Beck Row War Memorial · Photo: Adrian S Pye · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Beck Row is under 31.4, younger than 99% of UK towns
Just over a third of households have dependent children, against 29% across England’s towns. Few places have so few unpaid carers: 6.6% here, fewer than in 98% of UK towns. At the 2021 Census Beck Row was home to 4,129 people in 1,743 households. Locally, 8.3% of households have no car or van.
What the Census says about Beck Row’s people
More born abroad than most towns
33% of residents were born outside the UK, against 11% across Suffolk’s towns and 18% across England’s towns. The largest groups were born in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (26%) and in EU countries (4%). Where people were born ↓
Younger than most towns
Half of Beck Row’s residents are under 31.4 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 12% are 15 to 24 and 11% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
A town people move to
22% of residents gave a different address a year before the 2021 Census, 2.1 times the share across England’s towns. Students & newcomers ↓
More with no religion than most
47% of residents answered “no religion” in 2021 and 44% Christian, against 37% and 46% across England’s towns. Ethnicity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
11% of residents are 65 or over, below 97% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 12%, near enough the figure across England’s towns. By way of comparison, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Beck Row, 31.4. The typical town is 44.4.
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.
Residents who moved in within the year: 22%, a higher share than 99% 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%.
Where 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns, Beck Row has 5.4%. On average, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Bigger households than 71% of UK towns: 2.4 people each 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.
2.5% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, against 4.3% across England’s towns. Compared with other places, one-person households are common here: 30%, more than in 50% of UK towns.
Households in flats: 3.8%, a lower share than 89% 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
46% of households live in a detached house (England’s towns: 21%). For comparison, 23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns. In Beck Row, just over one in ten households live in a terraced house.
More residents born abroad than 98% of UK towns: 33% in Beck Row
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 40%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Residents born abroad were most often born in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (26%), then in EU countries (4%). Across England’s towns, the share of residents born outside the UK is 18%. Compared with other places, residents whose main language is English are scarce here: 97%, fewer than in nearly two thirds of UK towns.
Below 95% of UK towns: 66% of residents describe themselves as White British
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: 66% of Beck Row · Suffolk’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Across England’s towns, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian; in Beck Row, 44%. Set beside that, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. Census figures put residents with no religion at 47% locally.
Beck Row sits above 74% of UK towns for married adults and civil partners (52%)
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
The share of adults who have never married stands at 32%. On average, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Qualified to degree level: 27% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 27% of adults in Beck Row, 34% across England’s towns; 27% have no qualification, against 18%.
695 UK towns of 3,000 to 6,000 people: this is the 9th youngest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Bailrigg is the youngest (18.9); Sutton on Sea and Trusthorpe the oldest (64.7). Nearest to Beck Row in age: Queen's Hills (30.8), Red Lodge (30.9), Great Denham (31.7) and Old Sarum (31.8).
Among its 7 nearest neighbours, 5 are older than Beck Row
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beck Row | 4,129 | — | 31.4 | 11% | 34% |
| Mildenhall | 9,684 | 2 mi | 38.2 | 19% | 26% |
| Little Eriswell | 4,120 | 2.5 mi | 23.9 | 0.7% | 54% |
| Lakenheath | 4,567 | 3.3 mi | 42.7 | 23% | 22% |
| Isleham | 2,287 | 3.6 mi | 44.6 | 23% | 28% |
| Red Lodge | 5,771 | 4.7 mi | 30.9 | 6.1% | 38% |
| Fordham | 2,566 | 5.9 mi | 44.5 | 21% | 29% |
| Hockwold cum Wilton | 1,303 | 6.8 mi | 47.5 | 23% | 25% |
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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 Beck Row’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 Beck Row’s residents
What is the population of Beck Row?
The 2021 Census counted 4,129 people in Beck Row’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Beck Row?
The median age was 31.4 at the 2021 Census, younger than 99% of UK towns. 12% of residents were 15 to 24 and 11% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Beck Row?
66% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Suffolk’s towns. 33% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Beck Row?
47% said they had no religion and 44% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.5% were Muslim and 7.2% didn’t answer.
Is Beck Row good for families?
34% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Beck Row’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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