Photo: Peter S · CC BY-SA 2.0Households without a car or van: 8.1%, a lower share than 92% of UK towns
With one-person households at 24%, Fenstanton is behind 89% of UK towns on that count. The 2021 Census put the town’s population at 3,015, in 1,282 households. Here, 46% of residents said they have no religion. 53% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, a higher share than in 78% of UK towns.
Younger than 62% of UK towns: half of Fenstanton is under 43
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 70–74: 7.2% of residents, 1.5 times the share across England’s towns. For Fenstanton, the census puts residents aged 15 to 24 at 9.6%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Fenstanton, 43. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Residents who moved in within the year make up 11% in Fenstanton, more than in 85% 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%.
Across England’s towns, a third of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine or semi-routine work; Fenstanton has 40% and 20%. Locally, 4.8% of adults are full-time students.
Bigger households than 70% of UK towns: 2.4 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.
Little separates the share of households with dependent children here, 29%, from the figure across England’s towns. Shared households of unrelated adults account for 2.3%.
Fewer flats than 80% of UK towns: 5.7% of households
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
Where 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns, Fenstanton has 38%. Across the comparison, 23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns. In Fenstanton, nearly a fifth of households live in a terraced house.
A higher share of residents born outside the UK than 69% of UK towns, at 8.9%
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 newest arrivals, from 2017 or later, are 13% of those born abroad (against 21% across England’s towns). Measured more widely, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. The census found that 97% of residents have English as their main language in Fenstanton.
Fewer residents who describe themselves as White British than 64% of UK towns: 90%
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: 90% of Fenstanton · Cambridgeshire’s towns 72% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Other than White British, most residents describe themselves as Other White (5.2%), Mixed or multiple (2.2%) and Indian (0.6%). Few places have so few residents who describe themselves as Christian: 47% here, fewer than in 66% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as White British is 73%.
In Fenstanton, 30% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, fewer than in 66% 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
Some 75 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. Across England’s towns, adults who have never married come to 39%. Lower than in 64% of UK towns: 8.9% of residents give unpaid care.
35% of adults have qualifications at degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 35% of Fenstanton’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 14% have no qualification (18%).
Of 514 UK towns its size (2,500 to 4,000 people), the 111th youngest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Keele is the youngest (20.6); West Chiltington the oldest (63.1). Nearest to Fenstanton in age: Cliffe (42.9), Shevington Moor (43), Essington (43.1) and Cheswick Green (43.1).
Of the 7 towns nearest Fenstanton, 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fenstanton | 3,015 | — | 43 | 22% | 29% |
| Hemingford Grey | 3,372 | 1.7 mi | 48.4 | 26% | 27% |
| Hilton | 1,052 | 2.3 mi | 47.9 | 24% | 30% |
| St Ives | 16,818 | 2.5 mi | 43.3 | 21% | 25% |
| Swavesey | 2,739 | 2.6 mi | 41.5 | 18% | 32% |
| Needingworth | 2,059 | 2.7 mi | 51.7 | 28% | 24% |
| Houghton | 1,368 | 3.3 mi | 52.4 | 31% | 26% |
| Over | 2,898 | 3.7 mi | 47.5 | 23% | 31% |
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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 Fenstanton’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 Fenstanton’s residents
What is the population of Fenstanton?
The 2021 Census counted 3,015 people in Fenstanton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Fenstanton?
The median age was 43 at the 2021 Census, younger than 62% of UK towns. 9.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 22% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Fenstanton?
90% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 72% across Cambridgeshire’s towns. 8.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Fenstanton?
46% said they had no religion and 47% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 5.2% didn’t answer.
Is Fenstanton good for families?
29% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Fenstanton’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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