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A town of 2,638 in Cambridgeshire, East of England.
Manea grades D− overall against UK towns: better than 3% of UK towns. Its weakest is hazard risk (D−): 21% of homes at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. The median home sold for £283,250 in the last three years, 6.1 times what households in the Fenland council area earn in a year.
The 3 things Manea does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far Manea is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Historic England lists 1 building inside Manea’s built-up area.
16% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Manea.
Over-65s are 21% of the population. People aged 15 to 24 make up 8.8% of the town, below both Cambridgeshire’s towns (12%) and England’s towns (12%). Residents of Manea have a median age of 43.4.
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Manea | Cambridgeshire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 8.8% | 12% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 28% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 25% | 25% |
| 65+ | 21% | 17% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 20% | 17% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 6.6% | 5% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 21% | 16% | 17% |
| Degree level | 19% | 37% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Cambridgeshire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Key Stage 2 results at the one primary school within 3 km: 55% of pupils meet the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average). The town has one school, shown below. 194 pupils attend Manea’s one primary school.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manea Community Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 194 | C |
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 26% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
9% of commuters travelled under 5 km to work. The car took 90% of commuters, above Cambridgeshire’s towns (72%) and England’s towns (70%) alike. Also worth knowing: a household here earns £53K a year before tax, on average. About 7% of its commuters stay in Manea for work.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
For its size, Manea has 4 listed buildings per 10,000 residents, below both Cambridgeshire’s towns (82) and England’s towns (39). Homes from before 1919 make up 16% of the total.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
7% live in social housing, below both Cambridgeshire’s towns (16%) and England’s towns (18%). Renting privately is how 15% of households live. 108 standard sales inside Manea’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026 put the median at £283,250.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £333,000 | 67 |
| Semi-detached | £215,000 | 26 |
| Terraced | £185,000 | 15 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
At the census, 5.7% of people here described their health as bad or very bad. 80% of Manea’s residents described their health as good or very good at the census, lower than both Cambridgeshire’s towns (84%) and England’s towns (82%). There is no GP practice in the town: the nearest is 5 miles off. Life expectancy here is 81.3 for women and 78.8 for men (2019–23).
| Census 2021 | Manea | Cambridgeshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 80% | 84% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 5.7% | 4.4% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 20% | 16% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · No age adjustment applies to these census answers, which flatter younger towns; the Health Grade’s measures, life expectancy and early deaths among them, do allow for age.
71% of the crimes fell under violence and sexual offences. Over the year to August 2026, 77 offences were reported in Manea, along with 15 incidents of anti-social behaviour. Anti-social behaviour, shown but not graded, came to 6.2 reports per 1,000, lower than both Cambridgeshire’s towns (9.3) and England’s towns (7.8).
Not gradedAnti-social behaviour, shoplifting and other theft are shown but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident.
data.police.uk street-level crime · points inside the ONS built-up-area boundary · OGL · The police category of violence and sexual offences includes harassment and stalking.
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manea | 2,638 | — | D− | C− | B− | C− |
| Doddington and Wimblington | 4,279 | 4.2 | D | C− | B− | C |
| Little Downham | 1,234 | 4.5 | — | A | A | B+ |
| Littleport | 9,170 | 5.6 | C | A | C | C |
| Chatteris | 11,022 | 5.7 | D | C+ | B− | C |
| March | 21,345 | 5.8 | D− | C+ | C− | C− |
| Ely | 19,185 | 6.7 | A | B+ | C+ | A− |
| Witchford | 2,386 | 6.8 | — | A− | C+ | B+ |
Little Downham and Witchford have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Surface water isn’t included. Check a specific address on GOV.UK’s flood risk service.
Primary results trail 79% of towns in England (Department for Education, Key Stage 2). One state school is inside the town; places are handled by Cambridgeshire council.
Town in Cambridgeshire, England
Manea is a built-up area of 2,638 people, in the Fenland council area. TownRatings uses ONS’s 2022 built-up areas as towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a council district, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from ONS geography and Census 2021
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · HM Land Registry Price Paid (standard sales, September 2023 to August 2026) · ONS Price Index of Private Rents (August 2026, by council) · MHCLG and Welsh Government council tax, Band D 2026–27 (with parish precepts in England) · data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS small-area life expectancy and healthy life expectancy, 2019 to 2023 (England and Wales), OHID Fingertips small-area indicators (England) and Census 2021 health, adjusted for age · ONS small-area income estimates (financial year ending 2023) · DWP claimant count via Nomis (January to August 2026) · Historic England, National Heritage List for England (listed buildings, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, battlefields, World Heritage Sites), October 2026, inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary · Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties by build period (31 March 2025) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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