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47.3Median age

Who lives here · ONS Census 2021

A smaller share of households in flats than 99% of UK towns: 0.4%

The share of households in terraced houses is 4.7%, against 24% across England’s towns. A quarter of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, a lower share than in 94% of UK towns. At the 2021 Census, 672 people lived in Holme, in 254 households. For Holme, the census puts one-person households at 15%.

18%aged 65 or over 8.6%born abroad 254households

Ages

Older than 71% of UK towns: half of Holme is over 47.3

Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.

HolmeEngland’s towns

0–410–1420–2430–3440–4450–5460–6470–7480–84

Little separates the share of residents aged 65 and over here, 18%, from the figure across England’s towns. On the census count, nearly one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24.

Broad ages · share of residents

Under 1517%

15 to 249.5%

25 to 4419%

45 to 6436%

65 and over18%

HolmeCambridgeshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Women and men · all residents

50% women, 50% men

Holme

England

WomenMen

About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.

Students & newcomers

Holme sits below 85% of UK towns for residents who moved in within the year (6.9%)

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

Full-time students5.6%

Higher managerial and professional18%

Lower managerial and professional24%

Intermediate15%

Small employers and self-employed15%

Supervisory and technical5.2%

Semi-routine6.3%

Routine6.5%

Never worked or long-term unemployed4.3%

HolmeCambridgeshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Address a year before the Census

Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.

Holme

7.4%

England’s towns

11%

Moved within the UKTerm-time addressMoved from abroad

Moved in within a year

residents, 6.9%; England’s towns 11%

Of them from abroad

0.2× England’s share

Across England’s towns, 33% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine work; in Holme, 42% and 13%. The village has more full-time students than 77% of UK towns, at 5.6%. As a reference point, 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.

Households

Bigger households than 97% of UK towns: 2.6 people each on average

Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.

Living alone, 66+ 5.5%Living alone, under 66 9.1%Families with dependent children 30%Couples and families, no young children 52%Shared houses and other 3.2%

Against Cambridgeshire’s towns and England’s towns

Holme

Cambridgeshire’s towns

England’s towns

People per household

1 person15%

2 people42%

3 people17%

4 people22%

5 or more4.7%

England’s towns.

The figure for shared households of unrelated adults is 3.2% in Holme and 4.3% across England’s towns. The village has more households with dependent children than 76% of UK towns, at 30%.

Homes & cars

Fewer car-free households than 99% of UK towns: 4.4%

Accommodation type and cars or vans per household, Census 2021. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.

Type of home

Holme

Cambridgeshire’s towns

England’s towns

DetachedSemi-detachedTerracedFlat or maisonetteCaravan or other

Cars or vans · share of households

No car or van4.4%

One19%

Two49%

Three or more27%

HolmeCambridgeshire’s townsEngland’s towns

The figure for households in detached houses is 58% in Holme and 21% across England’s towns. As a reference point, 24% of households have no car or van across England’s towns.

Where people were born

Holme sits above 68% of UK towns for residents born outside the UK (8.6%)

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%

Holme

8.6%

Cambridgeshire’s towns

22%

England’s towns

18%

EU countriesRest of EuropeMiddle East and AsiaAfricaAmericas, Oceania, other

Main language · residents aged 3 and over

English is main language98%

Another main language, speaks English very well or well1.2%

Another main language, little or no English0.5%

HolmeCambridgeshire’s townsEngland’s towns

The largest groups were born in EU countries (3.3%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (2.4%). The share of residents born outside the UK across England’s towns is 18%. Holme has more residents whose main language is English than 64% of UK towns, at 98%.

Ethnicity & religion

54% of residents describe themselves as Christian, a share 78% of UK towns don’t reach

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

HolmeCambridgeshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Other White5.2%

Asian1.2%

Mixed2.1%

Black1%

Other0%

0%8%16%

White British, not charted: 90% of Holme · Cambridgeshire’s towns 72% · England’s towns 73%.

Religion · all residents

HolmeCambridgeshire’s townsEngland’s towns

No religion40%

Christian54%

Muslim0.6%

Hindu, Sikh, Jewish, Buddhist0.2%

Other religion0.2%

Didn’t answer4.8%

0%30%60%

The next-largest groups, after White British, are Other White (5.2%), Mixed or multiple (2.1%) and African (1%). Set beside that, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Compared with other places, residents who describe themselves as White British are scarce here: 90%, fewer than in 61% of UK towns. What’s more, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns, against 40% in Holme.

Relationships & caring

Married adults and civil partners: 66%, a higher share than 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

Never married or in a civil partnership25%

Married or civil partnership66%

Separated1.6%

Divorced4.7%

Widowed3.4%

HolmeCambridgeshire’s townsEngland’s towns

65residents give unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age: 10%, against 8.7% in England’s towns

Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over

Up to 19 hours a week5.8%

20 to 49 hours1.9%

50 hours or more2.5%

Nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care across England’s towns, against 10% in Holme. Elsewhere, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Unpaid carers giving 50 hours or more a week: 16.

Qualifications

38% of adults hold a degree-level qualification

Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.

Highest qualification · residents 16 and over

No qualifications9.9%

Apprenticeship5.2%

A levels or similar19%

Degree level38%

HolmeCambridgeshire’s townsEngland’s towns

9.9% of Holme’s adults have no qualification (18% across England’s towns), and 38% have one at degree level (34%).

Neighbours

Every nearby town is younger than Holme

Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.

StiltonYaxleySawtryFarcetRamseyBuryPeterboroughHolme

under 3838–4444–5050–5656+

Town	People	Away	Median age	65+	Homes with children
Holme	672	—	47.3	18%	30%
Stilton	2,365	2.1 mi	45.7	22%	27%
Yaxley	9,403	3 mi	40.9	18%	33%
Sawtry	5,870	3.1 mi	43.6	20%	28%
Farcet	1,596	4.4 mi	45.6	21%	27%
Ramsey	5,727	6.1 mi	44.8	23%	24%
Bury	1,750	6.2 mi	44	21%	31%
Peterborough	190,592	7.1 mi	35.9	13%	35%

More about Holme’s residents

Health, work and homes have their own pages

HealthLife expectancy, early deaths and Census health, adjusted for age Work & commuteIncome, the claimant count, jobs and how people get to work Cost of livingOwners and renters, prices, rents and council tax SchoolsEvery primary and secondary, with results and inspections

How to read these numbers

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 Holme’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 Holme’s residents

What is the population of Holme?

The 2021 Census counted 672 people in Holme’s built-up area.

What is the average age in Holme?

The median age was 47.3 at the 2021 Census. 9.5% of residents were 15 to 24 and 18% were 65 or over.

How diverse is Holme?

90% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 72% across Cambridgeshire’s towns. 8.6% were born outside the UK.

What religion are people in Holme?

40% said they had no religion and 54% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.6% were Muslim and 4.8% didn’t answer.

Is Holme good for families?

30% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Holme’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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