Photo: Bob Jones · CC BY-SA 2.0A smaller share of households in terraced houses than 98% of UK towns: 4.6%
8.6% of residents are aged 15 to 24; across England’s towns the figure is 12%. For Barton Mills, the census puts households in flats at 2.7%. The village has fewer adults who have never married than just over four fifths of UK towns, at 28%. The 2021 Census put the village’s population at 833, in 366 households.
A median age of 49.8: Barton Mills is older than 84% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 55–59 than any other five-year age: nearly one in ten residents, 1.4 times the share across England’s towns. Just over a quarter of residents are 65 or over, more than in 75% of UK towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 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.
Full-time students: 4.2%, a lower share than 78% 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%.
Managerial and professional jobs account for just over a third of Barton Mills’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 21%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. As a yardstick, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. The share of residents who moved in within the year stands at 11%.
Fewer families than 87% of UK towns: 23% of households have 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 share of one-person households trails 79% of UK towns: 26%. On average, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns. In Barton Mills, 3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
Fewer car-free households than 98% of UK towns: 5.6%
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 detached houses is 21%; Barton Mills has 60%. Households without a car or van make up 24% across England’s towns.
Above 88% of UK towns: 16% of residents were born outside the UK
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
The figure for residents whose main language is English is 99% in Barton Mills and 90% across England’s towns. Residents born abroad were most often born in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (9.3%), then in EU countries (3.5%). Across England’s towns, 18% of residents were born outside the UK.
In Barton Mills, 55% of residents describe themselves as Christian, more than in 80% 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: 86% of Barton Mills · Suffolk’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Other than White British, most residents describe themselves as Other White (9.3%), Mixed or multiple (2.5%) and Chinese (0.2%). Compared with other places, residents who describe themselves as White British are scarce here: 86%, fewer than in 76% of UK towns. Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 46% across England’s towns, for comparison. Asked about religion, 39% answered none, against 37% across England’s towns.
Above 87% of UK towns: 55% of adults are married or in a civil partnership
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
Some 16 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. At 9.5%, the share of unpaid carers is higher than in 55% of UK towns. Married adults and civil partners: 44% across England’s towns, for comparison.
The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 30%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Barton Mills, 30% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 20% have no qualification at all (18%).
Every nearby town is younger than Barton Mills
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barton Mills | 833 | — | 49.8 | 26% | 23% |
| Mildenhall | 9,684 | 1.1 mi | 38.2 | 19% | 26% |
| Red Lodge | 5,771 | 2.3 mi | 30.9 | 6.1% | 38% |
| Beck Row | 4,129 | 3 mi | 31.4 | 11% | 34% |
| Little Eriswell | 4,120 | 3.9 mi | 23.9 | 0.7% | 54% |
| Isleham | 2,287 | 4.4 mi | 44.6 | 23% | 28% |
| Kentford | 1,124 | 4.5 mi | 39.9 | 19% | 34% |
| Lakenheath | 4,567 | 5.6 mi | 42.7 | 23% | 22% |
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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 Barton Mills’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 Barton Mills’s residents
What is the population of Barton Mills?
The 2021 Census counted 833 people in Barton Mills’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Barton Mills?
The median age was 49.8 at the 2021 Census. 8.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 26% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Barton Mills?
86% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Suffolk’s towns. 16% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Barton Mills?
39% said they had no religion and 55% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 4.7% didn’t answer.
Is Barton Mills good for families?
23% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Barton Mills’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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