Photo: Adrian Cable · CC BY-SA 2.0Badingham ranks below 99% of UK towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 5.7%
Households in flats make up 0.9%, against 23% across England’s towns. 21% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 97% of UK towns. Badingham’s 112 households held 248 residents at the 2021 Census. Here, 7.4% of households have no car or van.
Badingham is older than 90% of UK towns: a median age of 51.3
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
55–59 is the most common age band: 14% of residents, 2.1 times the share across England’s towns. Here, 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Fewer full-time students than 99% of UK towns: 1.4%
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 take in just over two in five adults here, routine and semi-routine work 15% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). The share of residents who moved in within the year stands at 11%. The wider picture: 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
24% of households have dependent children, below 78% of UK towns
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.
Against a figure of 4.3% across England’s towns, the share of shared households of unrelated adults in Badingham comes in at 2.7%. Typically, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns. Average household size: 2.3 people.
A smaller share of households in terraced houses than 95% of UK towns: 7.1%
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
Just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns, against 40% in Badingham. Typically, nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns.
Only 97% of residents have English as their main language in Badingham
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
Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (4.4%) or in Africa (2.8%). For residents whose main language is English, the comparison across England’s towns is 90%. 7.6% of residents were born outside the UK, a higher share than in 62% of UK towns.
Residents who describe themselves as White British: 94%, a higher share than 65% 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: 94% of Badingham · Suffolk’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Across England’s towns, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian; in Badingham, 45%. The comparison figure for residents who describe themselves as White British is 73% across England’s towns. 1.2% of residents are Muslim. The village has more residents with no religion than 57% of UK towns, at 42%.
Badingham ranks below 83% of UK towns on adults who have never married: 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
Unpaid carers giving 50 hours or more a week: 6. Across England’s towns, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership. Married adults and civil partners are more common here than in nearly two thirds of UK towns. At 8.2%, the share of unpaid carers is in line with the figure across England’s towns.
Adults with a degree-level qualification: 34%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
With 34% of its adults qualified to degree level, Badingham compares with 34% across England’s towns; another 17% hold no qualification (18%).
Older than Badingham: 4 of the 7 towns nearby
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Badingham | 248 | — | 51.3 | 22% | 24% |
| Laxfield | 1,004 | 2.7 mi | 52.3 | 28% | 19% |
| Framlingham | 3,831 | 3.3 mi | 48.2 | 27% | 27% |
| Saxmundham | 4,778 | 5.4 mi | 43.2 | 23% | 27% |
| Stradbroke | 1,190 | 5.9 mi | 54.5 | 35% | 20% |
| Wickham Market | 2,231 | 7.5 mi | 52 | 33% | 21% |
| Halesworth | 4,924 | 7.6 mi | 54 | 35% | 18% |
| Debenham | 2,294 | 8.9 mi | 49.7 | 29% | 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 Badingham’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 Badingham’s residents
What is the population of Badingham?
The 2021 Census counted 248 people in Badingham’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Badingham?
The median age was 51.3 at the 2021 Census. 5.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 22% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Badingham?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Suffolk’s towns. 7.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Badingham?
42% said they had no religion and 45% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1.2% were Muslim and 10% didn’t answer.
Is Badingham good for families?
24% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Badingham’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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