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49.2Median age

Who lives here · ONS Census 2021

Cheveley sits below 93% of UK towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (7.9%)

Households in detached houses: 52% here and 21% across England’s towns. Census figures put households without a car or van at 9.5% in Cheveley. Just over a quarter of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, fewer than in 90% of UK towns. At the 2021 Census, 923 people lived locally, in 417 households.

28%aged 65 or over 10%born abroad 417households

Ages

A median age of 49.2: Cheveley is older than 81% of UK towns

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

CheveleyEngland’s towns

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

Residents aged 65 and over: 28%, above 84% of UK towns. The largest age band is 70–74: nearly one in ten residents, 1.7 times the share across England’s towns.

Broad ages · share of residents

Under 1516%

15 to 247.9%

25 to 4420%

45 to 6428%

65 and over28%

CheveleyCambridgeshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Women and men · all residents

52% women, 48% men

Cheveley

England

WomenMen

About 93 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.

Students & newcomers

Cheveley sits above 62% of UK towns for full-time students (5.1%)

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 students5.1%

Higher managerial and professional17%

Lower managerial and professional22%

Intermediate14%

Small employers and self-employed12%

Supervisory and technical5.4%

Semi-routine10%

Routine10%

Never worked or long-term unemployed4.6%

CheveleyCambridgeshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Address a year before the Census

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

Cheveley

10%

England’s towns

11%

Moved within the UKTerm-time addressMoved from abroad

Moved in within a year

residents, 10%; England’s towns 11%

Of them from abroad

1.1× England’s share

Across England’s towns, 33% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine work; in Cheveley, 39% and 21%. Higher than in 77% of UK towns: 10% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. For comparison, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.

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

Households

Smaller households than 79% of UK towns: 2.2 people on average

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

Living alone, 66+ 20%Living alone, under 66 11%Families with dependent children 27%Couples and families, no young children 38%Shared houses and other 2.9%

Against Cambridgeshire’s towns and England’s towns

Cheveley

Cambridgeshire’s towns

England’s towns

People per household

1 person32%

2 people38%

3 people15%

4 people12%

5 or more3.1%

England’s towns.

In Cheveley, 2.9% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, beside 4.3% across England’s towns. More one-person households than in 64% of UK towns: 31%. Across Cheveley, 27% of households have dependent children.

Homes & cars

In Cheveley, 8.8% of households live in a terraced house, fewer than in 91% of UK towns

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

Type of home

Cheveley

Cambridgeshire’s towns

England’s towns

DetachedSemi-detachedTerracedFlat or maisonetteCaravan or other

Cars or vans · share of households

No car or van9.5%

One39%

Two37%

Three or more14%

CheveleyCambridgeshire’s townsEngland’s towns

4.1% of households live in a flat or apartment; across England’s towns the figure is 23%. To put it in context, 24% of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns.

Where people were born

Residents born outside the UK make up 10% in Cheveley, more than in 74% of UK towns

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%

Cheveley

10%

Cambridgeshire’s towns

22%

England’s towns

18%

EU countriesRest of EuropeMiddle East and AsiaAfricaAmericas, Oceania, other

Main language · residents aged 3 and over

English is main language98%

Another main language, speaks English very well or well2%

Another main language, little or no English0.2%

CheveleyCambridgeshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (3.8%) or in the Middle East and Asia (2.3%). As a reference point, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. 98% of residents have English as their main language, against 90% across England’s towns.

Ethnicity & religion

A larger share of residents who describe themselves as Christian than 85% of UK towns: 56%

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

CheveleyCambridgeshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Other White6.3%

Asian0.7%

Mixed2.5%

Black1.4%

Other0.2%

0%8%16%

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

Religion · all residents

CheveleyCambridgeshire’s townsEngland’s towns

No religion36%

Christian56%

Muslim0.5%

Hindu, Sikh, Jewish, Buddhist1.1%

Other religion0%

Didn’t answer6.5%

0%35%70%

Nearly nine in ten residents describe themselves as White British; across England’s towns the figure is 73%. The comparison figure for residents who describe themselves as Christian is 46% across England’s towns. For Cheveley, the census puts residents with no religion at 36%.

Relationships & caring

More married adults and civil partners than 85% of UK towns: 54%

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 partnership26%

Married or civil partnership54%

Separated1.7%

Divorced9.7%

Widowed8.8%

CheveleyCambridgeshire’s townsEngland’s towns

72residents give unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age: 8.3%, against 8.7% in England’s towns

Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over

Up to 19 hours a week4.1%

20 to 49 hours1.2%

50 hours or more3%

Unpaid carers are about as common here as across England’s towns, at 8.3%. 26 residents care, unpaid, for at least 50 hours a week. The comparison figure for married adults and civil partners is 44% across England’s towns.

Qualifications

Degree-level qualifications reach 36% of adults

Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.

Highest qualification · residents 16 and over

No qualifications17%

Apprenticeship7.9%

A levels or similar15%

Degree level36%

CheveleyCambridgeshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Degree-level qualifications are held by 36% of Cheveley’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 17% have no qualification (18%).

Neighbours

Cheveley is older than every town around it

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

NewmarketKentfordExningBarrowRed LodgeCock and EndBurwellCheveley

under 3838–4444–5050–5656+

Town	People	Away	Median age	65+	Homes with children
Cheveley	923	—	49.2	28%	27%
Newmarket	18,857	3 mi	40.2	18%	23%
Kentford	1,124	3.7 mi	39.9	19%	34%
Exning	2,049	5 mi	40.2	18%	30%
Barrow	1,961	5.4 mi	45.3	25%	27%
Red Lodge	5,771	5.9 mi	30.9	6.1%	38%
Cock and End	1,346	6.2 mi	34.9	3%	21%
Burwell	5,912	6.8 mi	46.6	23%	27%

More about Cheveley’s residents

Health, work and homes have their own pages

HealthLife expectancy, early deaths and Census health, adjusted for age Work & commuteIncome, the claimant count, jobs and how people get to work Cost of livingOwners and renters, prices, rents and council tax SchoolsEvery 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 Cheveley’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 Cheveley’s residents

What is the population of Cheveley?

The 2021 Census counted 923 people in Cheveley’s built-up area.

What is the average age in Cheveley?

The median age was 49.2 at the 2021 Census. 7.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 28% were 65 or over.

How diverse is Cheveley?

89% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 72% across Cambridgeshire’s towns. 10% were born outside the UK.

What religion are people in Cheveley?

36% said they had no religion and 56% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.5% were Muslim and 6.5% didn’t answer.

Is Cheveley good for families?

27% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Cheveley’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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