Photo: Paul Bryan · CC BY-SA 2.0Maxey is older than 95% of UK towns: a median age of 53.8
Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns. At the 2021 Census Maxey was home to 676 people in 291 households. 62% of adults are married or in a civil partnership. Against a figure of 24% across England’s towns, the share of households without a car or van in Maxey comes in at 5.5%.
In Maxey, 29% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 87% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
50–54 is the most common age band: one in ten residents, 1.5 times the share across England’s towns. The census found that nearly one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24 in Maxey. Across England’s towns, 18% of residents are 65 or over.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Maxey ranks below 74% of UK towns on residents who moved in within the year: 7.6%
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
Address a year before the Census
Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.
Full-time students: 5.1% here and 7.9% across England’s towns. Measured more widely, 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.
21% of households are one person living alone, below 97% of UK towns
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.
4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns, against 1.7% in Maxey. What’s more, on households with dependent children, Maxey sits lower than 83% of UK towns: 23%. As a reference point, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. A household here holds 2.3 people on average.
71% of households live in a detached house, more than in 99% of UK towns
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
Residents born outside the UK make up 3% in Maxey, less than in 91% 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
The largest groups were born in EU countries (1.2%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.9%). 99% of residents have English as their main language, a higher share than in 90% of UK towns. Residents born outside the UK: 18% across England’s towns, for comparison.
34% of residents said they have no religion, below 84% 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 Maxey · Cambridgeshire’s towns 72% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
95% of residents describe themselves as White British, against 73% across England’s towns. On average, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. The census found that 56% of residents describe themselves as Christian in Maxey.
Maxey sits below 99% of UK towns for adults who have never married (20%)
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
Some 14 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. Maxey has more unpaid carers than nearly two thirds of UK towns, at 9.9%. Measured more widely, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Adults qualified to degree level or above: 32%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
14% of Maxey’s adults have no qualification (18% across England’s towns), and 32% have one at degree level (34%).
The towns around Maxey are all younger
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maxey | 676 | — | 53.8 | 29% | 23% |
| Northborough | 1,336 | 1.6 mi | 53.4 | 33% | 26% |
| Market Deeping | 6,533 | 1.6 mi | 46.8 | 25% | 27% |
| Helpston | 1,249 | 1.8 mi | 45 | 19% | 35% |
| Deeping St James | 7,255 | 2 mi | 46.5 | 23% | 27% |
| Glinton | 1,743 | 2.3 mi | 49.5 | 24% | 30% |
| Langtoft | 2,010 | 2.6 mi | 50 | 25% | 29% |
| Barnack | 1,007 | 3.6 mi | 45.7 | 22% | 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 Maxey’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 Maxey’s residents
What is the population of Maxey?
The 2021 Census counted 676 people in Maxey’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Maxey?
The median age was 53.8 at the 2021 Census. 9.5% of residents were 15 to 24 and 29% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Maxey?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 72% across Cambridgeshire’s towns. 3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Maxey?
34% said they had no religion and 56% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.4% were Muslim and 6.9% didn’t answer.
Is Maxey good for families?
23% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Maxey’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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