Photo: Geographer · CC BY-SA 2.0A lower share of households with dependent children than 96% of UK towns, at 19%
Compared with 12% across England’s towns, nearly one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24 here. Bramford counted 2,335 residents and 1,107 households at the 2021 Census. For Bramford, the census puts adults who have never married at 27%. Households without a car or van are rarer here than in 71% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Bramford’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Bramford’s residents are under 51.9 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 33% are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
A median age of 51.9: Bramford is older than 92% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
70–74 is the most common age band: one in ten residents, 2.1 times the share across England’s towns. At 33%, the share of residents aged 65 and over is higher than in 95% of UK towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Bramford ranks below 96% of UK towns on full-time students: 3.3%
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%.
Residents who moved in within the year make up 12%, against 11% across England’s towns. Full-time students: 7.9% across England’s towns, for comparison.
Bramford households average 2.1 people, smaller than in 90% 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.
One-person households make up 32%, against 30% across England’s towns. 2.4% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
Fewer flats than 70% of UK towns: 7.4% 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
In Bramford, 30% of households live in a detached house, beside 21% across England’s towns. Measured more widely, 23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns. Across Bramford, 16% of households live in a terraced house.
Residents whose main language is English: 99%, a higher share than 90% 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
4.4% of residents were born outside the UK; across England’s towns the figure is 18%. Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (1.9%) or in Africa (1%).
A larger share of residents who describe themselves as Christian than 63% of UK towns: 52%
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: 92% of Bramford · Suffolk’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Other than White British, most residents describe themselves as Mixed or multiple (3.3%), Other White (2.4%) and African (0.3%). For residents who describe themselves as Christian, the comparison across England’s towns is 46%. Just over two in five residents said they have no religion, fewer than in 51% of UK towns. Where 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns, Bramford has 92%.
Unpaid carers: 11%, a higher share than 81% 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
27% of Bramford’s adults have never married or formed a civil partnership and 51% are married, against 39% and 44% across England’s towns. Unpaid carers giving 50 hours or more a week: 69. The share of unpaid carers across England’s towns is 8.7%.
Qualified to degree level: 24% 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 Bramford, 24%, and 23% have none, against 18%.
Of the 7 towns nearest Bramford, 1 are older
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bramford | 2,335 | — | 51.9 | 33% | 19% |
| Claydon | 3,140 | 2.3 mi | 48.8 | 27% | 26% |
| Great Blakenham | 2,188 | 2.4 mi | 31.9 | 8.7% | 35% |
| Ipswich | 151,566 | 3 mi | 39 | 17% | 29% |
| Elmsett | 1,001 | 4.3 mi | 54 | 32% | 23% |
| Capel St Mary | 2,992 | 5.5 mi | 50.7 | 31% | 25% |
| Needham Market | 5,055 | 5.7 mi | 50 | 28% | 19% |
| Hadleigh | 8,638 | 6.2 mi | 46.7 | 27% | 27% |
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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 Bramford’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 Bramford’s residents
What is the population of Bramford?
The 2021 Census counted 2,335 people in Bramford’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Bramford?
The median age was 51.9 at the 2021 Census. 8.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 33% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Bramford?
92% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Suffolk’s towns. 4.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Bramford?
41% said they had no religion and 52% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.4% were Muslim and 5.9% didn’t answer.
Is Bramford good for families?
19% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Bramford’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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