Photo: Jonathan Billinger · CC BY-SA 2.0Few flats: only 0.3% of households in Murrow live in one
The share of households in terraced houses is 4%, against 24% across England’s towns. Murrow is home to 935 residents in 398 households, by the 2021 Census. In Murrow, 48% of residents said they have no religion. Households with dependent children are rarer here than in three quarters of UK towns.
Murrow ranks below 91% of UK towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 8.2%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Across England’s towns, the share of residents aged 65 and over is 18%; Murrow has 25%. Against that, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. Half of the village’s residents are over 46.4, older than in 64% of UK towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 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.
Full-time students: 3.1%, a lower share than 98% 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%.
26% of Murrow’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 27% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 7.9% of adults are full-time students. Locally, nearly one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier.
A smaller share of one-person households than 86% of UK towns: 25%
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.
Where 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns, Murrow has 2.5%. The comparison figure for one-person households is 30% across England’s towns. There are 2.3 people in the average household.
More households in detached houses than 97% of UK towns: 62%
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
In Murrow, 6.7% of households have no car or van, beside 24% across England’s towns. Households in detached houses make up 21% across England’s towns.
A lower share of residents born outside the UK than 66% of UK towns, at 4.8%
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 (3%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.1%). Across the comparison, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Set against 90% across England’s towns, 98% of residents have English as their main language in Murrow.
47% of residents describe themselves as Christian, below 65% 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: 93% of Murrow · Cambridgeshire’s towns 72% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Besides White British, the main groups are Other White (5.7%), Mixed or multiple (1.1%) and Indian (0.1%). The usual figure: 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British; in Murrow, 93%.
A larger share of unpaid carers than 94% of UK towns: 12%
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
Heavy unpaid care, 50 hours a week or more, falls to 40 residents. The comparison figure for unpaid carers is 8.7% across England’s towns. Compared with other places, married adults and civil partners are common here: 53%, more than in four fifths of UK towns. Set against 39% across England’s towns, 28% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership in Murrow.
The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 19%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 34% across England’s towns, 19% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 24% hold no qualification (18%).
Murrow 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Murrow | 935 | — | 46.4 | 25% | 25% |
| Parson Drove | 1,197 | 0.8 mi | 50.2 | 26% | 23% |
| Wisbech St Mary | 1,069 | 2.7 mi | 46.2 | 25% | 25% |
| Gorefield | 1,070 | 3.7 mi | 50.2 | 29% | 24% |
| Leverington | 1,694 | 4.9 mi | 47.2 | 29% | 25% |
| Friday Bridge | 1,411 | 5.7 mi | 51.8 | 31% | 20% |
| Wisbech | 26,800 | 5.7 mi | 41.7 | 20% | 28% |
| Thorney | 1,655 | 6 mi | 44.2 | 21% | 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 Murrow’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 Murrow’s residents
What is the population of Murrow?
The 2021 Census counted 935 people in Murrow’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Murrow?
The median age was 46.4 at the 2021 Census. 8.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 25% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Murrow?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 72% across Cambridgeshire’s towns. 4.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Murrow?
48% said they had no religion and 47% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 3.8% didn’t answer.
Is Murrow good for families?
25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Murrow’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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