Photo: Bikeboy · CC BY-SA 2.0In Brantham, 22% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 95% of UK towns
With households in detached houses at 53%, Brantham is ahead of 92% of UK towns on that count. The 2021 Census put the village’s population at 2,081, in 857 households. The census found that 7.9% of households live in a terraced house locally. On residents who describe themselves as White British, Brantham sits higher than 89% of UK towns: 96%.
What the Census says about Brantham’s people
More with no religion than most
47% of residents answered “no religion” in 2021 and 47% Christian, against 37% and 46% across England’s towns. Ethnicity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 63% of UK towns: 23%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
With a median age of 45.9, Brantham is older than just over three fifths of UK towns. Measured more widely, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. On the census count, 9.5% of residents are aged 15 to 24. In Halesworth, the oldest of Suffolk’s towns by this measure, it is 35%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A lower share of residents who moved in within the year than 92% of UK towns, at 6.5%
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
Address a year before the Census
Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.
Managerial and professional jobs account for just over a third of Brantham’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 24%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, residents who moved in within the year come to 11%. The census found that 4.7% of adults are full-time students locally.
Only 1.5% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home in Brantham
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.
Families with dependent children are 28% of households (England’s towns 29%), and 14% are someone 66 or over living alone (Suffolk’s towns 15%). As a reference point, 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns. Each household has 2.4 people on average.
Households without a car or van make up 7.7% in Brantham, less than in 93% 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, nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment; in Brantham, 3.4%. Every 13th household or so has no car or van.
A smaller share of residents born outside the UK than 88% of UK towns: 3.2%
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
Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (1.3%) or in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (0.8%). Residents whose main language is English are more common here than in 97% of UK towns. Measured more widely, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns.
47% of residents said they have no religion, more than in 87% 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 Brantham · Suffolk’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns, against 47% in Brantham. Across the comparison, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. Leading the other groups after White British: Mixed or multiple (1.9%), Other White (1.4%) and Chinese (0.2%).
Above 93% of UK towns: 57% of adults are married or in 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
The number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 49. 28% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, fewer than in 82% of UK towns. Set beside that, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. At 9%, unpaid carers sit close to the figure across England’s towns.
Degree-level qualifications: held by 26% 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 Brantham, 17%, while 26% hold one at degree level (34%).
Of the 7 towns nearest Brantham, 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brantham | 2,081 | — | 45.9 | 23% | 28% |
| Manningtree | 1,676 | 1.3 mi | 53.7 | 34% | 15% |
| Lawford | 4,488 | 1.7 mi | 43.6 | 21% | 29% |
| Mistley | 1,827 | 1.8 mi | 43.7 | 21% | 22% |
| East Bergholt | 2,211 | 2.1 mi | 52.8 | 30% | 25% |
| Capel St Mary | 2,992 | 2.8 mi | 50.7 | 31% | 25% |
| Bradfield | 1,254 | 3.1 mi | 52.2 | 31% | 26% |
| Holbrook | 2,146 | 4.2 mi | 41.6 | 22% | 29% |
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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 Brantham’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 Brantham’s residents
What is the population of Brantham?
The 2021 Census counted 2,081 people in Brantham’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Brantham?
The median age was 45.9 at the 2021 Census. 9.5% of residents were 15 to 24 and 23% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Brantham?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Suffolk’s towns. 3.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Brantham?
47% said they had no religion and 47% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5.2% didn’t answer.
Is Brantham good for families?
28% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Brantham’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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