Photo: David Howard · CC BY-SA 2.0Households in terraced houses: 2.1%, a lower share than 99% of UK towns
Against a figure of 24% across England’s towns, the share of households without a car or van in Spaldwick comes in at 5%. At the 2021 Census Spaldwick was home to 605 people in 242 households. Across Spaldwick, just over a fifth of households are one person living alone. Fewer adults who have never married than in 92% of UK towns: 25%.
A median age of 48.9: Spaldwick is older than 79% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
19% of residents are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. For Spaldwick, the census puts residents aged 15 to 24 at 13%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Spaldwick ranks above 93% of UK towns on full-time students: 7.4%
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%.
Managerial and professional jobs account for nearly half of Spaldwick’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 14%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 7.9% of adults are full-time students. 8.7% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Bigger households than 89% of UK towns: 2.5 people each 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.
Against a figure of 4.3% across England’s towns, the share of shared households of unrelated adults in Spaldwick comes in at 2.1%. The share of households with dependent children stands at 26%.
Above 99% of UK towns: 70% 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
Set against 23% across England’s towns, 2.1% of households live in a flat or apartment in Spaldwick. Across England’s towns, the share of households in detached houses is 21%.
Spaldwick: 11% of residents were born outside the UK, above 77% 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 the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (5.3%) and in EU countries (3%). The usual figure: 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Few places have as many residents whose main language is English: 99% here, more than in just over four fifths of UK towns.
86% of residents describe themselves as White British, fewer than in 76% 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: 86% of Spaldwick · Cambridgeshire’s towns 72% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Across England’s towns, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian; in Spaldwick, 54%. Behind White British, the largest groups are Other White (9.1%), Mixed or multiple (3.8%) and Indian (0.3%). 38% of residents said they have no religion, a lower share than in 66% of UK towns. The benchmark for residents who describe themselves as White British across England’s towns: 73%.
61% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 99% of UK towns
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
The figure for unpaid carers is 7.3% in Spaldwick and 8.7% across England’s towns. As a reference point, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. For 9 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week.
The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 46%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 46% of Spaldwick’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 10% have no qualification (18%). The highest qualification of 18% is A levels, often students still at university.
Of the 7 towns nearest Spaldwick, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spaldwick | 605 | — | 48.9 | 19% | 26% |
| Kimbolton | 1,056 | 3.5 mi | 49.9 | 25% | 26% |
| Alconbury | 1,464 | 4.1 mi | 50.8 | 26% | 21% |
| Brampton | 6,585 | 5 mi | 38.8 | 18% | 33% |
| Alconbury Weald | 1,222 | 5.2 mi | 31.2 | 3.3% | 46% |
| Buckden | 2,757 | 5.2 mi | 51.2 | 30% | 24% |
| Huntingdon | 25,603 | 6.9 mi | 38.2 | 15% | 30% |
| Offord D'Arcy and Offord Cluny | 1,385 | 6.9 mi | 48.4 | 23% | 25% |
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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 Spaldwick’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 Spaldwick’s residents
What is the population of Spaldwick?
The 2021 Census counted 605 people in Spaldwick’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Spaldwick?
The median age was 48.9 at the 2021 Census. 13% of residents were 15 to 24 and 19% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Spaldwick?
86% 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 Spaldwick?
38% said they had no religion and 54% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 6.8% didn’t answer.
Is Spaldwick good for families?
26% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Spaldwick’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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