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55.7Median age

Who lives here · ONS Census 2021

A median age of 55.7: Tilbrook is older than 97% of UK towns

With married adults and civil partners at 67%, Tilbrook is ahead of 99% of UK towns on that count. Locally, 4.7% of households live in a terraced house. Compared with other places, households with dependent children are scarce here: 19%, fewer than in 96% of UK towns. In 2021, the Census found 354 residents here, living in 154 households.

29%aged 65 or over 6.7%born abroad 154households

Ages

Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 6.8% in Tilbrook, less than in 99% of UK towns

Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.

TilbrookEngland’s towns

0–410–1420–2430–3440–4450–5460–6470–7480–84

More residents are 60–64 than any other five-year age: 13% of residents, 2.3 times the share across England’s towns. Few places have as many residents aged 65 and over: 29% here, more than in 88% of UK towns. Measured more widely, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.

Broad ages · share of residents

Under 1512%

15 to 246.8%

25 to 4419%

45 to 6433%

65 and over29%

TilbrookCambridgeshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Women and men · all residents

46% women, 54% men

Tilbrook

England

WomenMen

About 115 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.

Students & newcomers

3.3% of adults are full-time students, fewer than in 97% of UK towns

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

Full-time students3.3%

Higher managerial and professional23%

Lower managerial and professional29%

Intermediate10%

Small employers and self-employed16%

Supervisory and technical3.3%

Semi-routine6.5%

Routine3.3%

Never worked or long-term unemployed4.6%

TilbrookCambridgeshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Address a year before the Census

Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.

Tilbrook

12%

England’s towns

11%

Moved within the UKTerm-time addressMoved from abroad

Moved in within a year

residents, 12%; England’s towns 11%

Of them from abroad

0.6× England’s share

Across England’s towns, a third of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine work; in Tilbrook, 52% and 9.8%. The usual figure: 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. In Tilbrook, 12% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.

Households

Only 24% of households in Tilbrook are one person living alone

Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.

Living alone, 66+ 12%Living alone, under 66 12%Families with dependent children 19%Couples and families, no young children 52%Shared houses and other 5.2%

Against Cambridgeshire’s towns and England’s towns

Tilbrook

Cambridgeshire’s towns

England’s towns

People per household

1 person22%

2 people43%

3 people18%

4 people13%

5 or more3.9%

England’s towns.

Households in Tilbrook hold 2.4 people on average (England’s towns: 2.4). Against that, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. The census found that 5.2% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home here.

Homes & cars

Fewer car-free households than 98% of UK towns: 5.3%

Accommodation type and cars or vans per household, Census 2021. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.

Type of home

Tilbrook

Cambridgeshire’s towns

England’s towns

DetachedSemi-detachedTerracedFlat or maisonetteCaravan or other

Cars or vans · share of households

No car or van5.3%

One25%

Two44%

Three or more26%

TilbrookCambridgeshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns. Against that, nearly a quarter of households have no car or van across England’s towns. Census figures put households in detached houses at 64% in Tilbrook.

Where people were born

Tilbrook ranks above 98% of UK towns on residents whose main language is English: 99%

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%

Tilbrook

6.7%

Cambridgeshire’s towns

22%

England’s towns

18%

EU countriesRest of EuropeMiddle East and AsiaAfricaAmericas, Oceania, other

Main language · residents aged 3 and over

English is main language99%

Another main language, speaks English very well or well0.6%

Another main language, little or no English0%

TilbrookCambridgeshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (2.5%), then in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (2.2%). Elsewhere, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 18% of residents were born outside the UK; in Tilbrook, 6.7%.

Ethnicity & religion

58% describe themselves as Christian, more than in 91% 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

TilbrookCambridgeshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Other White1.4%

Asian0%

Mixed1.7%

Black0.3%

Other1.7%

0%8%16%

White British, not charted: 95% of Tilbrook · Cambridgeshire’s towns 72% · England’s towns 73%.

Religion · all residents

TilbrookCambridgeshire’s townsEngland’s towns

No religion34%

Christian58%

Muslim0.3%

Hindu, Sikh, Jewish, Buddhist0%

Other religion0%

Didn’t answer7.9%

0%35%70%

95% of residents describe themselves as White British (England’s towns: 73%). Few places have so few residents with no religion: 34% here, fewer than in 86% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian.

Relationships & caring

Only 19% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership in Tilbrook

Legal partnership status (residents 16 and over) and unpaid care (residents 5 and over), Census 2021.

Partnership status · residents 16 and over

Never married or in a civil partnership19%

Married or civil partnership67%

Separated1.9%

Divorced7.4%

Widowed4.5%

TilbrookCambridgeshire’s townsEngland’s towns

40residents give unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age: 12%, against 8.7% in England’s towns

Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over

Up to 19 hours a week9.1%

20 to 49 hours0.9%

50 hours or more1.8%

For 6 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week. Unpaid carers are more common here than in 96% of UK towns. Measured more widely, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.

Qualifications

50% of adults are qualified to degree level

Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.

Highest qualification · residents 16 and over

No qualifications9.1%

Apprenticeship4.2%

A levels or similar15%

Degree level50%

TilbrookCambridgeshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Degree-level qualifications are held by 50% of adults in Tilbrook (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 9.1% (England’s towns: 18%).

Neighbours

Every nearby town is younger than Tilbrook

Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.

KimboltonRiseleyRaundsStanwickRingsteadBuckdenHigham FerrersTilbrook

under 3838–4444–5050–5656+

Town	People	Away	Median age	65+	Homes with children
Tilbrook	354	—	55.7	29%	19%
Kimbolton	1,056	1.5 mi	49.9	25%	26%
Riseley	1,320	4.7 mi	48.6	25%	27%
Raunds	10,231	5.6 mi	42.2	21%	28%
Stanwick	1,891	6.3 mi	51.3	27%	27%
Ringstead	1,369	6.8 mi	48.4	25%	26%
Buckden	2,757	7.3 mi	51.2	30%	24%
Higham Ferrers	8,825	7.4 mi	42.4	19%	32%

More about Tilbrook’s residents

Health, work and homes have their own pages

HealthLife expectancy, early deaths and Census health, adjusted for age Work & commuteIncome, the claimant count, jobs and how people get to work Cost of livingOwners and renters, prices, rents and council tax SchoolsEvery primary and secondary, with results and inspections

How to read these numbers

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 Tilbrook’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 Tilbrook’s residents

What is the population of Tilbrook?

The 2021 Census counted 354 people in Tilbrook’s built-up area.

What is the average age in Tilbrook?

The median age was 55.7 at the 2021 Census. 6.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 29% were 65 or over.

How diverse is Tilbrook?

95% 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 Tilbrook?

34% said they had no religion and 58% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 7.9% didn’t answer.

Is Tilbrook good for families?

19% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Tilbrook’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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