Photo: John H Darch · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 99% of UK towns: half of Cavendish is over 59.2
Where 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns, Cavendish has 97%. The 2021 Census put the village’s population at 568, in 252 households. For Cavendish, the census puts households with dependent children at 17%. Lower than in 84% of UK towns: 9.7% of households have no car or van.
42% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 99% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 6.6%, below 99% of UK towns. Typically, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Full-time students make up 4.1% in Cavendish, less than in 80% 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%.
By class, 42% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 20% in routine and semi-routine work (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). The census found that 9.8% of residents lived at another address a year earlier in Cavendish. Set beside that, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
37% of households are one person living alone, a share 95% of UK towns don’t reach
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.
Shared households of unrelated adults make up 1.6%, against 4.3% across England’s towns. Typically, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. Each household has 2 people on average.
45% of households live in a detached house, a share 85% 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
With households in flats at 5.4%, Cavendish is behind just over four fifths of UK towns on that count. Census figures put households in terraced houses at 17% locally. The benchmark for households in detached houses across England’s towns: 21%.
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
Set against 18% across England’s towns, 4.6% of residents were born outside the UK in Cavendish. Across England’s towns, residents whose main language is English come to 90%. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (1.4%) and in Africa (1.1%).
A smaller share of residents with no religion than 77% of UK towns: 36%
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: 97% of Cavendish · Suffolk’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
In Cavendish, nearly half of residents describe themselves as Christian, beside 46% across England’s towns. Measured more widely, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns.
Adults who have never married make up 22% in Cavendish, less 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
44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns, against 53% in Cavendish. Across England’s towns, adults who have never married come to 39%. For 13 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week. At 8.9%, the share of unpaid carers is lower than in 63% of UK towns.
Degree-level qualifications: 30% 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 Cavendish, 30%, and 16% have none, against 18%.
Cavendish is older than every town around it
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cavendish | 568 | — | 59.2 | 42% | 17% |
| Glemsford | 3,693 | 1.7 mi | 46.6 | 25% | 25% |
| Clare | 2,278 | 2.3 mi | 53.2 | 33% | 19% |
| Long Melford | 3,895 | 3.7 mi | 54.5 | 35% | 19% |
| Acton | 1,666 | 5.7 mi | 45.3 | 25% | 27% |
| Sudbury | 23,922 | 5.8 mi | 44.9 | 23% | 25% |
| Great Yeldham | 1,824 | 5.8 mi | 45.6 | 20% | 30% |
| Kedington | 1,778 | 6.1 mi | 47.1 | 27% | 30% |
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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 Cavendish’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 Cavendish’s residents
What is the population of Cavendish?
The 2021 Census counted 568 people in Cavendish’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Cavendish?
The median age was 59.2 at the 2021 Census. 6.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 42% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Cavendish?
97% 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 Cavendish?
36% said they had no religion and 49% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 13% didn’t answer.
Is Cavendish good for families?
17% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Cavendish’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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