Photo: Chris Stafford · CC BY-SA 2.00.5% of households live in a flat or apartment, fewer than in 99% of UK towns
23% of households are one person living alone, against 30% across England’s towns. The census found that 4.9% of households live in a terraced house in Gorefield. Adults who have never married are rarer here than in 90% of UK towns. The village counted 1,070 residents and 447 households at the 2021 Census.
What the Census says about Gorefield’s people
Many carers
130 residents gave unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age in 2021, 13% of those 5 and over: more than in 99% of UK towns. Relationships & caring ↓
Older than most towns
Half of Gorefield’s residents are under 50.2 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 29% are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Older than 86% of UK towns: half of Gorefield is over 50.2
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
60–64 is the most common age band: 8% of residents, 1.4 times the share across England’s towns. The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 29%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 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.
Gorefield sits below 99% of UK towns for full-time students (2.9%)
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%.
By class, just over a quarter of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 29% in routine and semi-routine work (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). Just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier, more than in 83% of UK towns. Full-time students make up 7.9% across England’s towns.
A lower share of households with dependent children than 78% of UK towns, at 24%
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.
Shared households of unrelated adults: 4%, near enough the figure across England’s towns. Households with dependent children make up 29% across England’s towns.
In Gorefield, 72% of households live in a detached house, more than in 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
Across England’s towns, nearly a quarter of households have no car or van; in Gorefield, 9.8%. 0.5% of households live in a flat, less than in 99% of UK towns; 72% in a detached house, against 21% across England’s towns.
Residents born outside the UK: 5.1%, a lower share than 63% 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
98% of residents have English as their main language, against 90% across England’s towns. As a yardstick, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (3.9%), then in the Middle East and Asia (0.8%).
Gorefield: 54% of residents describe themselves as Christian, above 76% 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 Gorefield · Cambridgeshire’s towns 72% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Compared with 73% across England’s towns, 93% of residents describe themselves as White British here. The benchmark for residents who describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns: 46%. Beyond White British, the biggest groups are Other White (4.3%), Mixed or multiple (1.3%) and Indian (0.8%). Fewer residents with no religion than in 71% of UK towns: 37%.
13% of residents give unpaid care, more 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
Compared with 44% across England’s towns, 54% of adults are married or in a civil partnership here. For unpaid carers, the comparison across England’s towns is 8.7%.
A degree-level qualification for 17% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 17% of Gorefield’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 25% have no qualification (18%).
Nearby, 1 of 7 towns have older populations than Gorefield
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gorefield | 1,070 | — | 50.2 | 29% | 24% |
| Leverington | 1,694 | 1.6 mi | 47.2 | 29% | 25% |
| Wisbech St Mary | 1,069 | 2.3 mi | 46.2 | 25% | 25% |
| Wisbech | 26,800 | 3.3 mi | 41.7 | 20% | 28% |
| Parson Drove | 1,197 | 3.4 mi | 50.2 | 26% | 23% |
| Sutton St James | 1,027 | 4.2 mi | 47.7 | 23% | 28% |
| Elm and Emneth | 4,555 | 5 mi | 47.8 | 25% | 25% |
| Friday Bridge | 1,411 | 5.3 mi | 51.8 | 31% | 20% |
Health, work and homes have their own pages
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 Gorefield’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 Gorefield’s residents
What is the population of Gorefield?
The 2021 Census counted 1,070 people in Gorefield’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Gorefield?
The median age was 50.2 at the 2021 Census. 9.5% of residents were 15 to 24 and 29% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Gorefield?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 72% across Cambridgeshire’s towns. 5.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Gorefield?
37% said they had no religion and 54% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.3% didn’t answer.
Is Gorefield good for families?
24% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Gorefield’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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