Photo: Bernd Jatzwauk Pommes104 · CC BY-SA 3.0Half of Beyton is over 53.6, older than 95% of UK towns
The figure for households with dependent children is 20% in Beyton and 29% across England’s towns. At the 2021 Census, 687 people lived in the village, in 289 households. Census figures put households in flats at 0.7% locally. Lower than in 99% of UK towns: 4.1% of households have no car or van.
Beyton sits above 86% of UK towns for residents aged 65 and over (28%)
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
For Beyton, the census puts residents aged 15 to 24 at 9.9%. In Halesworth, the oldest of Suffolk’s towns by this measure, it is 35%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 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.
Below 89% of UK towns: 3.8% of adults are full-time students
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%.
Against a figure of 11% across England’s towns, the share of residents who moved in within the year in Beyton comes in at 9.3%. On average, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
21% of households are one person living alone, below 97% 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.
Beyton sits close to the norm on shared households of unrelated adults: 4.2%, about the same as across England’s towns. On average, 2.3 people share a household. The comparison figure for one-person households is 30% across England’s towns.
More detached houses than 99% of UK towns: 67% 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
Set against 24% across England’s towns, 6.1% of households live in a terraced house in Beyton. 0.7% of households live in a flat, less than in 99% of UK towns; 67% in a detached house, against 21% across England’s towns.
Residents whose main language is English: 98%, a higher share than 66% of UK towns
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
18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns, against 6% in Beyton. Residents whose main language is English make up 90% across England’s towns. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (1.6%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.6%).
Beyton ranks above 62% of UK towns on residents who describe themselves as Christian: 51%
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: 91% of Beyton · Suffolk’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
With residents who describe themselves as White British at 91%, Beyton is behind 60% of UK towns on that count. Compared with other places, residents with no religion are common here: 42%, more than in 55% of UK towns. The share of residents who describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns is 46%. Behind White British, the largest groups are Other White (3.6%), Mixed or multiple (3.2%) and Pakistani (0.4%).
59% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 97% 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
A quarter of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership (England’s towns: 39%). The comparison figure for married adults and civil partners is 44% across England’s towns. In Beyton, 7.4% of residents give unpaid care.
Degree-level qualifications: 40% 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 Beyton, 11%, while 40% hold one at degree level (34%).
Nearby, 1 of 7 towns have older populations than Beyton
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beyton | 687 | — | 53.6 | 28% | 20% |
| Thurston | 3,009 | 1.4 mi | 49.1 | 27% | 25% |
| Woolpit | 1,838 | 2.8 mi | 52 | 31% | 21% |
| Great Barton | 1,848 | 3.4 mi | 54.2 | 35% | 23% |
| Elmswell | 4,446 | 3.6 mi | 43.2 | 23% | 27% |
| Ixworth | 2,296 | 4.4 mi | 49.7 | 27% | 26% |
| Bury St Edmunds | 41,279 | 5 mi | 43.2 | 22% | 23% |
| Haughley | 1,316 | 6.1 mi | 48.8 | 29% | 21% |
Health, work and homes have their own pages
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 Beyton’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 Beyton’s residents
What is the population of Beyton?
The 2021 Census counted 687 people in Beyton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Beyton?
The median age was 53.6 at the 2021 Census. 9.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 28% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Beyton?
91% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Suffolk’s towns. 6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Beyton?
42% said they had no religion and 51% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.4% were Muslim and 5.8% didn’t answer.
Is Beyton good for families?
20% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Beyton’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.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.