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Over-65s are only 6% of the population. It is a town of 2,678 residents in Cambridgeshire, East of England.
Good marks almost everywhere you look. Wittering’s overall grade, A+, puts it better than almost every UK town. Schools are where it shines — primary results beat 87% of towns in England. Walkability is another plus — 27% of commuters get to work on foot, by bike or by public transport. A median £210,000 buys a home here, 3.9 times what households in the Peterborough council area earn in a year.
Figures: commuting, Census 2021 · prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · incomes, ONS. Wittering is a military garrison town: most residents serve or work for the armed forces and live in service housing, so it keeps its grades but isn’t ranked against other towns.
The 3 things Wittering does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far Wittering is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Historic England lists 9 buildings inside Wittering’s built-up area, 1 of them Grade I.
5% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Wittering.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 25% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
For 32% of commuters, work was under 5 km away. 25% of workers worked mainly from home, below Cambridgeshire’s towns (34%) and England’s towns (31%) alike. About 30% of its commuters stay in Wittering for work.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Its only school is listed below. Key Stage 2 results at the 2 primary schools within 3 km: 70% of pupils meet the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average). 234 pupils attend Wittering’s one primary school.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wittering Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 234 | C |
Only one of the 51 towns in Cambridgeshire costs less to buy into than Wittering, whose median sale is £210,000. 45% of households own their home, below both Cambridgeshire’s towns (61%) and England’s towns (61%). Social renters account for nearly one in ten households.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £360,000 | 37 |
| Semi-detached | £225,000 | 45 |
| Terraced | £185,000 | 71 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
Asked at the census, 88% of residents of Wittering said they were in good or very good health. At the census, 3.2% of residents said their health was bad or very bad, below both Cambridgeshire’s towns (4.4%) and England’s towns (5.2%). Women here live to 85.5 on average and men to 82.4 (2019–23). There is no GP practice locally: the nearest is 2.1 miles off.
| Census 2021 | Wittering | Cambridgeshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 88% | 84% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 3.2% | 4.4% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 13% | 16% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · Self-reported health favours young towns, since these answers ignore age; the Health Grade leans on age-adjusted measures such as life expectancy and early deaths.
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Wittering’s listed buildings include the Church of All Saints, Grade I. Homes from before 1919 make up 5% of the total, lower than both Cambridgeshire’s towns (12%) and England’s towns (16%). It has 34 listed buildings for every 10,000 residents.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
Violence and sexual offences were 56% of the crimes. 108 crimes and 25 reports of anti-social behaviour: that is what police recorded inside Wittering’s built-up area in the 12 months to August 2026. Among the 1,308 UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, Wittering has less crime per resident than 68% of them.
Not gradedAnti-social behaviour, shoplifting and other theft are shown but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident.
data.police.uk street-level crime · points inside the ONS built-up-area boundary · OGL · The police category of violence and sexual offences includes harassment and stalking.
Just over a tenth of the population is aged 15 to 24, lower than both Cambridgeshire’s towns (12%) and England’s towns (12%). The under-15s are 23% of the population here. The age that splits Wittering in two is 32.5. Among adults, 28% have a degree.
46% women, 54% men
About 115 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Wittering is a garrison town: service personnel living in barracks count as residents.
| Wittering | Cambridgeshire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 23% | 18% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 12% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 40% | 28% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 21% | 25% | 25% |
| 65+ | 5.6% | 17% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 7.9% | 17% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 5.2% | 5% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 32% | 16% | 17% |
| Degree level | 28% | 37% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Cambridgeshire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Wittering. Best known first.
Historic houseBurghley House2.7 km outside town, to the north
MuseumStamford Town Hall3.8 km outside town, to the northwestAttractionAttractionSacrewell Farm & Country Centre2.4 km outside town, to the southeastMuseumMuseumPriest's House (National Trust)1.5 km outside town, to the northwestMuseumMuseumOld Farm Equipment2.4 km outside town, to the southeastPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
9 listed buildings in Wittering, 1 of them Grade I.
Stables to South East of the Rectory: Photo: Jonathan Thacker · CC BY-SA 2.0 · The Rectory: Photo: Jonathan Thacker · CC BY-SA 2.0
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wittering | 2,678 | — | A+ | A− | B | A− |
| Barnack | 1,007 | 2.2 | — | C | C+ | A− |
| Easton on the Hill | 1,096 | 3.1 | — | C− | B+ | A− |
| Stamford | 20,745 | 3.9 | A− | B+ | C+ | B |
| King's Cliffe | 1,581 | 4.3 | — | C− | B+ | A− |
| Helpston | 1,249 | 4.4 | — | C | A | A |
| Castor and Ailsworth | 1,461 | 4.6 | — | C− | B | A− |
| Ketton | 1,618 | 4.9 | — | B | A− | A |
Barnack, Easton on the Hill, King's Cliffe, Helpston, Castor and Ailsworth and Ketton have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
A young town. At the 2021 Census, 23% of residents were under 15 and 40% were 25 to 44, against 18% and 27% across England’s towns; only 5.6% were 65 or over.
Primary results beat 87% of towns in England (Department for Education, Key Stage 2). One state school is inside the town; places are handled by Peterborough council.
Homes cost less than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £210,000, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: terraced houses £185,000, semi-detached houses £225,000 and detached houses £360,000.
Town in Cambridgeshire, England
Wittering is a built-up area of 2,678 people, in the Peterborough council area. TownRatings uses ONS’s 2022 built-up areas as towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a council district, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from ONS geography and Census 2021
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · HM Land Registry Price Paid (standard sales, September 2023 to August 2026) · ONS Price Index of Private Rents (August 2026, by council) · MHCLG and Welsh Government council tax, Band D 2026–27 (with parish precepts in England) · data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS small-area life expectancy and healthy life expectancy, 2019 to 2023 (England and Wales), OHID Fingertips small-area indicators (England) and Census 2021 health, adjusted for age · ONS small-area income estimates (financial year ending 2023) · DWP claimant count via Nomis (January to August 2026) · Historic England, National Heritage List for England (listed buildings, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, battlefields, World Heritage Sites), October 2026, inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary · Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties by build period (31 March 2025) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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