Photo: Geographer · CC BY-SA 2.0Fewer people live alone than in 99% of UK towns: 15% of households
The figure for households without a car or van is 4.8% in Prickwillow and 24% across England’s towns. With a median age of 40.8, Prickwillow is younger than 76% of UK towns. Census day 2021: 386 residents and 149 households in the village. On the census count, 3.5% of households live in a terraced house.
10% of residents are aged 15 to 24, a share 69% of UK towns don’t reach
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 30–34, with 9% of residents, 1.3 times the share across England’s towns. Few places have so few residents aged 65 and over: 17% here, fewer than in 84% of UK towns. To put it in context, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Prickwillow sits above 57% of UK towns for full-time students (5%)
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%.
9.4% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, against 11% across England’s towns. As a yardstick, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Prickwillow households average 2.6 people, larger than in 96% 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.
Against a figure of 29% across England’s towns, the share of households with dependent children in Prickwillow comes in at 30%. Few places have as many shared households of unrelated adults: 5.4% here, more than in 97% of UK towns.
Households in flats: 0.7%, a lower share than 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
60% of households live in a detached house; across England’s towns the figure is 21%. The comparison figure for households in flats is 23% across England’s towns.
Prickwillow ranks above 76% of UK towns on residents born outside the UK: 11%
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
Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (5.9%) or in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (2.8%). Prickwillow has fewer residents whose main language is English than 68% of UK towns, at 96%. Residents born outside the UK: 18% across England’s towns, for comparison.
90% of residents describe themselves as White British, below 61% 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: 90% of Prickwillow · Cambridgeshire’s towns 72% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The largest groups after White British are Other White (8.8%), Indian (0.3%) and African (0.3%). 47% of residents describe themselves as Christian, a lower share than in 67% of UK towns. Elsewhere, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. Where 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns, Prickwillow has 42%.
Above 91% of UK towns: 56% 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
7 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. Few places have so few unpaid carers: 8.3% here, fewer than in 78% of UK towns. Measured more widely, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Adults who have never married make up 31%, against 39% across England’s towns.
Adults qualified to degree level or above: 30%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 18% of adults have no qualification; in Prickwillow, 20%, while 30% hold one at degree level (34%).
Prickwillow is younger than 4 of its 7 nearest neighbours
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prickwillow | 386 | — | 40.8 | 17% | 30% |
| Littleport | 9,170 | 3.3 mi | 38.6 | 17% | 30% |
| Ely | 19,185 | 3.7 mi | 42.7 | 20% | 28% |
| Little Downham | 1,234 | 4.6 mi | 49.3 | 26% | 27% |
| Soham | 10,609 | 5.7 mi | 38.9 | 17% | 32% |
| Isleham | 2,287 | 6 mi | 44.6 | 23% | 28% |
| Witchford | 2,386 | 6.4 mi | 45.7 | 23% | 28% |
| Beck Row | 4,129 | 6.6 mi | 31.4 | 11% | 34% |
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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 Prickwillow’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 Prickwillow’s residents
What is the population of Prickwillow?
The 2021 Census counted 386 people in Prickwillow’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Prickwillow?
The median age was 40.8 at the 2021 Census. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 17% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Prickwillow?
90% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 72% across Cambridgeshire’s towns. 11% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Prickwillow?
42% said they had no religion and 47% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.8% were Muslim and 9.3% didn’t answer.
Is Prickwillow good for families?
30% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Prickwillow’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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