Photo: Christopher Hilton · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Aldeburgh is over 61.9, older than 99% of UK towns
Across England’s towns, 30% of households are one person living alone; in Aldeburgh, 40%. At the 2021 Census Aldeburgh was home to 2,423 people in 1,233 households. Adults who have never married account for 23%. The village has more households in detached houses than 86% of UK towns, at 46%.
What the Census says about Aldeburgh’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Aldeburgh’s residents are under 61.9 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 44% are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
44% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 99% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Here 5.7% of residents are aged 15 to 24, where the figure across England’s towns is 12%. To put it in context, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
About 83 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
2.4% of adults are full-time students, fewer than in 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%.
Across England’s towns, a third of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine work; in Aldeburgh, 39% and 20%. Set beside that, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. On the census count, 10% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
Below 99% of UK towns: 12% of households have dependent children
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Suffolk’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
The typical household size is 1.9 people. Shared households of unrelated adults are more common here than in 55% of UK towns. On average, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns.
Aldeburgh sits below 67% of UK towns for households in flats (7.8%)
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
Across England’s towns, the share of households in terraced houses is 24%; Aldeburgh has 18%. Typically, nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns. The census found that 15% of households have no car or van here.
Residents born outside the UK: 8.7%, a higher share than 68% 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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Since 2017: 7.4% of those born abroad, against 21% across England’s towns. On the census count, 98% of residents have English as their main language. Across England’s towns, 18% of residents were born outside the UK.
Aldeburgh ranks above 86% of UK towns on residents who describe themselves as Christian: 57%
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: 93% of Aldeburgh · Suffolk’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Across England’s towns, the share of residents with no religion is 37%; Aldeburgh has 35%. Of the other groups, the largest are Other White (4.8%), Mixed or multiple (1.1%) and African (0.3%). The village has more residents who describe themselves as White British than 54% of UK towns, at 93%. Residents who describe themselves as Christian make up 46% across England’s towns.
In Aldeburgh, 53% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 81% 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
The number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 62. 9.9% of residents give unpaid care, a higher share than in 64% of UK towns. Married adults and civil partners: 44% across England’s towns, for comparison.
Degree-level qualifications reach 37% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
18% of Aldeburgh’s adults have no qualification (18% across England’s towns), and 37% have one at degree level (34%).
Aldeburgh is older than every town around it
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aldeburgh | 2,423 | — | 61.9 | 44% | 12% |
| Leiston | 5,919 | 3.3 mi | 47.2 | 25% | 22% |
| Saxmundham | 4,778 | 6.2 mi | 43.2 | 23% | 27% |
| Rendlesham | 3,185 | 7.9 mi | 40.6 | 17% | 35% |
| Wickham Market | 2,231 | 9.8 mi | 52 | 33% | 21% |
| Sutton Common | 1,262 | 10.3 mi | 29 | 12% | 43% |
| Framlingham | 3,831 | 11.5 mi | 48.2 | 27% | 27% |
| Melton | 1,608 | 11.8 mi | 50.3 | 26% | 21% |
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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 Aldeburgh’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 Aldeburgh’s residents
What is the population of Aldeburgh?
The 2021 Census counted 2,423 people in Aldeburgh’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Aldeburgh?
The median age was 61.9 at the 2021 Census. 5.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 44% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Aldeburgh?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Suffolk’s towns. 8.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Aldeburgh?
35% said they had no religion and 57% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 6.8% didn’t answer.
Is Aldeburgh good for families?
12% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Aldeburgh’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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