Photo: Cmglee · CC BY-SA 3.0Below 97% of UK towns: 2.1% of households live in a flat or apartment
21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns, against 50% in Oakington. The village had 1,494 residents and 613 households at the 2021 Census, with a median age of 46.6. Here, a quarter of households are one person living alone. Lower than in 78% of UK towns: 8.8% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 75% of UK towns: 25%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Half of Oakington’s residents are over 46.6, older than in nearly two thirds of UK towns. More residents are 45–49 than any other five-year age: 7.3% of residents. Typically, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. In Buckden, the oldest of Cambridgeshire’s towns by this measure, it is 30%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 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.
Above 83% of UK towns: 5.9% of adults are full-time students
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%.
Across England’s towns, a third of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine or semi-routine work; Oakington has 46% and 13%. Elsewhere, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. Residents who moved in within the year are rarer here than in 68% of UK towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Larger households than 76% of UK towns: 2.4 people 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, 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home; in Oakington, 2.9%. Locally, 29% of households have dependent children.
Below 81% of UK towns: 10% of households have no car or van
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 Oakington, 19% of households live in a terraced house, beside 24% across England’s towns.
Residents born outside the UK make up 12% in Oakington, more than in 81% 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
Born abroad and arrived since 2017: 14% of that group, against 21% across England’s towns. 96% of residents have English as their main language, fewer than in 71% of UK towns. Residents born outside the UK: 18% across England’s towns, for comparison. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (5.8%) and in the Middle East and Asia (2.7%).
Only 84% of residents describe themselves as White British in Oakington
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: 84% of Oakington · Cambridgeshire’s towns 72% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Other than White British, most residents describe themselves as Other White (7.9%), Mixed or multiple (2.6%) and Indian (1.1%). At 44%, the share of residents with no religion is higher than in 70% of UK towns. The comparison figure for residents who describe themselves as White British is 73% across England’s towns. Against a figure of 46% across England’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as Christian in Oakington comes in at 45%.
Above 79% of UK towns: 53% of adults are married or in 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
Unpaid carers make up one in ten residents, against 8.7% across England’s towns. 30% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, a lower share than in 65% of UK towns. The usual figure: 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Heavy unpaid care, 50 hours a week or more, falls to 34 residents.
A degree-level qualification for 45% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 45% of adults in Oakington (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 13% (England’s towns: 18%).
Every nearby town is younger than Oakington
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oakington | 1,494 | — | 46.6 | 25% | 29% |
| Longstanton and Northstowe | 5,278 | 1.7 mi | 35.5 | 9.3% | 40% |
| Histon and Impington | 7,781 | 1.7 mi | 45.6 | 23% | 28% |
| Girton | 4,384 | 1.9 mi | 45.1 | 25% | 28% |
| Bar Hill | 3,899 | 2.2 mi | 44.2 | 21% | 25% |
| Cottenham | 6,156 | 2.8 mi | 44.8 | 22% | 29% |
| Willingham | 3,912 | 3.6 mi | 42.2 | 18% | 31% |
| Milton | 4,150 | 3.9 mi | 41.5 | 17% | 26% |
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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 Oakington’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 Oakington’s residents
What is the population of Oakington?
The 2021 Census counted 1,494 people in Oakington’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Oakington?
The median age was 46.6 at the 2021 Census. 8.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 25% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Oakington?
84% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 72% across Cambridgeshire’s towns. 12% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Oakington?
44% said they had no religion and 45% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1.9% were Muslim and 7.6% didn’t answer.
Is Oakington good for families?
29% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Oakington’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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