Photo: Marathon · CC BY-SA 2.0Needingworth is older than 91% of UK towns: a median age of 51.7
Three in five adults are married or in a civil partnership, against 44% across England’s towns. Fewer households in flats than in 98% of UK towns: 1.4%. The 2021 Census counted 2,059 residents in 890 households. Locally, 6% of households have no car or van.
What the Census says about Needingworth’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Needingworth’s residents are under 51.7 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 28% are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 8.2% in Needingworth, less than in 90% of UK towns
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%; Needingworth has 28%. Against that, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Needingworth ranks below 83% of UK towns on full-time students: 4%
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%.
Residents who moved in within the year: 7% here and 11% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 7.9% of adults are full-time students.
Fewer one-person households than 89% of UK towns: 24%
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 Needingworth, 24%. Lower than in four fifths of UK towns: 1.8% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home. For one-person households, the comparison across England’s towns is 30%. There are 2.3 people in the average household.
Above 94% of UK towns: 55% of households live in a detached house
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
Households in terraced houses: 9.1% here and 24% across England’s towns. By contrast, 1.4% of households live in a flat, less than in 98% of UK towns; 55% in a detached house, against 21% across England’s towns.
Needingworth: 99% of residents have English as their main language, above 90% 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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (3.1%) or in the Middle East and Asia (1.8%). Born abroad and arrived since 2017: 18% of that group, against 21% across England’s towns.
A higher share of residents who describe themselves as White British than 58% of UK towns, at 93%
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 Needingworth · Cambridgeshire’s towns 72% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Compared with 46% across England’s towns, 51% of residents describe themselves as Christian here. As a reference point, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. In Needingworth, just over two in five residents said they have no religion.
Below 97% of UK towns: 23% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership
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
Across England’s towns, the share of unpaid carers is 8.7%; Needingworth has 7.5%. 32 residents give 50 hours or more of unpaid care each week. Elsewhere, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Degree-level qualifications: held by 38% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 34% of adults have a degree-level qualification; in Needingworth, 38%, and 13% have none, against 18%.
The towns around Needingworth 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Needingworth | 2,059 | — | 51.7 | 28% | 24% |
| St Ives | 16,818 | 2.1 mi | 43.3 | 21% | 25% |
| Bluntisham and Colne | 2,790 | 2.4 mi | 49.5 | 24% | 27% |
| Over | 2,898 | 2.4 mi | 47.5 | 23% | 31% |
| Swavesey | 2,739 | 2.6 mi | 41.5 | 18% | 32% |
| Fenstanton | 3,015 | 2.7 mi | 43 | 22% | 29% |
| Hemingford Grey | 3,372 | 3.1 mi | 48.4 | 26% | 27% |
| Earith | 1,656 | 3.1 mi | 46.6 | 24% | 27% |
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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 Needingworth’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 Needingworth’s residents
What is the population of Needingworth?
The 2021 Census counted 2,059 people in Needingworth’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Needingworth?
The median age was 51.7 at the 2021 Census. 8.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 28% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Needingworth?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 72% across Cambridgeshire’s towns. 6.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Needingworth?
42% said they had no religion and 51% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 5.5% didn’t answer.
Is Needingworth good for families?
24% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Needingworth’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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