Photo: Peter Mackenzie · CC BY-SA 2.01.1% of households have no car or van, fewer than in 99% of UK towns
With households in flats at 2.1%, Cadeby is behind 97% of UK towns on that count. 5.2% of residents are aged 15 to 24. Residents who describe themselves as White British are more common here than in 69% of UK towns. There were 93 households here at the 2021 Census, home to 230 residents.
Cadeby is older than 86% of UK towns: a median age of 50.2
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Compared with 18% across England’s towns, a quarter of residents are 65 or over here. In Markfield, the oldest of Leicestershire’s towns by this measure, it is 30%.
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.
Below 99% of UK towns: 2.7% of adults are full-time students
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%.
There is little gap on residents who moved in within the year: 11%, about the same as across England’s towns. Set beside that, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Cadeby sits below 99% of UK towns for one-person households (17%)
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Leicestershire’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
3.2% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, against 4.3% across England’s towns. The comparison figure for one-person households is 30% across England’s towns. The average household has 2.5 people. Compared with other places, households with dependent children are scarce here: 26%, fewer than in nearly two thirds of UK towns.
More detached houses than 99% of UK towns: 76% of households
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: 6.3% here and 24% across England’s towns. For households in detached houses, the comparison across England’s towns is 21%.
Cadeby ranks above 99% of UK towns on residents whose main language is English: 100%
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
The largest groups were born in the Middle East and Asia (1.3%) and in EU countries (0.9%). Against that, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Compared with other places, residents born outside the UK are scarce here: 3.9%, fewer than in 79% of UK towns.
Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 57%, a higher share than 86% 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: 94% of Cadeby · Leicestershire’s towns 66% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents with no religion make up 35%, against 37% across England’s towns. By way of comparison, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. The largest groups after White British are Mixed or multiple (3%), Other White (0.9%) and Indian (0.4%).
70% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 99% 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
Where nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care across England’s towns, Cadeby has 6.9%. The comparison figure for married adults and civil partners is 44% across England’s towns. The share of adults who have never married stands at 18%.
47% of adults have qualifications at degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 18% of adults have no qualification; in Cadeby, 14%, while 47% hold one at degree level (34%).
2 in 7 nearby towns have a higher median age than Cadeby
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cadeby | 230 | — | 50.2 | 25% | 26% |
| Newbold Verdon | 3,097 | 1.6 mi | 48.2 | 28% | 25% |
| Market Bosworth | 2,104 | 1.6 mi | 53.5 | 34% | 24% |
| Barlestone | 2,563 | 2.1 mi | 47.6 | 24% | 25% |
| Desford | 3,817 | 3.2 mi | 43.4 | 23% | 33% |
| Stoke Golding | 2,004 | 3.5 mi | 51.2 | 26% | 24% |
| Barwell | 9,149 | 3.5 mi | 43.4 | 21% | 25% |
| Earl Shilton | 10,885 | 4 mi | 42.5 | 20% | 26% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- “Leicestershire’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Leicestershire (or England), summed the same way as Cadeby’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 Cadeby’s residents
What is the population of Cadeby?
The 2021 Census counted 230 people in Cadeby’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Cadeby?
The median age was 50.2 at the 2021 Census. 5.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 25% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Cadeby?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 66% across Leicestershire’s towns. 3.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Cadeby?
35% said they had no religion and 57% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.4% were Muslim and 6.1% didn’t answer.
Is Cadeby good for families?
26% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Cadeby’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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