East Cambridgeshire   Listed below is a selection of interesting and frequently requested indicators from the 2001 Census, based on data released on or before 13 February 2003. You can see other indicators and more detail for local areas in the Neighbourhood Statistics area of this website. Further data from the Census, including data for smaller geographical areas, will be released on a rolling basis. Population            Value   Total number of people 73214      Males 36186      Females 37028      Aged 0 to 15 14576      Aged 16 to 74 53138      Aged 75 and over 5500       Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/48 Percentage change since 1991 20.3%   2.5%   2 1 Density           Number of people per hectare 1.1   3.4   321 43 People, Places and Families     Marital status (all people aged 16 and over) Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/48 Single people (never married) 23.8%   30.1%   299 35 Married or re-married people 58.7%   50.9%   37 9 Separated or divorced 9.5%   10.6%   306 38 Widowed 7.9%   8.4%   265 24   Transport (all households) Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/48 Households without car/van 14.8%   26.8%   320 39 Household with 1 car or van 41.1%   43.8%   315 41 Household with 2 or more cars/vans 44.2%   29.4%   44 8   Composition (all households) Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/48 One person households 24.2%   30.0%   361 48 Married couple households 44.0%   36.5%   46 9 Cohabiting couple households 10.3%   8.3%   13 4 Lone parent households:      with dependent children 3.1%   6.5%   375 48      with non-dependent children only 2.4%   3.1%   342 39 All other households 16.0%   15.6%   139 16 Ethnicity and Religion     Ethnic Group (all people) Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/48 White 97.9%   91.3%   186 19    Largest minority ethnic group(s) Chinese (0.4%)   Place of birth (all people) Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/48 Born in UK 93.2%   91.1%   263 32 Born elsewhere in EU (inc Rep Ireland) 1.8%   2.3%   169 30 Born outside EU 5.0%   6.6%   97 12   Religion (all people) Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/48 Christian 74.8%   71.7%   207 19 Buddhist 0.2%   0.3%   194 28 Hindu 0.1%   1.1%   235 34 Jewish 0.1%   0.5%   149 33 Muslim 0.2%   3.0%   273 39 Sikh 0.1%   0.6%   138 17 Other 0.3%   0.3%   101 12 No religion 15.5%   14.8%   154 32 Religion not stated 8.6%   7.7%   38 6 Health     (all people) Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/48 Limiting long-term illness 15.2%   18.2%   289 31 General health 'not good' 7.1%   9.2%   297 28 People providing unpaid care 9.6%   10.0%   259 25 Providing unpaid care 50 or more hrs/wk 1.6%   2.1%   283 30 Work     Status (all people aged 16-74) Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/48 Employed 68.4%   60.6%   37 7 Unemployed 2.2%   3.4%   279 29 Long-term unemployed 0.6%   1.0%   274 28 Student (economically active) 1.8%   2.6%   335 43 Retired 13.5%   13.6%   238 24 Student (economically inactive) 2.6%   4.7%   325 31 Looking after home/family 6.3%   6.5%   199 38 Permanently sick or disabled 3.2%   5.5%   306 34 Other inactive 2.1%   3.1%   309 32   Travel to work (all people aged 16-74 in employment) Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/48 Travel to work by car 72.8%   61.5%   30 1 Travel to work by public transport 5.0%   14.5%   283 40   Qualifications (all people aged 16-74) Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/48 Qualifications at degree level or higher 20.2%   19.8%   136 17 No qualifications 28.3%   29.1%   187 21 Housing     (all households) Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/48 Number of households with residents 29780   -   326 44 Number of people per hectare 1.1   3.4   321 43 Average household size 2.43   2.36   81 15 Vacant household spaces 2.4%   3.2%   287 29 Owner-occupied 72.9%   68.9%   189 26 Without central heating 4.4%   8.5%   280 26 Without own bath/shower & toilet 0.2%   0.5%   251 29 Overcrowding indicator 3.7%   7.0 %   266 33

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