Photo: Hugh Venables · CC BY-SA 2.0Fewer flats than 99% of UK towns: 0.8% of households
Here 4.2% of households live in a terraced house, where the figure across England’s towns is 24%. Little Eversden’s 243 households held 565 residents at the 2021 Census. In Little Eversden, nearly a quarter of households are one person living alone. Half of the village’s residents are over 51.2, older than in nine in ten UK towns.
Above 68% of UK towns: 10% of residents are aged 15 to 24
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 55–59: 12% of residents, 1.8 times the share across England’s towns. 23% of residents are 65 or over.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
5.4% of adults are full-time students, more than in 72% 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 account for 52% of Little Eversden’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 11%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. The benchmark for full-time students across England’s towns: 7.9%. The census found that 9.1% of residents lived at another address a year earlier in the village.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
A lower share of households with dependent children than 79% 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.
Set against 4.3% across England’s towns, 3.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home in Little Eversden. As a yardstick, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns. The average household has 2.4 people.
Little Eversden ranks below 98% of UK towns on households without a car or van: 5.4%
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, the share of households in detached houses is 21%; Little Eversden has 58%. Every 18th household or so has no car or van.
In Little Eversden, 7.6% of residents were born outside the UK, more than in 61% 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
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (3.7%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (2.8%). Across the comparison, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Compared with other places, residents whose main language is English are common here: 98%, more than in just over three fifths of UK towns.
Below 66% of UK towns: 89% of residents describe themselves as White British
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: 89% of Little Eversden · Cambridgeshire’s towns 72% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Next after White British come Other White (7.3%), Mixed or multiple (1.6%) and Indian (1.3%). 43% of residents said they have no religion, a higher share than in 64% of UK towns. By way of comparison, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. Here 48% of residents describe themselves as Christian, where the figure across England’s towns is 46%.
57% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, a share 92% 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
Against a figure of 8.7% across England’s towns, the share of unpaid carers in Little Eversden comes in at 10%. As a reference point, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. For Little Eversden, the census puts adults who have never married at 30%.
Among adults, 50% 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 50% of adults in Little Eversden (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 9.9% (England’s towns: 18%).
No nearby town is as old as Little Eversden
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Little Eversden | 565 | — | 51.2 | 23% | 24% |
| Comberton | 2,255 | 2 mi | 47.8 | 25% | 29% |
| Orwell | 1,147 | 2.1 mi | 49.5 | 27% | 26% |
| Haslingfield | 1,535 | 2.1 mi | 47 | 23% | 30% |
| Barrington | 1,184 | 2.6 mi | 48.7 | 23% | 27% |
| Highfields Caldecote | 2,049 | 3.5 mi | 41.6 | 15% | 41% |
| Harston | 1,827 | 3.6 mi | 47 | 22% | 32% |
| Hardwick | 2,658 | 3.6 mi | 44.1 | 18% | 29% |
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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 Little 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 Little Eversden’s residents
What is the population of Little Eversden?
The 2021 Census counted 565 people in Little Eversden’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Little Eversden?
The median age was 51.2 at the 2021 Census. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 23% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Little Eversden?
89% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 72% across Cambridgeshire’s towns. 7.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Little Eversden?
43% said they had no religion and 48% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.2% didn’t answer.
Is Little Eversden good for families?
24% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Little 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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