Photo: Stephen McKay · CC BY-SA 2.0Only 4.8% of households in Earith have no car or van
24% of households are one person living alone, against 30% across England’s towns. Lower than in 94% of UK towns: 7.7% of households live in a terraced house. Earith is home to 1,656 residents in 685 households, by the 2021 Census. The census found that 56% of adults are married or in a civil partnership locally.
What the Census says about Earith’s people
More with no religion than most
48% of residents answered “no religion” in 2021 and 45% Christian, against 37% and 46% across England’s towns. Ethnicity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of UK towns: 7.1%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The median age in Earith is 46.6, higher than in nearly two thirds of UK towns. As a reference point, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. In Buckden, the oldest of Cambridgeshire’s towns by this measure, it is 30%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A smaller share of full-time students than 86% of UK towns: 3.9%
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, a third of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine or semi-routine work; Earith has 39% and 20%. Against that, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. 8.8% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
Larger households than 70% of UK towns: 2.4 people on average
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.
4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns, against 2% in Earith. Census figures put households with dependent children at 27% locally.
A lower share of households in flats than 96% of UK towns, at 2.3%
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
Across England’s towns, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house; in Earith, 49%. Elsewhere, nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
Earith ranks above 66% of UK towns on residents born outside the UK: 8.4%
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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Recent arrivals (2017 or later) make up 8% of those born abroad (England’s towns: 21%). Typically, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. For Earith, the census puts residents whose main language is English at 97%.
48% said they have no religion, more than in 89% 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: 92% of Earith · Cambridgeshire’s towns 72% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Against a figure of 73% across England’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as White British in Earith comes in at 92%. Lower than in 78% of UK towns: 45% of residents describe themselves as Christian. The comparison figure for residents with no religion is 37% across England’s towns. The largest groups after White British are Other White (4.7%), Mixed or multiple (1.9%) and Caribbean (0.5%).
Only 26% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership in Earith
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
Nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care, about the same as across England’s towns. As a yardstick, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Adults qualified to degree level or above: 34%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Earith, 34% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 17% have no qualification at all (18%).
Median age: 4 of the 7 towns around Earith 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earith | 1,656 | — | 46.6 | 24% | 27% |
| Bluntisham and Colne | 2,790 | 1 mi | 49.5 | 24% | 27% |
| Somersham | 3,349 | 2.3 mi | 47.1 | 23% | 25% |
| Over | 2,898 | 3 mi | 47.5 | 23% | 31% |
| Needingworth | 2,059 | 3.1 mi | 51.7 | 28% | 24% |
| Willingham | 3,912 | 3.2 mi | 42.2 | 18% | 31% |
| Sutton | 3,880 | 4.3 mi | 42.7 | 20% | 30% |
| Swavesey | 2,739 | 4.4 mi | 41.5 | 18% | 32% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- “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 Earith’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 Earith’s residents
What is the population of Earith?
The 2021 Census counted 1,656 people in Earith’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Earith?
The median age was 46.6 at the 2021 Census. 7.1% of residents were 15 to 24 and 24% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Earith?
92% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 72% across Cambridgeshire’s towns. 8.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Earith?
48% said they had no religion and 45% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.5% were Muslim and 5.2% didn’t answer.
Is Earith good for families?
27% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Earith’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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