Photo: David Purchase · CC BY-SA 2.0A larger share of households in detached houses than 99% of UK towns: 72%
Across England’s towns, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership; in Ellington, 22%. At the 2021 Census Ellington was home to 604 people in 246 households. On the census count, 2.9% of households live in a flat or apartment. The median age in the village is 51.2, higher than in 90% of UK towns.
Ellington ranks below 82% of UK towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 8.7%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 50–54, with nearly one in ten residents, 1.4 times the share across England’s towns. Few places have as many residents aged 65 and over: 26% here, more than in three quarters of UK towns. Against that, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Only 3.9% of adults are full-time students in Ellington
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%.
Managerial and professional jobs take in 45% of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 17% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). Nearly one in ten residents had moved in within the year before the Census, fewer than the 11% across England’s towns. For comparison, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
One-person households make up 23% in Ellington, less than in 94% 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.
Families with dependent children are a quarter of households (England’s towns 29%), and 11% are someone 66 or over living alone (Cambridgeshire’s towns 12%). The share of one-person households across England’s towns is 30%. Shared households of unrelated adults account for 1.6%.
Ellington ranks below 99% of UK towns on households in terraced houses: 3.3%
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
Households without a car or van make up 6.3%, against 24% across England’s towns.
Ellington: 8.1% of residents were born outside the UK, above 64% 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%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (3.2%) and in EU countries (2.8%). For residents born outside the UK, the comparison across England’s towns is 18%. Where 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns, Ellington has 98%.
In Ellington, 55% of residents describe themselves as Christian, more than in 80% 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 Ellington · Cambridgeshire’s towns 72% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Against a figure of 37% across England’s towns, the share of residents with no religion in Ellington comes in at 39%. Across the comparison, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Of the other groups, the largest are Other White (5.2%), Mixed or multiple (1.2%) and Indian (0.7%).
A larger share of married adults and civil partners than 93% of UK towns: 57%
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 12. Just over one in ten residents give unpaid care, a higher share than in 84% of UK towns. The usual figure: 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 36%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Ellington, 36% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 12% have no qualification at all (18%).
Every neighbour of Ellington has a younger population
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ellington | 604 | — | 51.2 | 26% | 25% |
| Brampton | 6,585 | 3 mi | 38.8 | 18% | 33% |
| Alconbury | 1,464 | 3.1 mi | 50.8 | 26% | 21% |
| Buckden | 2,757 | 3.4 mi | 51.2 | 30% | 24% |
| Alconbury Weald | 1,222 | 4 mi | 31.2 | 3.3% | 46% |
| Kimbolton | 1,056 | 4.5 mi | 49.9 | 25% | 26% |
| Huntingdon | 25,603 | 5 mi | 38.2 | 15% | 30% |
| Offord D'Arcy and Offord Cluny | 1,385 | 5.1 mi | 48.4 | 23% | 25% |
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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 Ellington’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 Ellington’s residents
What is the population of Ellington?
The 2021 Census counted 604 people in Ellington’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Ellington?
The median age was 51.2 at the 2021 Census. 8.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 26% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Ellington?
92% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 72% across Cambridgeshire’s towns. 8.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Ellington?
39% said they had no religion and 55% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.7% were Muslim and 4% didn’t answer.
Is Ellington good for families?
25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Ellington’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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