Photo: John Sutton · CC BY-SA 2.00.9% of households live in a flat or apartment, below 99% of UK towns
Where 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns, Fen Ditton has 22%. By contrast, households in terraced houses are more common here than in just over four fifths of UK towns. At the 2021 Census Fen Ditton was home to 509 people in 234 households. The census found that 41% of residents describe themselves as Christian in the village.
In Fen Ditton, 8.3% of residents are aged 15 to 24, fewer than in 89% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
With a median age of 44.9, Fen Ditton is older than 53% of UK towns. As a yardstick, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. Residents aged 65 and over: 18% of the total. 30–34 is the most common age band: 9.3% of residents, 1.3 times the share across England’s towns.
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.
More residents who moved in within the year than 96% of UK towns: 15%
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 Fen Ditton, 6.1% of adults are full-time students, beside 7.9% across England’s towns. On average, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Smaller households than 80% of UK towns: 2.2 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.
There is little gap on shared households of unrelated adults: 4.3%, about the same as across England’s towns. Census figures put one-person households at 30% in Fen Ditton.
Above 73% of UK towns: 38% of households live in a detached house
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 13%, against 24% across England’s towns. Against that, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
A lower share of residents whose main language is English than 89% of UK towns, at 92%
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
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (9.5%) and in the Middle East and Asia (4.1%). As a yardstick, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Compared with other places, residents born outside the UK are common here: 19%, more than in 92% of UK towns. Of residents born abroad, 22% arrived in 2017 or later, against 21% across England’s towns.
In Fen Ditton, 46% of residents said they have no religion, more than in 81% 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: 75% of Fen Ditton · Cambridgeshire’s towns 72% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Set against 73% across England’s towns, three quarters of residents describe themselves as White British in Fen Ditton. By way of comparison, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. 1.2% of residents are Muslim.
In Fen Ditton, 51% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 69% 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
Unpaid care takes 50 hours a week or more for 7 people. Measured more widely, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Nothing unusual on unpaid carers: 9.1%, close to the figure across England’s towns.
Qualified to degree level: 60% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
60% of Fen Ditton’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 8.2% have none (18%). Many of the 9.3% whose highest qualification is A levels are students working towards a degree.
3 of the 7 nearest towns are older than Fen Ditton
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fen Ditton | 509 | — | 44.9 | 18% | 22% |
| Milton | 4,150 | 1.9 mi | 41.5 | 17% | 26% |
| Cambridge | 152,742 | 2 mi | 31.9 | 11% | 26% |
| Fulbourn | 3,737 | 3 mi | 43.6 | 23% | 27% |
| Histon and Impington | 7,781 | 3.6 mi | 45.6 | 23% | 28% |
| Bottisham | 1,990 | 3.6 mi | 45 | 24% | 34% |
| Waterbeach | 5,375 | 3.7 mi | 38.1 | 16% | 31% |
| Girton | 4,384 | 4 mi | 45.1 | 25% | 28% |
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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 Fen Ditton’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 Fen Ditton’s residents
What is the population of Fen Ditton?
The 2021 Census counted 509 people in Fen Ditton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Fen Ditton?
The median age was 44.9 at the 2021 Census. 8.3% of residents were 15 to 24 and 18% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Fen Ditton?
75% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 72% across Cambridgeshire’s towns. 19% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Fen Ditton?
46% said they had no religion and 41% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1.2% were Muslim and 8.1% didn’t answer.
Is Fen Ditton good for families?
22% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Fen Ditton’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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