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40.2Median age

Who lives here · ONS Census 2021

7.9% of residents are aged 15 to 24, fewer than in 94% of UK towns

With households in terraced houses at 33%, Exning is ahead of 87% of UK towns on that count. Census day 2021: 2,049 residents and 885 households here. One-person households account for 27%. Households without a car or van are rarer here than in 92% of UK towns.

18%aged 65 or over 13%born abroad 885households

Ages

Half of Exning is under 40.2, younger than 79% of UK towns

Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.

ExningEngland’s towns

0–410–1420–2430–3440–4450–5460–6470–7480–84

The largest age band is 30–34: 9.9% of residents, 1.4 times the share across England’s towns. Across Exning, 18% of residents are 65 or over.

Broad ages · share of residents

Under 1519%

15 to 247.9%

25 to 4430%

45 to 6426%

65 and over18%

ExningSuffolk’s townsEngland’s towns

Women and men · all residents

51% women, 49% men

Exning

England

WomenMen

About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.

Students & newcomers

A lower share of full-time students than 95% of UK towns, at 3.5%

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

Full-time students3.5%

Higher managerial and professional17%

Lower managerial and professional23%

Intermediate11%

Small employers and self-employed13%

Supervisory and technical6.1%

Semi-routine9.8%

Routine13%

Never worked or long-term unemployed3.9%

ExningSuffolk’s townsEngland’s towns

Address a year before the Census

Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.

Exning

10%

England’s towns

11%

Moved within the UKTerm-time addressMoved from abroad

Moved in within a year

200

residents, 9.9%; England’s towns 11%

Of them from abroad

0.9× England’s share

Managerial and professional jobs take in two in five adults here, routine and semi-routine work 23% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). For Exning, the census puts residents who moved in within the year at 9.9%. Full-time students make up 7.9% across England’s towns.

Households

In Exning, 3.7% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, more than in 90% of UK towns

Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.

Living alone, 66+ 11%Living alone, under 66 16%Families with dependent children 30%Couples and families, no young children 40%Shared houses and other 3.7%

Against Suffolk’s towns and England’s towns

Exning

Suffolk’s towns

England’s towns

People per household

1 person27%

2 people39%

3 people15%

4 people15%

5 or more4.1%

England’s towns.

In Exning the average household is 2.3 people, beside 2.4 across England’s towns. Measured more widely, 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns. Locally, 30% of households have dependent children.

Homes & cars

A larger share of households in detached houses than 77% of UK towns: 41%

Accommodation type and cars or vans per household, Census 2021. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.

Type of home

Exning

Suffolk’s towns

England’s towns

DetachedSemi-detachedTerracedFlat or maisonetteCaravan or other

Cars or vans · share of households

No car or van7.9%

One39%

Two42%

Three or more11%

ExningSuffolk’s townsEngland’s towns

Here 6.9% of households live in a flat or apartment, where the figure across England’s towns is 23%. Households in detached houses make up 21% across England’s towns.

Where people were born

Exning sits above 81% of UK towns for residents born outside the UK (13%)

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%

Exning

13%

Suffolk’s towns

11%

England’s towns

18%

EU countriesRest of EuropeMiddle East and AsiaAfricaAmericas, Oceania, other

When those born abroad arrived

ExningEngland’s towns

Before 19711971–801981–901991–20002001–102011–132014–162017–192020–21

Main language · residents aged 3 and over

English is main language97%

Another main language, speaks English very well or well2.5%

Another main language, little or no English0.8%

ExningSuffolk’s townsEngland’s towns

Against a figure of 90% across England’s towns, the share of residents whose main language is English in Exning comes in at 97%. For comparison, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (5.5%) or in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (3.6%).

Ethnicity & religion

85% of residents describe themselves as White British, fewer than in 78% 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

ExningSuffolk’s townsEngland’s towns

Other White8.2%

Asian2.3%

Mixed2.3%

Black0.9%

Other1.2%

0%6%12%

White British, not charted: 85% of Exning · Suffolk’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.

Religion · all residents

ExningSuffolk’s townsEngland’s towns

No religion44%

Christian48%

Muslim0.6%

Hindu, Sikh, Jewish, Buddhist1.2%

Other religion0.4%

Didn’t answer5.6%

0%30%60%

37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns, against 44% in Exning. As a yardstick, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. Besides White British, the main groups are Other White (8.2%), Mixed or multiple (2.3%) and Indian (0.6%). Lower than in nearly three fifths of UK towns: 48% of residents describe themselves as Christian.

Relationships & caring

34% of adults have never married, more than in 63% 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

Never married or in a civil partnership34%

Married or civil partnership50%

Separated1.6%

Divorced9.7%

Widowed4.4%

ExningSuffolk’s townsEngland’s towns

154residents give unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age: 8%, against 8.7% in England’s towns

Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over

Up to 19 hours a week4.2%

20 to 49 hours1.6%

50 hours or more2.3%

There is little gap on unpaid carers: 8%, about the same as across England’s towns. Across the comparison, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. The census found that half of adults are married or in a civil partnership in Exning.

Qualifications

36% of adults have qualifications at degree level

Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.

Highest qualification · residents 16 and over

No qualifications15%

Apprenticeship5.8%

A levels or similar17%

Degree level36%

ExningSuffolk’s townsEngland’s towns

In Exning, 36% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 15% have no qualification at all (18%).

Neighbours

Median age: 4 of the 7 towns around Exning are older

Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.

BurwellNewmarketFordhamSohamBottishamKentfordIslehamExning

under 3838–4444–5050–5656+

Town	People	Away	Median age	65+	Homes with children
Exning	2,049	—	40.2	18%	30%
Burwell	5,912	1.8 mi	46.6	23%	27%
Newmarket	18,857	2 mi	40.2	18%	23%
Fordham	2,566	3.3 mi	44.5	21%	29%
Soham	10,609	5.1 mi	38.9	17%	32%
Bottisham	1,990	5.4 mi	45	24%	34%
Kentford	1,124	5.4 mi	39.9	19%	34%
Isleham	2,287	5.7 mi	44.6	23%	28%

More about Exning’s residents

Health, work and homes have their own pages

Health BLife expectancy, early deaths and Census health, adjusted for age Work & commute C⁺Income, the claimant count, jobs and how people get to work Cost of living DOwners and renters, prices, rents and council tax Schools BEvery primary and secondary, with results and inspections

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

“Suffolk’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Suffolk (or England), summed the same way as Exning’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 Exning’s residents

What is the population of Exning?

The 2021 Census counted 2,049 people in Exning’s built-up area.

What is the average age in Exning?

The median age was 40.2 at the 2021 Census. 7.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 18% were 65 or over.

How diverse is Exning?

85% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Suffolk’s towns. 13% were born outside the UK.

What religion are people in Exning?

44% said they had no religion and 48% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.6% were Muslim and 5.6% didn’t answer.

Is Exning good for families?

30% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Exning’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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