Photo: Torseni5t · Public domainA median age of 57.7: Benhall Green is older than 98% of UK towns
Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns. At the 2021 Census, 295 people lived in Benhall Green, in 136 households. Across Benhall Green, 13% of residents give unpaid care. Where 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns, Benhall Green has 17%.
36% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 97% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
8.1% of residents are aged 15 to 24, against 12% across England’s towns. The wider picture: 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
About 82 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.
In Benhall Green, 3.9% of adults are full-time students, fewer than in 87% 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, 33% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 23% in routine and semi-routine work (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). Set beside that, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. Census figures put residents who moved in within the year at 12% in Benhall Green.
Benhall Green households average 2.1 people, smaller than in 87% 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.
Across England’s towns, 30% of households are one person living alone; in Benhall Green, 28%. Census figures put shared households of unrelated adults at 2.2% here.
More detached houses than 76% of UK towns: 40% of households
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
Compared with 24% across England’s towns, 12% of households have no car or van here. Typically, 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns. Households in terraced houses are more common here than in 54% of UK towns.
Above 99% of UK towns: 100% of residents have English as their main language
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 figure for residents born outside the UK is 4.1% in Benhall Green and 18% across England’s towns. 100% of residents have English as their main language.
Residents who describe themselves as White British: 96%, a higher share than 90% 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: 96% of Benhall Green · Suffolk’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 54%, above nearly three quarters of UK towns. In Benhall Green, just over two in five residents said they have no religion. As a yardstick, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns.
Below 99% of UK towns: 20% of adults have never married or formed 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
For 12 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week. Benhall Green has more married adults and civil partners than 97% of UK towns, at 59%. Across England’s towns, the share of adults who have never married is 39%.
A degree-level qualification for 28% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 34% of adults have a degree-level qualification; in Benhall Green, 28%, and 23% have none, against 18%.
Benhall Green sits below 1 of its 7 closest neighbours on 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benhall Green | 295 | — | 57.7 | 36% | 17% |
| Saxmundham | 4,778 | 1.4 mi | 43.2 | 23% | 27% |
| Leiston | 5,919 | 3.9 mi | 47.2 | 25% | 22% |
| Aldeburgh | 2,423 | 5.3 mi | 61.9 | 44% | 12% |
| Rendlesham | 3,185 | 5.6 mi | 40.6 | 17% | 35% |
| Wickham Market | 2,231 | 5.9 mi | 52 | 33% | 21% |
| Framlingham | 3,831 | 6.3 mi | 48.2 | 27% | 27% |
| Laxfield | 1,004 | 8.8 mi | 52.3 | 28% | 19% |
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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 Benhall Green’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 Benhall Green’s residents
What is the population of Benhall Green?
The 2021 Census counted 295 people in Benhall Green’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Benhall Green?
The median age was 57.7 at the 2021 Census. 8.1% of residents were 15 to 24 and 36% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Benhall Green?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Suffolk’s towns. 4.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Benhall Green?
42% said they had no religion and 54% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 3.1% didn’t answer.
Is Benhall Green good for families?
17% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Benhall Green’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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