Photo: Simon Mortimer · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 97% of UK towns: half of Bromeswell is over 55.5
Across England’s towns, the share of one-person households is 30%; Bromeswell has 18%. 20% of households have dependent children. Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns. Census day 2021: 327 residents and 134 households locally.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 5.2%, a lower share than 99% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The share of residents aged 65 and over tops 92% of UK towns: 31%. As a yardstick, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
In Bromeswell, 2.9% of adults are full-time students, fewer than in 99% of UK towns
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: 7.3%, below nearly four fifths of UK towns. Elsewhere, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Bromeswell households average 2.5 people, larger than in 86% 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.
2.2% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home; across England’s towns the figure is 4.3%.
0.8% of households have no car or van, fewer 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
Here 3% of households live in a terraced house, where the figure across England’s towns is 24%. Locally, 77% of households live in a detached house.
99% of residents have English as their main language, a share 79% of UK towns don’t reach
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
Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (2.1%) and in Africa (1.5%). As a yardstick, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Few places have so few residents born outside the UK: 4.6% here, fewer than in 69% of UK towns.
68% describe themselves as Christian, more than in 99% 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: 90% of Bromeswell · Suffolk’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
90% of residents describe themselves as White British, against 86% across Suffolk’s towns and 73% across England’s towns. What’s more, on residents with no religion, Bromeswell sits lower than 96% of UK towns: 28%. Set beside that, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Leading the other groups after White British: Other White (4.9%), Mixed or multiple (4.6%) and Chinese (0.3%).
69% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 99% 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
9 people care, unpaid, for 50 hours or more a week. Set beside that, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. At 19%, the share of adults who have never married is lower than in 99% of UK towns. Unpaid carers make up 13% of residents, against 8.7% across England’s towns.
Adults with a degree-level qualification: 45%
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 Bromeswell, 11%, while 45% hold one at degree level (34%).
Every neighbour of Bromeswell has a younger population
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bromeswell | 327 | — | 55.5 | 31% | 20% |
| Melton | 1,608 | 1.4 mi | 50.3 | 26% | 21% |
| Sutton Common | 1,262 | 1.8 mi | 29 | 12% | 43% |
| Woodbridge | 10,146 | 2.2 mi | 53.3 | 33% | 21% |
| Rendlesham | 3,185 | 2.8 mi | 40.6 | 17% | 35% |
| Wickham Market | 2,231 | 3.4 mi | 52 | 33% | 21% |
| Martlesham | 1,976 | 4.2 mi | 47.8 | 28% | 28% |
| Martlesham Heath | 2,730 | 4.8 mi | 54.5 | 34% | 18% |
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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 Bromeswell’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 Bromeswell’s residents
What is the population of Bromeswell?
The 2021 Census counted 327 people in Bromeswell’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Bromeswell?
The median age was 55.5 at the 2021 Census. 5.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 31% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Bromeswell?
90% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Suffolk’s towns. 4.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Bromeswell?
28% said they had no religion and 68% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 3.4% didn’t answer.
Is Bromeswell good for families?
20% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Bromeswell’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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