Photo: John Salmon · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 32.5: Wittering is younger than 98% of UK towns
Compared with 23% across England’s towns, 2.4% of households live in a flat or apartment here. At the 2021 Census, 2,678 people lived in Wittering, in 990 households. In Wittering, 7.4% of households have no car or van. The town has fewer one-person households than 84% of UK towns, at 25%.
What the Census says about Wittering’s people
A town of families
40% of Wittering’s 990 households had dependent children in 2021, more than in 98% of UK towns. 23% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Younger than most towns
Half of Wittering’s residents are under 32.5 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 11% are 15 to 24 and 5.6% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
A town people move to
20% of residents gave a different address a year before the 2021 Census, 1.9 times the share across England’s towns. Students & newcomers ↓
More with no religion than most
49% of residents answered “no religion” in 2021 and 43% Christian, against 37% and 46% across England’s towns. Ethnicity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
In Wittering, 5.6% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 99% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 tops 83% of UK towns: 11%. As a yardstick, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Wittering, 32.5. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
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.
A higher share of residents who moved in within the year than 98% of UK towns, at 20%
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%.
7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns, against 4.1% in Wittering. Across England’s towns, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
In Wittering, 40% of households have dependent children, more than in 98% of UK towns
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.
In Wittering the average household is 2.5 people, beside 2.4 across England’s towns. Shared households of unrelated adults account for 2.1%. For households with dependent children, the comparison across England’s towns is 29%.
52% of households live in a terraced house, a share 98% 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
21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns, against 7.6% in Wittering. Measured more widely, 24% of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns.
9.3% of residents were born outside the UK, more than in 71% 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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Just over a tenth of those born abroad arrived in 2017 or later, against 21% across England’s towns. For residents born outside the UK, the comparison across England’s towns is 18%. In Wittering, 97% of residents have English as their main language.
Wittering ranks above 92% of UK towns on residents with no religion: 49%
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: 90% of Wittering · Cambridgeshire’s towns 72% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents who describe themselves as White British: 90%, below 62% of UK towns. Wittering has fewer residents who describe themselves as Christian than 87% of UK towns, at 43%. Across the comparison, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. The next-largest groups, after White British, are Other White (3.4%), Mixed or multiple (2.2%) and African (1.5%).
Below 97% of UK towns: 6.8% of residents give unpaid care
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
At 44%, the share of married adults and civil partners is in line with the figure across England’s towns. Adults who have never married are more common here than in 83% of UK towns. Measured more widely, 8.7% of residents give unpaid care across England’s towns. For 51 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week.
A degree-level qualification for 28% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
With 28% of its adults qualified to degree level, Wittering compares with 34% across England’s towns; another 7.9% hold no qualification (18%).
Ranked by age, 11th youngest of 514 UK towns this size
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
The youngest is Keele (20.6) and the oldest West Chiltington (63.1). Nearest to Wittering in age: Little Dunmow (32.2), Eglwys-Brewis (32.2), Witham St Hughs (32.6) and Pimperne (32.9).
Every neighbour of Wittering has an older population
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wittering | 2,678 | — | 32.5 | 5.6% | 40% |
| Barnack | 1,007 | 2.2 mi | 45.7 | 22% | 29% |
| Easton on the Hill | 1,096 | 3.1 mi | 50.3 | 25% | 22% |
| Stamford | 20,745 | 3.9 mi | 44.8 | 23% | 25% |
| King's Cliffe | 1,581 | 4.3 mi | 42.7 | 20% | 34% |
| Helpston | 1,249 | 4.4 mi | 45 | 19% | 35% |
| Castor and Ailsworth | 1,461 | 4.6 mi | 49.7 | 25% | 26% |
| Ketton | 1,618 | 4.9 mi | 51.2 | 29% | 25% |
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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 Wittering’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 Wittering’s residents
What is the population of Wittering?
The 2021 Census counted 2,678 people in Wittering’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Wittering?
The median age was 32.5 at the 2021 Census, younger than 98% of UK towns. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 5.6% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Wittering?
90% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 72% across Cambridgeshire’s towns. 9.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Wittering?
49% said they had no religion and 43% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.6% were Muslim and 6.1% didn’t answer.
Is Wittering good for families?
40% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Wittering’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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