Photo: Colin Park · CC BY-SA 2.0A smaller share of shared households of unrelated adults than 99% of UK towns: 0.8%
Compared with 39% across England’s towns, just over a fifth of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership here. Census figures put residents who describe themselves as Christian at 64% in Elmdon. At 7.4%, the share of households without a car or van is lower than in 94% of UK towns. The village counted 284 residents and 121 households at the 2021 Census.
A median age of 50.5: Elmdon is older than 87% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
With residents aged 65 and over at 27%, Elmdon is ahead of 80% of UK towns on that count. For Elmdon, the census puts residents aged 15 to 24 at 8.8%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A lower share of full-time students than 76% of UK towns, at 4.2%
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%.
Residents who moved in within the year: 8.1% here and 11% across England’s towns. As a yardstick, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Fewer people live alone than in 83% of UK towns: 26% of households
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Essex’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
The average household has 2.3 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. The comparison figure for one-person households is 30% across England’s towns.
Few flats: only 0.8% of households in Elmdon 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
Compared with 21% across England’s towns, 64% of households live in a detached house here. The usual figure: nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns. Households in terraced houses: 12% of the total.
Elmdon: 100% of residents have English as their main language, above 99% 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
Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (4.9%) or in the Middle East and Asia (2.1%). 9.8% of residents were born outside the UK, a higher share than in 73% of UK towns. Across the comparison, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
Residents with no religion make up 28% in Elmdon, less than in 95% 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: 91% of Elmdon · Essex’s towns 83% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Other than White British, most residents describe themselves as Other White (4.9%), Chinese (2.8%) and Mixed or multiple (0.7%). The usual figure: 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British; in Elmdon, 91%.
A smaller share of unpaid carers than 99% of UK towns: 5.1%
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
Some 4 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. At 62%, the share of married adults and civil partners is higher than in 99% of UK towns. Measured more widely, nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care across England’s towns.
Adults qualified to degree level or above: 54%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
54% of Elmdon’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 12% have none (18%).
Every nearby town is younger than Elmdon
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elmdon | 284 | — | 50.5 | 27% | 26% |
| Great Chesterford | 1,775 | 3.5 mi | 42.2 | 19% | 35% |
| Duxford | 2,216 | 4.1 mi | 44.3 | 21% | 31% |
| Fowlmere | 1,295 | 4.5 mi | 48.9 | 25% | 31% |
| Newport | 2,945 | 4.9 mi | 43.9 | 22% | 32% |
| Saffron Walden | 16,609 | 5 mi | 43.8 | 21% | 29% |
| Whittlesford | 1,608 | 5.2 mi | 48 | 24% | 29% |
| Melbourn | 4,907 | 5.7 mi | 45.2 | 24% | 27% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- “Essex’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Essex (or England), summed the same way as Elmdon’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 Elmdon’s residents
What is the population of Elmdon?
The 2021 Census counted 284 people in Elmdon’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Elmdon?
The median age was 50.5 at the 2021 Census. 8.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 27% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Elmdon?
91% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 83% across Essex’s towns. 9.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Elmdon?
28% said they had no religion and 64% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 7.4% didn’t answer.
Is Elmdon good for families?
26% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Elmdon’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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