Photo: Peter Wood · CC BY-SA 2.01.1% of households live in a terraced house, fewer than in 99% of UK towns
Set against 12% across England’s towns, 7.8% of residents are aged 15 to 24 in Great Eversden. 20% of households are one person living alone, a lower share than in 98% of UK towns. There were 94 households in the village at the 2021 Census, home to 232 residents. The census found that 3.2% of households have no car or van here.
A median age of 48.9: Great Eversden is older than 79% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 50–54, with 9.9% of residents, 1.4 times the share across England’s towns. Residents aged 65 and over account for 22%.
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.
Great Eversden sits below 99% of UK towns for residents who moved in within the year (4.8%)
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, 33% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine or semi-routine work; Great Eversden has 59% and 7.8%. In Great Eversden, 6.3% of adults are full-time students. Typically, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
2.5 people per household, more than in 87% of UK towns
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.
Across England’s towns, the share of households with dependent children is 29%; Great Eversden has 30%. Census figures put shared households of unrelated adults at 4.3% here.
Few flats: only 1.1% of households in Great Eversden live in one
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
66% of households live in a detached house (England’s towns: 21%). Households in flats make up 23% across England’s towns.
99% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 91% 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
Against a figure of 18% across England’s towns, the share of residents born outside the UK in Great Eversden comes in at 8.2%. As a yardstick, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Residents born abroad were most often born in the Middle East and Asia (2.6%), then in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (2.2%).
A higher share of residents with no religion than 82% of UK towns, at 46%
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: 91% of Great Eversden · Cambridgeshire’s towns 72% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
48% of residents describe themselves as Christian, against 46% across England’s towns. Against that, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. Across Great Eversden, 91% of residents describe themselves as White British.
Great Eversden sits above 99% of UK towns for married adults and civil partners (63%)
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
Across England’s towns, the share of adults who have never married is 39%; Great Eversden has 25%. At 11%, the share of unpaid carers is higher than in 84% of UK towns. To put it in context, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. For 3 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week.
The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 63%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 34% across England’s towns, 63% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 6.7% hold no qualification (18%). Many still at university: 8.8% list A levels as their highest qualification.
Great Eversden sits below 1 of its 7 closest neighbours on 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great Eversden | 232 | — | 48.9 | 22% | 30% |
| Orwell | 1,147 | 2.1 mi | 49.5 | 27% | 26% |
| Comberton | 2,255 | 2.2 mi | 47.8 | 25% | 29% |
| Haslingfield | 1,535 | 2.8 mi | 47 | 23% | 30% |
| Barrington | 1,184 | 3.1 mi | 48.7 | 23% | 27% |
| Highfields Caldecote | 2,049 | 3.2 mi | 41.6 | 15% | 41% |
| Hardwick | 2,658 | 3.5 mi | 44.1 | 18% | 29% |
| Harston | 1,827 | 4.2 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 Great Eversden’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 Great Eversden’s residents
What is the population of Great Eversden?
The 2021 Census counted 232 people in Great Eversden’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Great Eversden?
The median age was 48.9 at the 2021 Census. 7.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 22% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Great Eversden?
91% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 72% across Cambridgeshire’s towns. 8.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Great Eversden?
46% said they had no religion and 48% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.4% were Muslim and 4.3% didn’t answer.
Is Great Eversden good for families?
30% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Great Eversden’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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