Photo: Michael Garlick · CC BY-SA 2.0Battisford Tye is older than 95% of UK towns: a median age of 53.7
Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns. Census day 2021: 475 residents and 193 households in Battisford Tye. Across Battisford Tye, 3.1% of households have no car or van. 16% of households are one person living alone, against 30% across England’s towns.
A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of UK towns: 6.7%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 70–74, with just over one in ten residents, 2.2 times the share across England’s towns. The census found that 29% of residents are 65 or over in Battisford Tye. Against that, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Full-time students make up 3.5% in Battisford Tye, less than in 95% 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%.
By class, 41% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 18% in routine and semi-routine work (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). Full-time students make up 7.9% across England’s towns. Across Battisford Tye, 4% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
Battisford Tye ranks below 83% of UK towns on households with dependent children: 23%
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.
On shared households of unrelated adults, 4.2% here is much the same as across England’s towns. Across the comparison, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns.
Households in terraced houses make up 1% in Battisford Tye, less 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
The share of households in detached houses is 77%, against 21% across England’s towns. To put it in context, 24% of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns.
Only 1.3% of residents were born outside the UK in Battisford Tye
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 abroad were most often born in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (0.8%), then in Africa (0.4%). More residents whose main language is English than in 99% of UK towns: 100%. Across the comparison, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns.
Battisford Tye: 99% of residents describe themselves as White British, above 99% 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: 99% of Battisford Tye · Suffolk’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents who describe themselves as Christian make up 58%, against 46% across England’s towns. By contrast, at 34%, the share of residents with no religion is lower than in 86% of UK towns. Elsewhere, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns.
Married adults and civil partners make up 67% in Battisford Tye, more than in 99% of UK towns
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
10 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. On adults who have never married, Battisford Tye sits lower than 98% of UK towns: 22%. The wider picture: 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Among adults, 32% hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Battisford Tye, 32% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 16% have no qualification at all (18%).
Around Battisford Tye, 1 of 7 towns have a higher median age
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battisford Tye | 475 | — | 53.7 | 29% | 23% |
| Great Bricett | 1,518 | 1.8 mi | 28.2 | 8.8% | 40% |
| Stowmarket | 21,537 | 3.1 mi | 40.2 | 19% | 29% |
| Bildeston | 1,096 | 3.6 mi | 50.1 | 24% | 24% |
| Needham Market | 5,055 | 3.8 mi | 50 | 28% | 19% |
| Stowupland | 2,019 | 4.3 mi | 47.6 | 28% | 24% |
| Haughley | 1,316 | 4.9 mi | 48.8 | 29% | 21% |
| Elmsett | 1,001 | 4.9 mi | 54 | 32% | 23% |
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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 Battisford Tye’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 Battisford Tye’s residents
What is the population of Battisford Tye?
The 2021 Census counted 475 people in Battisford Tye’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Battisford Tye?
The median age was 53.7 at the 2021 Census. 6.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 29% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Battisford Tye?
99% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Suffolk’s towns. 1.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Battisford Tye?
34% said they had no religion and 58% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 7.4% didn’t answer.
Is Battisford Tye good for families?
23% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Battisford Tye’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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