Photo: Unknown author · CC BY-SA 2.0Comberton sits above 86% of UK towns for married adults and civil partners (54%)
Here 10% of households have no car or van, where the figure across England’s towns is 24%. Meanwhile, households in detached houses are more common here than in 72% of UK towns. Census day 2021: 2,255 residents and 974 households in Comberton. 83% of residents describe themselves as White British.
Half of Comberton is over 47.8, older than 73% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 45–49: 8.1% of residents, 1.3 times the share across England’s towns. For Comberton, the census puts residents aged 65 and over at 25%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 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.
More full-time students than 88% of UK towns: 6.5%
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%.
In Comberton, nearly half of adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 14% 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. The share of residents who moved in within the year stands at 7.8%.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Shared households of unrelated adults make up 2.8% in Comberton, more than in 69% 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.
29% of households have dependent children, about the same as across England’s towns. For shared households of unrelated adults, the comparison across England’s towns is 4.3%. Households average 2.3 people.
6.8% of households live in a flat or apartment, below 73% 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
The figure for households in terraced houses is 18% in Comberton and 24% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment.
Residents born outside the UK: 15%, a higher share than 86% 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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (6%) and in the Middle East and Asia (3.3%). The usual figure: 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. 95% of residents have English as their main language, fewer than in 80% of UK towns.
Residents with no religion make up 43% in Comberton, more than in 68% 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
White British, not charted: 83% of Comberton · Cambridgeshire’s towns 72% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
At 46%, residents who describe themselves as Christian sit close to the figure across England’s towns. The largest groups after White British are Other White (9.3%), Mixed or multiple (2.2%) and Chinese (1.4%). Residents with no religion make up 37% across England’s towns.
Fewer adults who have never married than 79% of UK towns: 28%
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
The number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 42. Across England’s towns, the share of adults who have never married is 39%. Comberton has fewer unpaid carers than 86% of UK towns, at 7.9%.
Degree level: the highest qualification of 51% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
With 51% of its adults qualified to degree level, Comberton compares with 34% across England’s towns; another 11% hold no qualification (18%). Many still at university: 13% list A levels as their highest qualification.
Median age: 2 of the 7 towns around Comberton are older
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Comberton | 2,255 | — | 47.8 | 25% | 29% |
| Hardwick | 2,658 | 2 mi | 44.1 | 18% | 29% |
| Highfields Caldecote | 2,049 | 2.5 mi | 41.6 | 15% | 41% |
| Haslingfield | 1,535 | 2.7 mi | 47 | 23% | 30% |
| Harston | 1,827 | 4 mi | 47 | 22% | 32% |
| Girton | 4,384 | 4.1 mi | 45.1 | 25% | 28% |
| Orwell | 1,147 | 4.1 mi | 49.5 | 27% | 26% |
| Barrington | 1,184 | 4.1 mi | 48.7 | 23% | 27% |
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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 Comberton’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 Comberton’s residents
What is the population of Comberton?
The 2021 Census counted 2,255 people in Comberton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Comberton?
The median age was 47.8 at the 2021 Census. 9.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 25% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Comberton?
83% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 72% across Cambridgeshire’s towns. 15% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Comberton?
43% said they had no religion and 46% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.7% were Muslim and 7.2% didn’t answer.
Is Comberton good for families?
29% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Comberton’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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