Photo: Cruccone · CC BY 2.5Households in flats make up 2.3% in Stretham, less than in 96% of UK towns
Where nearly a quarter of households have no car or van across England’s towns, Stretham has 7.2%. Across Stretham, 27% of households are one person living alone. Compared with other places, adults who have never married are scarce here: 29%, fewer than in 74% of UK towns. Its 888 households held 2,070 residents at the 2021 Census.
Only 8.7% of residents are aged 15 to 24 in Stretham
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 50–54: 8.5% of residents. By way of comparison, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. Stretham has fewer residents aged 65 and over than 63% of UK towns, at 20%. In Buckden, the oldest of Cambridgeshire’s towns by this measure, it is 30%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Stretham sits below 81% of UK towns for full-time students (4.1%)
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%.
38% of Stretham’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 21% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. For Stretham, the census puts residents who moved in within the year at 7.8%. Full-time students make up 7.9% across England’s towns.
A lower share of households with dependent children than 59% of UK towns, at 26%
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, Stretham has 2.6%. Set beside that, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns. Households average 2.3 people.
43% of households live in a detached house, a share 81% of UK towns don’t reach
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: 17% here and 24% across England’s towns. Typically, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
Stretham 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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
The share of residents whose main language is English is 96%, against 90% across England’s towns. On average, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (5.3%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (2.1%).
89% of residents describe themselves as White British, fewer than in 68% 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: 89% of Stretham · Cambridgeshire’s towns 72% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Across England’s towns, 37% of residents said they have no religion; in Stretham, 42%. Set beside that, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. The groups that follow White British are Other White (6.3%), Mixed or multiple (1.5%) and African (0.4%).
52% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 74% 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 number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 47. On average, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Unpaid carers: 9.6%, near enough the figure across England’s towns.
Adults qualified to degree level or above: 33%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Stretham counts 33% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 16% have no qualification (18%).
Among its 7 nearest neighbours, 3 are older than Stretham
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stretham | 2,070 | — | 44.7 | 20% | 26% |
| Witchford | 2,386 | 2.8 mi | 45.7 | 23% | 28% |
| Haddenham | 3,050 | 3.2 mi | 47.3 | 23% | 27% |
| Ely | 19,185 | 4.2 mi | 42.7 | 20% | 28% |
| Soham | 10,609 | 4.8 mi | 38.9 | 17% | 32% |
| Sutton | 3,880 | 5.2 mi | 42.7 | 20% | 30% |
| Waterbeach | 5,375 | 5.5 mi | 38.1 | 16% | 31% |
| Little Downham | 1,234 | 5.9 mi | 49.3 | 26% | 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 Stretham’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 Stretham’s residents
What is the population of Stretham?
The 2021 Census counted 2,070 people in Stretham’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Stretham?
The median age was 44.7 at the 2021 Census. 8.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 20% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Stretham?
89% 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 Stretham?
42% said they had no religion and 49% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.9% were Muslim and 6% didn’t answer.
Is Stretham good for families?
26% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Stretham’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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