Photo: Pfrenchm at English Wikipedia · Public domainHouseholds in flats make up 1% in Assington, less than in 99% of UK towns
By its share of married adults and civil partners (58%), Assington is above 95% of UK towns. Higher than in 94% of UK towns: 56% of households live in a detached house. At the 2021 Census Assington was home to 514 people in 205 households. Locally, a fifth of households are one person living alone.
Older than 74% of UK towns: half of Assington is over 47.9
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Where 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns, Assington has 11%. What’s more, residents aged 65 and over are more common here than in 66% of UK towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Only 3.7% of adults are full-time students in Assington
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%.
Residents who moved in within the year make up 12%, against 11% across England’s towns. To put it in context, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Larger households than 89% of UK towns: 2.5 people on average
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.
Compared with 4.3% across England’s towns, 2.4% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home here. Households with dependent children: 28% of the total.
A lower share of households without a car or van than 94% of UK towns, at 7.3%
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
Terraced houses are home to just over one in ten households, against 24% across England’s towns. One household in every 14 has no car or van.
In Assington, 99% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 97% 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
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (2%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.6%). Few places have so few residents born outside the UK: 4.5% here, fewer than in 71% of UK towns. On average, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 96% in Assington, more than in 87% 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 Assington · Suffolk’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
In Assington, 54% of residents describe themselves as Christian, beside 46% across England’s towns. On average, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. After White British, the largest groups are Mixed or multiple (1.8%), Other White (0.8%) and Indian (0.8%). The village has fewer residents with no religion than two thirds of UK towns, at 38%.
A lower share of adults who have never married than 84% of UK towns, at 27%
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
9 people care, unpaid, for 50 hours or more a week. On unpaid carers, Assington sits lower than 88% of UK towns: 7.8%. Across England’s towns, adults who have never married come to 39%.
Degree-level qualifications reach 33% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 33% of adults in Assington (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 15% (England’s towns: 18%).
A younger town than 3 of the 7 around it: Assington
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assington | 514 | — | 47.9 | 24% | 28% |
| Bures | 1,183 | 2.9 mi | 48.4 | 27% | 25% |
| Great Waldingfield | 1,377 | 3.7 mi | 51.1 | 30% | 27% |
| Sudbury | 23,922 | 3.8 mi | 44.9 | 23% | 25% |
| Acton | 1,666 | 4.8 mi | 45.3 | 25% | 27% |
| Great Horkesley | 2,232 | 6 mi | 42.2 | 21% | 35% |
| Long Melford | 3,895 | 6.3 mi | 54.5 | 35% | 19% |
| Hadleigh | 8,638 | 6.6 mi | 46.7 | 27% | 27% |
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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 Assington’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 Assington’s residents
What is the population of Assington?
The 2021 Census counted 514 people in Assington’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Assington?
The median age was 47.9 at the 2021 Census. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 24% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Assington?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Suffolk’s towns. 4.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Assington?
38% said they had no religion and 54% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.6% didn’t answer.
Is Assington good for families?
28% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Assington’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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