% | 16% | 17% |
| Degree level | 22% | 37% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Cambridgeshire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Chatteris’s two primaries and one secondary have 2,208 pupils between them. Of its 3 schools, two are shown below, each with the reason. Key Stage 2 results at the town’s 2 primary schools: 52% of pupils meet the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average).
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glebelands Primary AcademyLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 401 | C+ |
| Cromwell Community CollegeLargest secondary schoolAll-through | All-through | 1,539 | C |
5.9% of residents described their health as bad or very bad, above Cambridgeshire’s towns (4.4%) and England’s towns (5.2%) alike, and a disability affects 20% of people in Chatteris. The nearest A&E to Chatteris is Hinchingbrooke Hospital, 13.6 miles away. One GP practice serves the town; 64% of patients rate theirs good in the GP Patient Survey.
| Census 2021 | Chatteris | Cambridgeshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 79% | 84% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 5.9% | 4.4% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 20% | 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.
Chatteris’s listed buildings include the Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, Grade I. Relative to its size, Chatteris keeps 99 listed buildings per 10,000 residents, above both Cambridgeshire’s towns (82) and England’s towns (39). Homes built before 1919 account for 15% of the housing.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
12% live in social housing, below Cambridgeshire’s towns (16%) and England’s towns (18%) alike. Behind the median of £230,000: 546 standard sales inside Chatteris’s built-up area, September 2023 to August 2026. Private rents average £842 a month across the Fenland council area.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £315,000 | 185 |
| Semi-detached | £225,000 | 195 |
| Terraced | £185,000 | 142 |
| Flat or maisonette | £114,250 | 24 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 24% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
24% of workers worked mainly from home at the census. Work in town: 19% of resident commuters. For every resident in work, Chatteris has 0.5 jobs.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Among the 645 UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people, Chatteris has less crime per resident than three quarters of them. 580 crimes and 219 reports of anti-social behaviour: that is what police recorded inside the town’s built-up area in the 12 months to August 2026. Anti-social behaviour, shown but not graded, came to 16.2 reports per 1,000, above Cambridgeshire’s towns (8.7) and England’s towns (7.8) alike. Of all the crimes, 54% were violence and sexual offences.
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.
109 listed buildings in Chatteris, 1 of them Grade I.
Cross Keys Inn: Photo: Colin Smith · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Chatteris House: Photo: Colin Smith · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Chatteris War Memorial: Photo: Hugh Venables · CC BY-SA 2.0 · George Hotel: Photo: JThomas · CC BY-SA 2.0
11 notable people were born in Chatteris.
Stephen Venner: George The Dragon, CC BY-SA 3.0
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chatteris | 11,022 | — | D | C+ | B− | C |
| Doddington and Wimblington | 4,279 | 3.6 | D | C− | B− | C |
| Benwick | 1,145 | 4.2 | — | C+ | B+ | C |
| Somersham | 3,349 | 5.4 | A | A | B+ | A− |
| Sutton | 3,880 | 5.4 | B+ | A | B+ | B+ |
| Manea | 2,638 | 5.7 | D− | C− | B− | C− |
| Warboys | 4,318 | 6.4 | B+ | A | B | B |
| Ramsey | 5,727 | 6.8 | C | A | D | C− |
Benwick has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
That is 4.1 times the typical UK town for its size. Its Grade I building is Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul.
Chatteris has 3 state schools; places are handled by Cambridgeshire council.
Surface water isn’t included. Check a specific address on GOV.UK’s flood risk service.
Town in Cambridgeshire, England
Chatteris is a built-up area of 11,022 people, in the Fenland 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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