Photo: Geographer · CC BY-SA 2.0A village of detached houses: 82% of households live in one
With adults who have never married at 22%, Lamarsh is behind 98% of UK towns on that count. For Lamarsh, the census puts households without a car or van at 3.6%. Shared households of unrelated adults are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns.
Older than 84% of UK towns: half of Lamarsh is over 49.9
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
By its share of residents aged 15 to 24 (13%), Lamarsh is above 95% of UK towns. Census figures put residents aged 65 and over at 27% locally.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
4.3% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, below 99% of UK towns
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%.
Managerial and professional jobs account for 45% of Lamarsh’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 9.3%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Here, 8.7% of adults are full-time students. Residents who moved in within the year make up 11% across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
2.3 people per household, more than in 56% of UK towns
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 figure for households with dependent children is 28% in Lamarsh and 29% across England’s towns.
Households in terraced houses make up 2.4% in Lamarsh, less than in 99% of UK towns
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
In Lamarsh, 99% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 98% 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
5.3% of residents were born outside the UK (England’s towns: 18%). For residents whose main language is English, the comparison across England’s towns is 90%. Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (2.6%), then in Africa (1.1%).
Residents who describe themselves as White British: 96%, a higher share than 85% 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: 96% of Lamarsh · Essex’s towns 83% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Of the other groups, the largest are Other White (2.1%), Mixed or multiple (1.6%) and African (0.5%). Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 73% across England’s towns. At 52%, the share of residents who describe themselves as Christian is higher than in 67% of UK towns. Against a figure of 37% across England’s towns, the share of residents with no religion in Lamarsh comes in at 41%.
Fewer unpaid carers than 99% of UK towns: 4.5%
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
The figure for married adults and civil partners is 57% in Lamarsh and 44% across England’s towns. The usual figure: 8.7% of residents give unpaid care across England’s towns.
36% of adults have a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
36% of Lamarsh’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 14% have none (18%). Students still working towards a degree help explain why A levels are the highest qualification of 21%.
Among its 7 nearest neighbours, 2 are older than Lamarsh
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lamarsh | 189 | — | 49.9 | 27% | 28% |
| Bures | 1,183 | 1.4 mi | 48.4 | 27% | 25% |
| Sudbury | 23,922 | 3.5 mi | 44.9 | 23% | 25% |
| Earls Colne | 3,360 | 4.8 mi | 44.6 | 23% | 30% |
| Great Waldingfield | 1,377 | 4.9 mi | 51.1 | 30% | 27% |
| Acton | 1,666 | 5.6 mi | 45.3 | 25% | 27% |
| Halstead | 13,902 | 5.8 mi | 42.7 | 20% | 28% |
| Long Melford | 3,895 | 6.4 mi | 54.5 | 35% | 19% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- The Census was taken in a lockdown, in term time. 21 March 2021 fell in term time, and students were asked to give their term-time address, so most were counted where they study. Some may have been living with family that day.
- “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 Lamarsh’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 Lamarsh’s residents
What is the population of Lamarsh?
The 2021 Census counted 189 people in Lamarsh’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Lamarsh?
The median age was 49.9 at the 2021 Census. 13% of residents were 15 to 24 and 27% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Lamarsh?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 83% across Essex’s towns. 5.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Lamarsh?
41% said they had no religion and 52% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5.8% didn’t answer.
Is Lamarsh good for families?
28% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Lamarsh’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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