Photo: Tim Heaton · CC BY-SA 2.06.2% of residents are aged 15 to 24, fewer than in 99% of UK towns
Compared with 46% across England’s towns, 62% of residents describe themselves as Christian here. 272 residents in 112 households: that is Ufford at the 2021 Census. Adults who have never married account for 22%. At 5.5%, the share of households without a car or van is lower than in 98% of UK towns.
A median age of 47: Ufford is older than 69% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns, against 24% in Ufford. 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.
7.4% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, below 78% 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%.
By class, 52% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 11% in routine and semi-routine work (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). Across Ufford, 4.6% of adults are full-time students.
Fewer people live alone than in 98% of UK towns: 20% of households
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.
The typical household size is 2.5 people. One-person households make up 30% across England’s towns. Locally, 32% of households have dependent children. 2.7% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, more than in 66% of UK towns.
A village of detached houses: 73% of households live in one
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 make up 18%, against 24% across England’s towns. Typically, 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns. The census found that 3.6% of households live in a flat or apartment in Ufford.
Above 94% of UK towns: 99% of residents have English as their main language
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 (1.8%) or in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.8%). Ufford has fewer residents born outside the UK than 63% of UK towns, at 5.2%. For comparison, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 96% in Ufford, 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
White British, not charted: 96% of Ufford · Cambridgeshire’s towns 72% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Of the other groups, the largest are Other White (2.2%), Mixed or multiple (0.7%) and Caribbean (0.4%). On average, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. Residents with no religion are rarer here than in 85% of UK towns.
Ufford sits above 99% of UK towns for married adults and civil partners (65%)
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
There is little gap on unpaid carers: 8.2%, about the same as across England’s towns. Unpaid carers giving 50 hours or more a week: 4. Typically, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Degree-level qualifications: held by 53% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 53% of adults in Ufford (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 9.2% (England’s towns: 18%).
3 in 7 nearby towns have a higher median age than Ufford
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ufford | 272 | — | 47 | 24% | 32% |
| Barnack | 1,007 | 1.2 mi | 45.7 | 22% | 29% |
| Helpston | 1,249 | 1.8 mi | 45 | 19% | 35% |
| Wittering | 2,678 | 2.6 mi | 32.5 | 5.6% | 40% |
| Castor and Ailsworth | 1,461 | 3.7 mi | 49.7 | 25% | 26% |
| Glinton | 1,743 | 3.9 mi | 49.5 | 24% | 30% |
| Northborough | 1,336 | 4.5 mi | 53.4 | 33% | 26% |
| Market Deeping | 6,533 | 4.9 mi | 46.8 | 25% | 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 Ufford’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 Ufford’s residents
What is the population of Ufford?
The 2021 Census counted 272 people in Ufford’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Ufford?
The median age was 47 at the 2021 Census. 6.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 24% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Ufford?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 72% across Cambridgeshire’s towns. 5.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Ufford?
34% said they had no religion and 62% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 2.9% didn’t answer.
Is Ufford good for families?
32% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Ufford’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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