Photo: mym · CC BY-SA 2.0Ashbocking ranks below 99% of UK towns on households without a car or van: 2.1%
60% of adults are married or in a civil partnership (England’s towns: 44%). The share of households in terraced houses stands at 4.9%. At 34%, the share of households with dependent children is higher than in 92% of UK towns. Ashbocking’s 138 households held 384 residents at the 2021 Census.
12% of residents are 15 to 24, more than in 91% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 50–54, with nearly one in ten residents, 1.3 times the share across England’s towns. Here, nearly a fifth of residents are 65 or over. With a median age of 45.4, Ashbocking is older than 57% of UK towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 112 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Above 85% of UK towns: 6.1% 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%.
With residents who moved in within the year at 9.5%, Ashbocking is ahead of 65% of UK towns on that count. Across England’s towns, full-time students come to 7.9%.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Only 18% of households are one person living alone in Ashbocking
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.
Shared households of unrelated adults are about as common here as across England’s towns: 3.6%. Against that, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns.
In Ashbocking, 73% of households live in a detached house, more 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
1.4% of households live in a flat or apartment, against 23% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, households in detached houses come to 21%.
100% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 99% 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
Residents born outside the UK make up 3.4%, against 18% across England’s towns. The comparison figure for residents whose main language is English is 90% across England’s towns. By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in the Middle East and Asia (1.6%) and in EU countries (1%).
A higher White British share than 80% of UK towns: 95% of residents
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: 95% of Ashbocking · Suffolk’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The share of residents with no religion is 40%, against 37% across England’s towns. On average, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. Census figures put residents who describe themselves as Christian at 51% in Ashbocking.
Fewer adults who have never married than 93% of UK towns: 25%
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 unpaid carers is 10% in Ashbocking and 8.7% across England’s towns. Adults who have never married: 39% across England’s towns, for comparison. The number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 16.
Adults with a degree-level qualification: 38%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
With 38% of its adults qualified to degree level, Ashbocking compares with 34% across England’s towns; another 12% hold no qualification (18%).
6 in 7 nearby towns have a higher median age than Ashbocking
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashbocking | 384 | — | 45.4 | 19% | 34% |
| Grundisburgh | 1,424 | 3.4 mi | 49 | 27% | 28% |
| Claydon | 3,140 | 4.2 mi | 48.8 | 27% | 26% |
| Great Blakenham | 2,188 | 4.7 mi | 31.9 | 8.7% | 35% |
| Debenham | 2,294 | 5.4 mi | 49.7 | 29% | 27% |
| Needham Market | 5,055 | 5.9 mi | 50 | 28% | 19% |
| Bramford | 2,335 | 6.2 mi | 51.9 | 33% | 19% |
| Woodbridge | 10,146 | 6.3 mi | 53.3 | 33% | 21% |
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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.
- “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 Ashbocking’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 Ashbocking’s residents
What is the population of Ashbocking?
The 2021 Census counted 384 people in Ashbocking’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Ashbocking?
The median age was 45.4 at the 2021 Census. 12% of residents were 15 to 24 and 19% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Ashbocking?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Suffolk’s towns. 3.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Ashbocking?
40% said they had no religion and 51% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 8.6% didn’t answer.
Is Ashbocking good for families?
34% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Ashbocking’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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