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49.2Median age

Who lives here · ONS Census 2021

Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 6.5% in Lode, less than in 99% of UK towns

The figure for households in flats is 4% in Lode and 23% across England’s towns. The 2021 Census counted 672 residents in 303 households. Married adults and civil partners: 54% of the total. Few places have as many households in detached houses: 41% here, more than in 77% of UK towns.

27%aged 65 or over 10%born abroad 303households

Ages

A median age of 49.2: Lode is older than 81% of UK towns

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

LodeEngland’s towns

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

More residents are 65–69 than any other five-year age: 9.8% of residents, 2 times the share across England’s towns. In Buckden, the oldest of Cambridgeshire’s towns by this measure, it is 30%.

Broad ages · share of residents

Under 1516%

15 to 246.5%

25 to 4422%

45 to 6429%

65 and over27%

LodeCambridgeshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Women and men · all residents

51% women, 49% men

Lode

England

WomenMen

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

Students & newcomers

Lode ranks below 94% of UK towns on full-time students: 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

Full-time students3.6%

Higher managerial and professional19%

Lower managerial and professional24%

Intermediate14%

Small employers and self-employed11%

Supervisory and technical5.7%

Semi-routine7.8%

Routine11%

Never worked or long-term unemployed3.4%

LodeCambridgeshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Address a year before the Census

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

Lode

7.8%

England’s towns

11%

Moved within the UKTerm-time addressMoved from abroad

Moved in within a year

residents, 7.6%; England’s towns 11%

Of them from abroad

0.2× England’s share

7.6% of residents lived at another address a year earlier (England’s towns: 11%). Elsewhere, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.

Households

A smaller share of one-person households than 76% of UK towns: 27%

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

Living alone, 66+ 12%Living alone, under 66 15%Families with dependent children 26%Couples and families, no young children 45%Shared houses and other 2.6%

Against Cambridgeshire’s towns and England’s towns

Lode

Cambridgeshire’s towns

England’s towns

People per household

1 person27%

2 people42%

3 people16%

4 people13%

5 or more2%

England’s towns.

Families with dependent children are just over a quarter of households (England’s towns 29%), and 12% are someone 66 or over living alone (Cambridgeshire’s towns 12%). On average, 2.2 people share a household. Few places have as many shared households of unrelated adults: 2.6% here, more than in 64% of UK towns. As a yardstick, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns.

Homes & cars

Only 11% of households have no car or van in Lode

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

Type of home

Lode

Cambridgeshire’s towns

England’s towns

DetachedSemi-detachedTerracedFlat or maisonetteCaravan or other

Cars or vans · share of households

No car or van11%

One39%

Two37%

Three or more13%

LodeCambridgeshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Just over a fifth of households live in a terraced house (England’s towns: 24%). Still, every 9th household or so has no car or van.

Where people were born

10% of residents were born outside the UK, a share 76% of UK towns don’t reach

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%

Lode

10%

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 language96%

Another main language, speaks English very well or well3.5%

Another main language, little or no English0.3%

LodeCambridgeshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (4.6%) or in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (2.5%). 96% of residents have English as their main language, a lower share than in 71% of UK towns. The share of residents born outside the UK across England’s towns is 18%.

Ethnicity & religion

Lode sits below 75% of UK towns for residents who describe themselves as White British (86%)

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

LodeCambridgeshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Other White8.2%

Asian1.8%

Mixed2.7%

Black0.2%

Other0.8%

0%8%16%

White British, not charted: 86% of Lode · Cambridgeshire’s towns 72% · England’s towns 73%.

Religion · all residents

LodeCambridgeshire’s townsEngland’s towns

No religion41%

Christian50%

Muslim0%

Hindu, Sikh, Jewish, Buddhist0.6%

Other religion0.9%

Didn’t answer7.5%

0%30%60%

Other than White British, most residents describe themselves as Other White (8.2%), Mixed or multiple (2.7%) and Chinese (0.2%). Measured more widely, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. Residents with no religion are more common here than in 52% of UK towns. Christians make up 50% of residents, against 46% across England’s towns.

Relationships & caring

Lode sits below 83% of UK towns for adults who have never married (27%)

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 partnership27%

Married or civil partnership54%

Separated3.6%

Divorced11%

Widowed4.1%

LodeCambridgeshire’s townsEngland’s towns

67residents 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 hours0.9%

50 hours or more3.7%

10% of residents give unpaid care (England’s towns: 8.7%). Across England’s towns, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership. For 24 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week.

Qualifications

Qualified to degree level: 43% of adults

Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.

Highest qualification · residents 16 and over

No qualifications13%

Apprenticeship7.2%

A levels or similar15%

Degree level43%

LodeCambridgeshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Degree-level qualifications cover 43% of adults in Lode, 34% across England’s towns; 13% have no qualification, against 18%.

Neighbours

The towns around Lode are all younger

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

BottishamWaterbeachMiltonFulbournBurwellCambridgeExningLode

under 3838–4444–5050–5656+

Town	People	Away	Median age	65+	Homes with children
Lode	672	—	49.2	27%	26%
Bottisham	1,990	1.4 mi	45	24%	34%
Waterbeach	5,375	3 mi	38.1	16%	31%
Milton	4,150	3.6 mi	41.5	17%	26%
Fulbourn	3,737	4.2 mi	43.6	23%	27%
Burwell	5,912	4.4 mi	46.6	23%	27%
Cambridge	152,742	5.2 mi	31.9	11%	26%
Exning	2,049	5.5 mi	40.2	18%	30%

More about Lode’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

“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 Lode’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 Lode’s residents

What is the population of Lode?

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

What is the average age in Lode?

The median age was 49.2 at the 2021 Census. 6.5% of residents were 15 to 24 and 27% were 65 or over.

How diverse is Lode?

86% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 72% across Cambridgeshire’s towns. 10% were born outside the UK.

What religion are people in Lode?

41% said they had no religion and 50% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 7.5% didn’t answer.

Is Lode good for families?

26% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Lode’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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