Photo: Bernd Jatzwauk Pommes104 · CC BY-SA 3.0A median age of 53.8: Bramfield is older than 95% of UK towns
Across England’s towns, nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment; in Bramfield, 3.4%. There were 116 households locally at the 2021 Census, home to 268 residents. In Bramfield, 3.5% of households have no car or van. The village has more married adults and civil partners than 87% of UK towns, at 55%.
Only 7.5% of residents are aged 15 to 24 in Bramfield
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
70–74 is the most common age band: 10% of residents, 2.1 times the share across England’s towns. Compared with other places, residents aged 65 and over are common here: 30%, more than in 91% of UK towns. The usual figure: 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 112 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Bramfield sits below 99% of UK towns for full-time students (2.6%)
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%.
Across England’s towns, 33% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine or semi-routine work; Bramfield has 34% and 17%. Residents who moved in within the year: 7.6% of the total. Elsewhere, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
A smaller share of households with dependent children than 95% of UK towns: 20%
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.
In Bramfield, 33% of households are one person living alone, beside 30% across England’s towns. Across Bramfield, 3.5% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home. Households with dependent children make up 29% across England’s towns.
Households in detached houses make up 72% in Bramfield, more 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
Across England’s towns, the share of households in terraced houses is 24%; Bramfield has 8.6%. Households in detached houses: 21% across England’s towns, for comparison.
Residents whose main language is English make up 98% in Bramfield, more than in 69% 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
Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (4.5%), then in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.1%). 7.1% of residents were born outside the UK, a higher share than in 57% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, nine in ten residents have English as their main language.
Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 42%, a lower share than 89% 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: 93% of Bramfield · Suffolk’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
93% of residents describe themselves as White British (England’s towns: 73%). As a reference point, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Behind White British, the largest groups are Other White (4.5%), Caribbean (0.4%) and Arab (0.4%). Residents with no religion are rarer here than in 54% of UK towns.
26% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, fewer than in 88% 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
Nothing unusual on unpaid carers: 8.6%, close to the figure across England’s towns. Heavy unpaid care, 50 hours a week or more, falls to 2 residents. Across England’s towns, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership.
Adults qualified to degree level or above: 39%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 39% of adults in Bramfield, 34% across England’s towns; 13% have no qualification, against 18%.
Among its 7 nearest neighbours, 2 are older than Bramfield
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bramfield | 268 | — | 53.8 | 30% | 20% |
| Halesworth | 4,924 | 2.3 mi | 54 | 35% | 18% |
| Reydon | 2,369 | 6.5 mi | 59.2 | 40% | 17% |
| Saxmundham | 4,778 | 6.5 mi | 43.2 | 23% | 27% |
| Laxfield | 1,004 | 6.6 mi | 52.3 | 28% | 19% |
| Leiston | 5,919 | 7.7 mi | 47.2 | 25% | 22% |
| Framlingham | 3,831 | 9.7 mi | 48.2 | 27% | 27% |
| Beccles | 9,807 | 10 mi | 48.6 | 28% | 22% |
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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 Bramfield’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 Bramfield’s residents
What is the population of Bramfield?
The 2021 Census counted 268 people in Bramfield’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Bramfield?
The median age was 53.8 at the 2021 Census. 7.5% of residents were 15 to 24 and 30% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Bramfield?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Suffolk’s towns. 7.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Bramfield?
40% said they had no religion and 42% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.4% were Muslim and 15% didn’t answer.
Is Bramfield good for families?
20% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Bramfield’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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