Photo: Richard Humphrey · CC BY-SA 2.0Glatton is older than 94% of UK towns: a median age of 53.5
Here 20% of households are one person living alone, where the figure across England’s towns is 30%. The share of households with dependent children stands at 21%. At 0.9%, the share of households in flats is lower than in 99% of UK towns. In 2021, the Census found 274 residents in Glatton, living in 118 households.
Glatton ranks below 99% of UK towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 6.6%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 50–54: 14% of residents, 2 times the share across England’s towns. Residents aged 65 and over account for 26%. Set beside that, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. In Buckden, the oldest of Cambridgeshire’s towns by this measure, it is 30%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 84 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.
2.6% of adults are full-time students, fewer than in 99% 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%.
Managerial and professional jobs take in 55% of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 7.4% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). On the census count, 14% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. Across the comparison, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Bigger households than 80% 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.
At 4.2%, the share of shared households of unrelated adults is in line with the figure across England’s towns.
Glatton: 86% of households live in a detached house, above 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
Compared with 24% across England’s towns, just over one in ten households have no car or van here. The census found that 1.8% of households live in a terraced house in Glatton. 0.9% of households live in a flat, less than in 99% of UK towns; 86% in a detached house, against 21% across England’s towns.
In Glatton, 13% of residents were born outside the UK, more than in 81% 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%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Residents born abroad were most often born in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (6.3%), then in EU countries (4.8%). Set beside that, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. In Glatton, 97% of residents have English as their main language, beside 90% across England’s towns.
Only 32% of residents said they have no religion in Glatton
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 Glatton · Cambridgeshire’s towns 72% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Nearly three in five residents describe themselves as Christian; across England’s towns the figure is 46%. Across the comparison, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. Locally, 88% of residents describe themselves as White British.
68% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, a share 99% of UK towns don’t reach
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
39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns, against 17% in Glatton. Across England’s towns, the share of married adults and civil partners is 44%. The number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 5.
Adults qualified to degree level or above: 46%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Glatton, 46% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 13% have no qualification at all (18%).
Every neighbour of Glatton has a younger population
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glatton | 274 | — | 53.5 | 26% | 21% |
| Sawtry | 5,870 | 1.8 mi | 43.6 | 20% | 28% |
| Stilton | 2,365 | 2.2 mi | 45.7 | 22% | 27% |
| Yaxley | 9,403 | 4.5 mi | 40.9 | 18% | 33% |
| Warmington | 1,045 | 5.6 mi | 50.7 | 27% | 26% |
| Farcet | 1,596 | 6.2 mi | 45.6 | 21% | 27% |
| Alconbury | 1,464 | 6.7 mi | 50.8 | 26% | 21% |
| Alconbury Weald | 1,222 | 6.8 mi | 31.2 | 3.3% | 46% |
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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 Glatton’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 Glatton’s residents
What is the population of Glatton?
The 2021 Census counted 274 people in Glatton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Glatton?
The median age was 53.5 at the 2021 Census. 6.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 26% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Glatton?
88% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 72% across Cambridgeshire’s towns. 13% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Glatton?
32% said they had no religion and 59% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5.9% didn’t answer.
Is Glatton good for families?
21% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Glatton’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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