Photo: Derek Harper · CC BY-SA 2.00.7% of households live in a flat or apartment, below 99% of UK towns
In Manea, 24% of households are one person living alone, beside 30% across England’s towns. This Cambridgeshire town is home to 2,638 residents in 1,077 households, by the 2021 Census. Across Manea, three in five households live in a detached house. At 52%, the share of married adults and civil partners is higher than in just over three quarters of UK towns.
What the Census says about Manea’s people
Growing faster than most
ONS mid-year estimates put Manea at 2,100 in 2011 and 2,800 in 2024, up 32%, against 10% for England: faster growth than in 94% of UK towns. Since 2011 ↓
More with no religion than most
49% of residents answered “no religion” in 2021 and 45% Christian, against 37% and 46% across England’s towns. Ethnicity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area) and ONS mid-year population estimates.
From 2011 to 2024, Manea outgrew 94% of UK towns: +32%
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Manea’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 2,100 people in 2011; 2,800 in 2024.
The biggest jump came in the year to mid-2019: 110 more people. The 65 and over age group changed most (+74%) and the 45 to 64 least (+19%).
Fewer young people than 80% of UK towns: 8.8% are 15 to 24
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Set against 18% across England’s towns, 21% of residents are 65 or over in Manea. No age band is larger than 50–54: 7.8% of residents. The median age in the town is 43.4, lower than in 58% of UK towns. By way of comparison, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Manea, 43.4. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
4% of adults are full-time students, fewer than in 85% 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%.
Compared with 11% across England’s towns, 8.9% of residents lived at another address a year earlier here. The usual figure: 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Bigger households than 85% of UK towns: 2.5 people each on average
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.
Across England’s towns, 29% of households have dependent children; in Manea, 30%. Census figures put shared households of unrelated adults at 2.7% in the town.
A lower share of households in terraced houses than 92% of UK towns, at 8.5%
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
Where nearly a quarter of households have no car or van across England’s towns, Manea has 8.4%.
More residents whose main language is English than 75% of UK towns: 99%
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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
The share of residents born outside the UK is 5.2%, against 18% across England’s towns. On average, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (2.6%) and in Africa (0.9%).
Residents with no religion: 49%, a higher share than 92% 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: 95% of Manea · Cambridgeshire’s towns 72% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The groups that follow White British are Other White (2.8%), Mixed or multiple (0.9%) and Chinese (0.3%). The benchmark for residents with no religion across England’s towns: 37%. Manea has more residents who describe themselves as White British than 77% of UK towns, at 95%. Against a figure of 46% across England’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as Christian in Manea comes in at 45%.
A smaller share of adults who have never married than 66% of UK towns: 30%
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
The number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 91. Higher than in 72% of UK towns: 10% of residents give unpaid care. The wider picture: nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Adults qualified to degree level or above: 19%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Manea, 19% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 20% have no qualification at all (18%).
121st lowest median age among 514 UK towns of 2,500 to 4,000
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Ages run from 20.6 in Keele to 63.1 in West Chiltington. Nearest to Manea in age: Wheatley Hill (43.4), Desford (43.4), Bugbrooke (43.4) and Watton at Stone (43.4).
Manea and its 7 nearest towns: 4 of them are older
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manea | 2,638 | — | 43.4 | 21% | 30% |
| Doddington and Wimblington | 4,279 | 4.2 mi | 49.1 | 26% | 25% |
| Little Downham | 1,234 | 4.5 mi | 49.3 | 26% | 27% |
| Littleport | 9,170 | 5.6 mi | 38.6 | 17% | 30% |
| Chatteris | 11,022 | 5.7 mi | 42.8 | 20% | 26% |
| March | 21,345 | 5.8 mi | 46 | 25% | 25% |
| Ely | 19,185 | 6.7 mi | 42.7 | 20% | 28% |
| Witchford | 2,386 | 6.8 mi | 45.7 | 23% | 28% |
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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 Manea’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out. The population trend compares with the whole county and nation.
- Estimates since 2021 are modelled. The ONS builds mid-year estimates from the Census, births, deaths and migration records. Manea’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 2,638 people in 2021, against 2,638 in the built-up area.
- 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 Manea’s residents
What is the population of Manea?
The 2021 Census counted 2,638 people in Manea’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 2,800 people in mid-2024, 32% more than in 2011.
What is the average age in Manea?
The median age was 43.4 at the 2021 Census, younger than 58% of UK towns. 8.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 21% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Manea?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 72% across Cambridgeshire’s towns. 5.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Manea?
49% said they had no religion and 45% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 4.8% didn’t answer.
Is Manea good for families?
30% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Manea’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) · ONS mid-year population estimates for 2021 LSOAs, mid-2011 to mid-2024. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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