Photo: Tim Heaton · CC BY-SA 2.0Below 75% of UK towns: 27% of households are one person living alone
The share of households in detached houses is 38%, against 21% across England’s towns. 1,596 residents in 690 households: that is Farcet at the 2021 Census. Across Farcet, 88% of residents describe themselves as White British. Households in terraced houses are rarer here than in nearly two thirds of UK towns.
Half of Farcet is over 45.6, older than 58% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 50–54: nearly one in ten residents. At 11%, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is higher than in just over three quarters of UK towns. Where 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns, Farcet has 21%.
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.
4.1% of adults are full-time students, fewer than in 79% of UK towns
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%.
Residents who moved in within the year make up 8%, against 11% across England’s towns. Set beside that, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Bigger households than 66% of UK towns: 2.3 people each 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.
The share of households with dependent children is 27%, against 29% across England’s towns. More shared households of unrelated adults than in 90% of UK towns: 3.8%.
Farcet ranks below 66% of UK towns on households in flats: 8.1%
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
Compared with 24% across England’s towns, 15% of households have no car or van here. Against that, nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
In Farcet, 9.2% of residents were born outside the UK, more than in 71% 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
Compared with 90% across England’s towns, 97% of residents have English as their main language here. Across England’s towns, the share of residents born outside the UK is 18%. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (5.1%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.8%).
Farcet ranks above 61% of UK towns on residents who describe themselves as Christian: 51%
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: 88% of Farcet · Cambridgeshire’s towns 72% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Other than White British, most residents describe themselves as Other White (6%), Mixed or multiple (2.4%) and Indian (1%). On average, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 37% of residents said they have no religion; in Farcet, 41%.
Adults who have never married: 34%, a higher share than 62% of UK towns
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
46% of adults are married or in a civil partnership; across England’s towns the figure is 44%. Against that, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. The share of unpaid carers stands at 10%.
Degree-level qualifications: 24% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Farcet, 24% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 21% have no qualification at all (18%).
Nearby, 3 of 7 towns have older populations than Farcet
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Farcet | 1,596 | — | 45.6 | 21% | 27% |
| Yaxley | 9,403 | 1.8 mi | 40.9 | 18% | 33% |
| Peterborough | 190,592 | 3 mi | 35.9 | 13% | 35% |
| Stilton | 2,365 | 4.2 mi | 45.7 | 22% | 27% |
| Whittlesey | 13,833 | 4.5 mi | 45 | 24% | 26% |
| Eye | 5,419 | 5.3 mi | 40 | 19% | 32% |
| Castor and Ailsworth | 1,461 | 5.6 mi | 49.7 | 25% | 26% |
| Coates and Eastrea | 2,313 | 6.4 mi | 47 | 22% | 28% |
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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 Farcet’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 Farcet’s residents
What is the population of Farcet?
The 2021 Census counted 1,596 people in Farcet’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Farcet?
The median age was 45.6 at the 2021 Census. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 21% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Farcet?
88% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 72% across Cambridgeshire’s towns. 9.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Farcet?
41% said they had no religion and 51% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.8% were Muslim and 5.8% didn’t answer.
Is Farcet good for families?
27% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Farcet’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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