Photo: Geographer · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 98% of UK towns: half of Toft is over 56.4
Compared with 21% across England’s towns, 59% of households live in a detached house here. At the 2021 Census, 570 people lived in Toft, in 227 households. On the census count, 0.5% of households live in a flat or apartment. Fewer households with dependent children than in 89% of UK towns: 22%.
Above 99% of UK towns: 38% of residents are 65 or over
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
In Toft, nearly one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24, beside 12% across England’s towns. Across the comparison, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 85 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.
Residents who moved in within the year make up 12% in Toft, more than in 92% 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
Address a year before the Census
Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.
The share of full-time students is 4.7%, against 7.9% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, residents who moved in within the year come to 11%.
Only 26% of households are one person living alone in Toft
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.
4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns, against 2.2% in Toft. Households average 2.4 people. Across England’s towns, one-person households come to 30%.
5.4% of households have no car or van, fewer than in 98% 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
In Toft, 6.7% of households live in a terraced house, beside 24% across England’s towns. One household in every 19 has no car or van.
Residents born outside the UK make up 12% in Toft, more than in 79% 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
Across England’s towns, nine in ten residents have English as their main language; in Toft, 97%. Residents born outside the UK: 18% across England’s towns, for comparison. By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (3.3%) and in the Middle East and Asia (3%).
Residents with no religion make up 33% in Toft, less than in 87% 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: 85% of Toft · Cambridgeshire’s towns 72% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Of the other groups, the largest are Other White (6.3%), Mixed or multiple (3.7%) and Chinese (2.5%). On residents who describe themselves as White British, Toft sits lower than nearly four fifths of UK towns: 85%. The benchmark for residents with no religion across England’s towns: 37%. Here 50% of residents describe themselves as Christian, where the figure across England’s towns is 46%.
In Toft, 62% 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
10 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. By way of comparison, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. On adults who have never married, Toft sits lower than 98% of UK towns: 22%.
52% of adults have qualifications at degree level
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 Toft, 15%, while 52% hold one at degree level (34%).
The towns around Toft are all younger
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toft | 570 | — | 56.4 | 38% | 22% |
| Comberton | 2,255 | 1.5 mi | 47.8 | 25% | 29% |
| Highfields Caldecote | 2,049 | 1.6 mi | 41.6 | 15% | 41% |
| Hardwick | 2,658 | 2 mi | 44.1 | 18% | 29% |
| Cambourne | 11,071 | 3 mi | 34.5 | 5.4% | 52% |
| Haslingfield | 1,535 | 3.7 mi | 47 | 23% | 30% |
| Orwell | 1,147 | 3.7 mi | 49.5 | 27% | 26% |
| Barrington | 1,184 | 4.6 mi | 48.7 | 23% | 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 Toft’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 Toft’s residents
What is the population of Toft?
The 2021 Census counted 570 people in Toft’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Toft?
The median age was 56.4 at the 2021 Census. 8.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 38% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Toft?
85% 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 Toft?
33% said they had no religion and 50% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 14% didn’t answer.
Is Toft good for families?
22% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Toft’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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