Photo: Cruccone · CC BY 3.0A smaller share of households in flats than 99% of UK towns: 1.3%
The figure for households in detached houses is 56% in Foxton and 21% across England’s towns. Compared with other places, adults who have never married are scarce here: 26%, fewer than in 88% of UK towns. The 2021 Census put the village’s population at 1,275, in 539 households. Residents aged 15 to 24 account for 9.1%.
Older than 69% of UK towns: half of Foxton is over 47.1
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 55–59: 8.7% of residents, 1.3 times the share across England’s towns. For Foxton, the census puts residents aged 65 and over at 24%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
More students than 53% of UK towns: 4.9% of adults in Foxton
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 account for 49% of Foxton’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 15%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. In Foxton, 8.9% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. The usual figure: 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
A lower share of one-person households than 96% of UK towns, at 21%
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.
Households in Foxton hold 2.4 people on average (England’s towns: 2.4). On shared households of unrelated adults, Foxton sits higher than 62% of UK towns: 2.6%. One-person households make up 30% across England’s towns. The census found that 29% of households have dependent children in the village.
Fewer households without a car or van than 88% of UK towns: 8.8%
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
Terraced houses are home to 12% of households, against 24% across England’s towns. In one household in 11 there is no car or van.
Foxton sits above 73% of UK towns for residents born outside the UK (9.8%)
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
15% of the town’s residents born abroad came in 2017 or later, set against 21% across England’s towns. On residents whose main language is English, Foxton sits lower than 67% of UK towns: 97%. Across England’s towns, residents born outside the UK come to 18%. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (3.5%) and in Africa (2.2%).
88% of residents describe themselves as White British, fewer than in 72% 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: 88% of Foxton · Cambridgeshire’s towns 72% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Here just over two in five residents said they have no religion, where the figure across England’s towns is 37%. Residents who describe themselves as White British: 73% across England’s towns, for comparison. Other than White British, most residents describe themselves as Other White (7.3%), Mixed or multiple (2.6%) and Indian (0.8%).
Married adults and civil partners make up 58% in Foxton, more than in 95% 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
26 residents care, unpaid, for at least 50 hours a week. Lower than in 73% of UK towns: 8.5% of residents give unpaid care. Typically, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
50% of adults are qualified to degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 50% of Foxton’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 10% have no qualification (18%).
Around Foxton, 2 of 7 towns have a higher median age
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foxton | 1,275 | — | 47.1 | 24% | 29% |
| Barrington | 1,184 | 1.4 mi | 48.7 | 23% | 27% |
| Fowlmere | 1,295 | 1.7 mi | 48.9 | 25% | 31% |
| Harston | 1,827 | 2.1 mi | 47 | 22% | 32% |
| Haslingfield | 1,535 | 2.6 mi | 47 | 23% | 30% |
| Meldreth | 1,823 | 2.7 mi | 43.7 | 21% | 32% |
| Melbourn | 4,907 | 2.8 mi | 45.2 | 24% | 27% |
| Hauxton | 1,322 | 2.8 mi | 41.3 | 19% | 30% |
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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 Foxton’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 Foxton’s residents
What is the population of Foxton?
The 2021 Census counted 1,275 people in Foxton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Foxton?
The median age was 47.1 at the 2021 Census. 9.1% of residents were 15 to 24 and 24% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Foxton?
88% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 72% across Cambridgeshire’s towns. 9.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Foxton?
42% said they had no religion and 50% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 6.5% didn’t answer.
Is Foxton good for families?
29% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Foxton’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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