Photo: Keith Evans · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 53.9: Bucklesham is older than 95% of UK towns
Across England’s towns, the share of unpaid carers is 8.7%; Bucklesham has 12%. The 2021 Census put the village’s population at 552, in 238 households. The share of households in flats stands at 1.2%. The village has fewer households in terraced houses than 93% of UK towns, at 8.2%.
27% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 79% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 55–59 than any other five-year age: 11% of residents, 1.7 times the share across England’s towns. Compared with other places, residents aged 15 to 24 are scarce here: 8.8%, fewer than in 80% of UK towns. Against that, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
In Bucklesham, 4% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, 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%.
Across England’s towns, the share of full-time students is 7.9%; Bucklesham has 4%. The wider picture: 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
Only 24% of households have dependent children in Bucklesham
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.
Against a figure of 4.3% across England’s towns, the share of shared households of unrelated adults in Bucklesham comes in at 2.9%. At 27%, the share of one-person households is lower than in 75% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, 29% of households have dependent children. Households average 2.3 people.
43% of households live in a detached house, a share 82% of UK towns don’t reach
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
Households without a car or van make up 11%, against 24% across England’s towns. 1.2% of households live in a flat, less than in 99% of UK towns; 43% in a detached house, against 21% across England’s towns.
A larger share of residents whose main language is English than 99% of UK towns: 100%
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
5.8% of residents were born outside the UK, against 11% across Suffolk’s towns and 18% across England’s towns. Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (3.1%), then in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.6%). Across England’s towns, nine in ten residents have English as their main language.
Residents who describe themselves as White British: 96%, a higher share than 90% 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 Bucklesham · Suffolk’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The largest groups after White British are Other White (2.9%), Mixed or multiple (0.5%) and African (0.4%). Typically, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. At 54%, the share of residents who describe themselves as Christian is higher than in 78% of UK towns. By contrast, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns, against 40% in Bucklesham.
58% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 95% 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
Against a figure of 39% across England’s towns, the share of adults who have never married in Bucklesham comes in at 26%. For 18 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week. As a yardstick, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
31% of adults are qualified to degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 31% of Bucklesham’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 19% have no qualification (18%).
1 of the 7 nearest towns are older than Bucklesham
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bucklesham | 552 | — | 53.9 | 27% | 24% |
| Martlesham Heath | 2,730 | 2.1 mi | 54.5 | 34% | 18% |
| Kesgrave | 14,947 | 2.3 mi | 44.1 | 20% | 33% |
| Kirton | 1,245 | 2.7 mi | 51.8 | 28% | 24% |
| Martlesham | 1,976 | 2.8 mi | 47.8 | 28% | 28% |
| Trimley St Martin | 1,725 | 3.2 mi | 45.9 | 21% | 24% |
| Trimley St Mary | 3,736 | 4.2 mi | 48.4 | 25% | 24% |
| Woodbridge | 10,146 | 4.7 mi | 53.3 | 33% | 21% |
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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 Bucklesham’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 Bucklesham’s residents
What is the population of Bucklesham?
The 2021 Census counted 552 people in Bucklesham’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Bucklesham?
The median age was 53.9 at the 2021 Census. 8.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 27% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Bucklesham?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Suffolk’s towns. 5.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Bucklesham?
40% said they had no religion and 54% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5.6% didn’t answer.
Is Bucklesham good for families?
24% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Bucklesham’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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