The Old Vicarage · Photo: Roger Jones · CC BY-SA 2.0Below 99% of UK towns: 4.3% of households have no car or van
Households in detached houses: 47%, above 87% of UK towns. Compared with other places, one-person households are scarce here: 21%, fewer than in 97% of UK towns. Radwinter is home to 660 residents in 277 households, by the 2021 Census. The share of unpaid carers stands at 13%.
Half of Radwinter is over 50.6, older than 88% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The share of residents aged 65 and over is 21%, against 18% across England’s towns. Census figures put residents aged 15 to 24 at 9.7% in Radwinter.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Above 55% of UK towns: 9% of residents lived at another address a year earlier
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%.
Across England’s towns, a third of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine work; in Radwinter, 48% and 13%. The wider picture: just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns. The census found that 4.9% of adults are full-time students locally.
Larger households than 72% of UK towns: 2.4 people on average
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.
Shared households of unrelated adults: 2.9%, above 73% of UK towns. The census found that 27% of households have dependent children in Radwinter.
Radwinter ranks below 95% of UK towns on households in flats: 2.5%
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: 12%, below 83% of UK towns. As a reference point, 23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
Residents whose main language is English: 98%, a higher share than 69% 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
Born outside the UK: 5.9% of residents, against 18% across England’s towns. Measured more widely, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (2.4%) and in Africa (2%).
More residents who describe themselves as Christian than 78% of UK towns: 54%
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: 92% of Radwinter · Essex’s towns 83% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
After White British, the most common groups are Other White (4.7%), Mixed or multiple (2.1%) and Indian (0.6%). Lower than in 73% of UK towns: 37% of residents said they have no religion. Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 46% across England’s towns, for comparison.
56% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 92% 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
Adults who have never married: 27% here and 39% across England’s towns. The share of married adults and civil partners across England’s towns is 44%. 24 residents give 50 hours or more of unpaid care each week.
Degree level: the highest qualification of 45% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Radwinter, 45% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 10% have no qualification at all (18%).
Every nearby town is younger than Radwinter
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Radwinter | 660 | — | 50.6 | 21% | 27% |
| Thaxted | 3,111 | 4 mi | 45.3 | 24% | 29% |
| Saffron Walden | 16,609 | 4 mi | 43.8 | 21% | 29% |
| Steeple Bumpstead | 1,376 | 5 mi | 48.8 | 25% | 25% |
| Newport | 2,945 | 5.8 mi | 43.9 | 22% | 32% |
| Great Bardfield | 1,372 | 6.2 mi | 49.6 | 25% | 24% |
| Haverhill | 26,704 | 6.4 mi | 39.2 | 16% | 32% |
| Linton | 4,452 | 6.5 mi | 46.7 | 25% | 28% |
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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 Radwinter’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 Radwinter’s residents
What is the population of Radwinter?
The 2021 Census counted 660 people in Radwinter’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Radwinter?
The median age was 50.6 at the 2021 Census. 9.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 21% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Radwinter?
92% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 83% across Essex’s towns. 5.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Radwinter?
37% said they had no religion and 54% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 7.1% didn’t answer.
Is Radwinter good for families?
27% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Radwinter’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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