Photo: Bikeboy · CC BY-SA 2.0Households in flats: 0.3%, a lower share than 99% of UK towns
By its share of households in detached houses (54%), Bardwell is above 93% of UK towns. The share of shared households of unrelated adults stands at 1.5%. With a median age of 50.6, Bardwell is older than 88% of UK towns. Census day 2021: 754 residents and 330 households locally.
28% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 85% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
9% of residents are aged 15 to 24; across England’s towns the figure is 12%. For comparison, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 87 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.
A larger share of full-time students than 77% of UK towns: 5.6%
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 37% of Bardwell’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 21%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 7.9% of adults are full-time students. Residents who moved in within the year: 8.7% of the total.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Below 68% of UK towns: 25% 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.
Here, 31% of households are one person living alone. At 2.3 people, the average household compares with 2.4 across England’s towns.
Fewer households without a car or van than 99% of UK towns: 4%
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 one in ten households live in a terraced house, against 24% across England’s towns.
More residents whose main language is English than 99% of UK towns: 100%
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
The share of residents born outside the UK trails 78% of UK towns: 4%. 100% of residents have English as their main language.
Bardwell: 53% of residents describe themselves as Christian, above 71% 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: 92% of Bardwell · Suffolk’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
92% of residents describe themselves as White British; across England’s towns the figure is 73%. In Bardwell, 40% of residents said they have no religion. The wider picture: 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
A smaller share of adults who have never married than 97% of UK towns: 23%
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
14 residents care, unpaid, for at least 50 hours a week. More married adults and civil partners than in 92% of UK towns: 56%. By way of comparison, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, the share of unpaid carers is 8.7%; Bardwell has 10%.
A degree-level qualification for 32% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 18% of adults have no qualification; in Bardwell, 15%, while 32% hold one at degree level (34%).
A younger town than 2 of the 7 around it: Bardwell
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bardwell | 754 | — | 50.6 | 28% | 25% |
| Stanton | 2,316 | 1.4 mi | 44.3 | 22% | 28% |
| Ixworth | 2,296 | 1.9 mi | 49.7 | 27% | 26% |
| Walsham le Willows | 1,258 | 4.3 mi | 49 | 25% | 25% |
| Great Barton | 1,848 | 5.1 mi | 54.2 | 35% | 23% |
| Thurston | 3,009 | 5.4 mi | 49.1 | 27% | 25% |
| Rickinghall and Botesdale | 1,842 | 6.5 mi | 52.6 | 31% | 21% |
| Elmswell | 4,446 | 6.7 mi | 43.2 | 23% | 27% |
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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 Bardwell’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 Bardwell’s residents
What is the population of Bardwell?
The 2021 Census counted 754 people in Bardwell’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Bardwell?
The median age was 50.6 at the 2021 Census. 9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 28% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Bardwell?
92% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Suffolk’s towns. 4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Bardwell?
40% said they had no religion and 53% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 4.8% didn’t answer.
Is Bardwell good for families?
25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Bardwell’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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