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47.6Median age

Who lives here · ONS Census 2021

Residents aged 15 to 24: 7.7%, a lower share than 95% of UK towns

Here 47% of households live in a detached house, where the figure across England’s towns is 21%. Census day 2021: 833 residents and 339 households in Boxford. Across Boxford, 57% of adults are married or in a civil partnership. Residents who describe themselves as White British are more common here than in 89% of UK towns.

26%aged 65 or over 5.4%born abroad 339households

Ages

26% of residents are 65 or over, a share 78% of UK towns don’t reach

Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.

BoxfordEngland’s towns

0–410–1420–2430–3440–4450–5460–6470–7480–84

60–64 is the most common age band: 7.9% of residents, 1.4 times the share across England’s towns. By way of comparison, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. The median age in Boxford is 47.6, higher than in 72% of UK towns.

Broad ages · share of residents

Under 1519%

15 to 247.7%

25 to 4420%

45 to 6427%

65 and over26%

BoxfordSuffolk’s townsEngland’s towns

Women and men · all residents

52% women, 48% men

Boxford

England

WomenMen

About 93 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.

Students & newcomers

A smaller share of full-time students than 63% of UK towns: 4.5%

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

Full-time students4.5%

Higher managerial and professional16%

Lower managerial and professional29%

Intermediate11%

Small employers and self-employed15%

Supervisory and technical4.1%

Semi-routine8.6%

Routine7.1%

Never worked or long-term unemployed4.7%

BoxfordSuffolk’s townsEngland’s towns

Address a year before the Census

Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.

Boxford

12%

England’s towns

11%

Moved within the UKTerm-time addressMoved from abroad

Moved in within a year

residents, 12%; England’s towns 11%

Of them from abroad

0.4× England’s share

In Boxford, 46% of adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 16% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. The wider picture: 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. Locally, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier.

Households

Only 24% of households in Boxford are one person living alone

Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.

Living alone, 66+ 14%Living alone, under 66 10%Families with dependent children 31%Couples and families, no young children 42%Shared houses and other 2.4%

Against Suffolk’s towns and England’s towns

Boxford

Suffolk’s towns

England’s towns

People per household

1 person25%

2 people39%

3 people15%

4 people14%

5 or more6.9%

England’s towns.

Here 31% of households have dependent children, where the figure across England’s towns is 29%. Typically, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. The share of shared households of unrelated adults stands at 2.4%.

Homes & cars

In Boxford, 7.2% of households have no car or van, fewer than in 95% of UK towns

Accommodation type and cars or vans per household, Census 2021. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.

Type of home

Boxford

Suffolk’s towns

England’s towns

DetachedSemi-detachedTerracedFlat or maisonetteCaravan or other

Cars or vans · share of households

No car or van7.2%

One34%

Two40%

Three or more19%

BoxfordSuffolk’s townsEngland’s towns

The share of households in terraced houses tops 82% of UK towns: 30%. To put it in context, 24% of households have no car or van across England’s towns. Census figures put households in flats at 3.2% in Boxford.

Where people were born

99% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 71% 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%

Boxford

5.4%

Suffolk’s towns

11%

England’s towns

18%

EU countriesRest of EuropeMiddle East and AsiaAfricaAmericas, Oceania, other

Main language · residents aged 3 and over

English is main language99%

Another main language, speaks English very well or well1.5%

Another main language, little or no English0%

BoxfordSuffolk’s townsEngland’s towns

Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (2%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.7%). By way of comparison, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. 5.4% of residents were born outside the UK, fewer than in 60% of UK towns.

Ethnicity & religion

Boxford: 54% of residents describe themselves as Christian, above 77% 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

BoxfordSuffolk’s townsEngland’s towns

Other White2.3%

Asian0.5%

Mixed1.1%

Black0%

Other0%

0%6%12%

White British, not charted: 96% of Boxford · Suffolk’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.

Religion · all residents

BoxfordSuffolk’s townsEngland’s towns

No religion39%

Christian54%

Muslim0%

Hindu, Sikh, Jewish, Buddhist1%

Other religion0.2%

Didn’t answer5.2%

0%30%60%

Other than White British, most residents describe themselves as Other White (2.3%), Mixed or multiple (1.1%) and Indian (0.5%). Nearly two in five residents said they have no religion, a lower share than in 61% of UK towns. The share of residents who describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns is 46%.

Relationships & caring

Below 90% of UK towns: 26% 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

Never married or in a civil partnership26%

Married or civil partnership57%

Separated2.6%

Divorced8%

Widowed7.4%

BoxfordSuffolk’s townsEngland’s towns

67residents give unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age: 8.5%, against 8.7% in England’s towns

Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over

Up to 19 hours a week4.8%

20 to 49 hours1%

50 hours or more2.7%

Little separates the share of unpaid carers here, 8.5%, from the figure across England’s towns. The usual figure: 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. 21 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week.

Qualifications

The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 40%

Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.

Highest qualification · residents 16 and over

No qualifications12%

Apprenticeship5.4%

A levels or similar18%

Degree level40%

BoxfordSuffolk’s townsEngland’s towns

At degree level, Boxford counts 40% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 12% have no qualification (18%).

Neighbours

Around Boxford, 4 of 7 towns have a higher median age

Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.

Great WaldingfieldHadleighActonSudburyBuresBildestonLavenhamBoxford

under 3838–4444–5050–5656+

Town	People	Away	Median age	65+	Homes with children
Boxford	833	—	47.6	26%	31%
Great Waldingfield	1,377	4.1 mi	51.1	30%	27%
Hadleigh	8,638	4.2 mi	46.7	27%	27%
Acton	1,666	5.1 mi	45.3	25%	27%
Sudbury	23,922	5.3 mi	44.9	23%	25%
Bures	1,183	5.4 mi	48.4	27%	25%
Bildeston	1,096	5.8 mi	50.1	24%	24%
Lavenham	1,224	6.2 mi	61.6	42%	11%

More about Boxford’s residents

Health, work and homes have their own pages

HealthLife expectancy, early deaths and Census health, adjusted for age Work & commuteIncome, the claimant count, jobs and how people get to work Cost of livingOwners and renters, prices, rents and council tax SchoolsEvery primary and secondary, with results and inspections

How to read these numbers

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 Boxford’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 Boxford’s residents

What is the population of Boxford?

The 2021 Census counted 833 people in Boxford’s built-up area.

What is the average age in Boxford?

The median age was 47.6 at the 2021 Census. 7.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 26% were 65 or over.

How diverse is Boxford?

96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Suffolk’s towns. 5.4% were born outside the UK.

What religion are people in Boxford?

39% said they had no religion and 54% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5.2% didn’t answer.

Is Boxford good for families?

31% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Boxford’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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