Photo: John Sutton · CC BY-SA 2.0Only 5.8% of residents are aged 15 to 24 in Hinxton
1.4% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, against 4.3% across England’s towns. There were 139 households in Hinxton at the 2021 Census, home to 330 residents. The census found that just over a fifth of households are one person living alone here. At 61%, the share of married adults and civil partners is higher than in 99% of UK towns.
Half of Hinxton is over 50.8, older than 89% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 50–54: just over one in ten residents, 1.7 times the share across England’s towns. More residents aged 65 and over than in just over three fifths of UK towns: 23%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 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.
A lower share of full-time students than 93% of UK towns, at 3.6%
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 its share of residents who moved in within the year (15%), Hinxton is above 96% of UK towns. As a yardstick, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Hinxton ranks below 77% of UK towns on households with dependent children: 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.
In Hinxton the average household is 2.4 people, beside 2.4 across England’s towns. Elsewhere, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns.
Fewer car-free households than 99% of UK towns: 4.3%
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
39% of households live in a detached house (England’s towns: 21%). The census found that 33% of households live in a terraced house in Hinxton. As a reference point, nearly a quarter of households have no car or van across England’s towns.
9.7% born outside the UK, more than in 73% 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. Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (3.6%) or in Africa (2.1%). Against that, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns.
56% describe themselves as Christian, more than in 84% 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: 91% of Hinxton · Cambridgeshire’s towns 72% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Behind White British, the largest groups are Other White (7.6%), Indian (0.3%) and Mixed or multiple (0.3%). Across England’s towns, residents who describe themselves as Christian come to 46%. Residents with no religion are rarer here than in two thirds of UK towns. In Hinxton, just over nine in ten residents describe themselves as White British, beside 73% across England’s towns.
A lower share of adults who have never married than 94% of UK towns, at 25%
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
Unpaid carers are about as common here as across England’s towns: 8.9%. 8 people care, unpaid, for 50 hours or more a week. As a reference point, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
51% of adults hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 51% of adults in Hinxton (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 12% (England’s towns: 18%).
No nearby town is as old as Hinxton
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hinxton | 330 | — | 50.8 | 23% | 24% |
| Duxford | 2,216 | 1.2 mi | 44.3 | 21% | 31% |
| Great Chesterford | 1,775 | 1.7 mi | 42.2 | 19% | 35% |
| Whittlesford | 1,608 | 2.3 mi | 48 | 24% | 29% |
| Sawston | 7,270 | 2.6 mi | 43.5 | 22% | 29% |
| Fowlmere | 1,295 | 4.5 mi | 48.9 | 25% | 31% |
| Linton | 4,452 | 4.5 mi | 46.7 | 25% | 28% |
| Great Shelford and Stapleford | 6,159 | 4.8 mi | 46.2 | 25% | 27% |
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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 Hinxton’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 Hinxton’s residents
What is the population of Hinxton?
The 2021 Census counted 330 people in Hinxton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Hinxton?
The median age was 50.8 at the 2021 Census. 5.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 23% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Hinxton?
91% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 72% across Cambridgeshire’s towns. 9.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Hinxton?
38% said they had no religion and 56% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 4.2% didn’t answer.
Is Hinxton good for families?
24% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Hinxton’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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