Photo: John Sutton · CC BY-SA 2.0A lower share of households in flats than 99% of UK towns, at 0.6%
One-person households make up 22%, against 30% across England’s towns. Few places have as many households in detached houses: 55% here, more than in 94% of UK towns. At the 2021 Census, 1,295 people lived in Fowlmere, in 528 households. Census figures put married adults and civil partners at 65% in the village.
Fowlmere sits below 97% of UK towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (7.4%)
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
With a median age of 48.9, Fowlmere is older than nearly four fifths of UK towns. On average, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. 25% of residents are 65 or over. In Buckden, the oldest of Cambridgeshire’s towns by this measure, it is 30%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A lower share of residents who moved in within the year than 93% of UK towns, at 6.5%
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 work; in Fowlmere, 48% and 13%. By way of comparison, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns. On the census count, 5.2% of adults are full-time students.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Larger households than 84% 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.
The share of households with dependent children tops just over four fifths of UK towns: 31%. Higher than in 71% of UK towns: 2.8% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
Households without a car or van: 4.7%, a lower share than 99% of UK towns
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 in terraced houses make up 11%, against 24% across England’s towns.
Fowlmere sits above 63% of UK towns for residents whose main language is English (98%)
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
6.9% of residents were born outside the UK, against 22% across Cambridgeshire’s towns and 18% across England’s towns. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (2.5%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.7%). As a yardstick, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
56% describe themselves as Christian, more than in 85% 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: 93% of Fowlmere · Cambridgeshire’s towns 72% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Of the other groups, the largest are Other White (3.5%), Mixed or multiple (2.6%) and Indian (0.5%). Fewer residents with no religion than in 73% of UK towns: 37%. The benchmark for residents who describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns: 46%.
20% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, fewer than in 99% 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
Heavy unpaid care, 50 hours a week or more, falls to 26 residents. For adults who have never married, the comparison across England’s towns is 39%. At 9.4%, the share of unpaid carers is in line with the figure across England’s towns.
Degree-level qualifications: held by 45% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
12% of Fowlmere’s adults have no qualification (18% across England’s towns), and 45% have one at degree level (34%).
No nearby town is as old as Fowlmere
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fowlmere | 1,295 | — | 48.9 | 25% | 31% |
| Foxton | 1,275 | 1.7 mi | 47.1 | 24% | 29% |
| Melbourn | 4,907 | 2.3 mi | 45.2 | 24% | 27% |
| Meldreth | 1,823 | 3 mi | 43.7 | 21% | 32% |
| Barrington | 1,184 | 3 mi | 48.7 | 23% | 27% |
| Whittlesford | 1,608 | 3.2 mi | 48 | 24% | 29% |
| Duxford | 2,216 | 3.4 mi | 44.3 | 21% | 31% |
| Harston | 1,827 | 3.5 mi | 47 | 22% | 32% |
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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 Fowlmere’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 Fowlmere’s residents
What is the population of Fowlmere?
The 2021 Census counted 1,295 people in Fowlmere’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Fowlmere?
The median age was 48.9 at the 2021 Census. 7.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 25% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Fowlmere?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 72% across Cambridgeshire’s towns. 6.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Fowlmere?
37% said they had no religion and 56% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 5.4% didn’t answer.
Is Fowlmere good for families?
31% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Fowlmere’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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