Photo: Adrian Cable · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 98% of UK towns: half of Charsfield is over 56.3
The share of households in flats is 0.7%, against 23% across England’s towns. Lower than in 99% of UK towns: 5% of households have no car or van. 341 residents in 143 households: that is Charsfield at the 2021 Census. On the census count, a fifth of households have dependent children.
32% of Charsfield is 65 or over, a higher share than 93% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns, against 13% in Charsfield. As a reference point, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
In Charsfield, 4.4% 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%.
5.6% of adults are full-time students, against 7.9% across England’s towns. Against that, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
23% of households are one person living alone, below 93% 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.
Shared households of unrelated adults make up 2.1%, against 4.3% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 30% of households are one person living alone. On average, 2.4 people share a household.
Households in detached houses make up 66% in Charsfield, more 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
4.2% of households live in a terraced house, against 24% across England’s towns. Households in detached houses make up 21% across England’s towns.
Charsfield sits above 90% of UK towns for residents whose main language is English (99%)
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
Against a figure of 18% across England’s towns, the share of residents born outside the UK in Charsfield comes in at 4.7%. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in the Middle East and Asia (1.5%) and in EU countries (1.2%).
A larger share of residents who describe themselves as Christian than 67% 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: 93% of Charsfield · Suffolk’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Against a figure of 37% across England’s towns, the share of residents with no religion in Charsfield comes in at 36%. At the same time, at 93%, the share of residents who describe themselves as White British is higher than in three fifths of UK towns. Across the comparison, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. The next-largest groups, after White British, are Mixed or multiple (3.2%), Other White (1.8%) and Indian (0.9%).
Married adults and civil partners: 62%, a higher share than 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
The figure for adults who have never married is 24% in Charsfield and 39% across England’s towns. To put it in context, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Census figures put unpaid carers at 12% locally.
Degree level: the highest qualification of 44% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 34% across England’s towns, 44% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 14% hold no qualification (18%).
Charsfield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charsfield | 341 | — | 56.3 | 32% | 20% |
| Wickham Market | 2,231 | 2.9 mi | 52 | 33% | 21% |
| Melton | 1,608 | 3.9 mi | 50.3 | 26% | 21% |
| Grundisburgh | 1,424 | 4 mi | 49 | 27% | 28% |
| Woodbridge | 10,146 | 4.6 mi | 53.3 | 33% | 21% |
| Framlingham | 3,831 | 4.6 mi | 48.2 | 27% | 27% |
| Rendlesham | 3,185 | 5.5 mi | 40.6 | 17% | 35% |
| Martlesham | 1,976 | 6.2 mi | 47.8 | 28% | 28% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- The Census was taken in a lockdown, in term time. 21 March 2021 fell in term time, and students were asked to give their term-time address, so most were counted where they study. Some may have been living with family that day.
- “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 Charsfield’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 Charsfield’s residents
What is the population of Charsfield?
The 2021 Census counted 341 people in Charsfield’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Charsfield?
The median age was 56.3 at the 2021 Census. 13% of residents were 15 to 24 and 32% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Charsfield?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Suffolk’s towns. 4.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Charsfield?
36% said they had no religion and 52% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 10% didn’t answer.
Is Charsfield good for families?
20% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Charsfield’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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