Photo: Geographer · CC BY-SA 2.0In Chedburgh, 6.8% of residents are aged 15 to 24, fewer than in 99% of UK towns
Across England’s towns, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership; in Chedburgh, 26%. Compared with other places, shared households of unrelated adults are scarce here: 1.3%, fewer than in 96% of UK towns. The village is home to 691 residents in 302 households, by the 2021 Census. In Chedburgh, 5.6% of households have no car or van.
Chedburgh is older than 73% of UK towns: a median age of 47.8
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Across England’s towns, 18% of residents are 65 or over; in Chedburgh, 24%. The biggest five-year age group is 60–64, with nearly one in ten residents, 1.5 times the share 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.
3.5% of adults are full-time students, fewer than in 94% 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%.
In Chedburgh, 37% of adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 21% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. As a reference point, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. Locally, 10% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
Fewer families than 78% of UK towns: 24% of households have children
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.
The share of one-person households is 28%, against 30% across England’s towns. As a yardstick, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns.
Above 94% of UK towns: 56% of households live in a detached house
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
16% of households live in a terraced house (England’s towns: 24%). As a reference point, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns. The census found that 5.6% of households live in a flat or apartment in Chedburgh.
A higher share of residents whose main language is English than 90% of UK towns, at 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
The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (3.5%) and in EU countries (1.6%). Chedburgh has more residents born outside the UK than 57% of UK towns, at 7.1%.
In Chedburgh, 50% of residents describe themselves as Christian, more than in 54% 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: 92% of Chedburgh · Suffolk’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The groups that follow White British are Other White (3.8%), Mixed or multiple (0.9%) and Indian (0.7%). More residents with no religion than in 53% of UK towns: 41%. Across England’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as Christian is 46%. Here 92% of residents describe themselves as White British, where the figure across England’s towns is 73%.
Above 92% of UK towns: 56% 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
Unpaid carers giving 50 hours or more a week: 8. 7.5% of residents give unpaid care, a lower share than in 92% of UK towns. For comparison, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
33% of adults have qualifications at degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 34% across England’s towns, 33% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 16% hold no qualification (18%).
A younger town than 2 of the 7 around it: Chedburgh
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chedburgh | 691 | — | 47.8 | 24% | 24% |
| Barrow | 1,961 | 4 mi | 45.3 | 25% | 27% |
| Cock and End | 1,346 | 5.7 mi | 34.9 | 3% | 21% |
| Bury St Edmunds | 41,279 | 5.7 mi | 43.2 | 22% | 23% |
| Glemsford | 3,693 | 6.5 mi | 46.6 | 25% | 25% |
| Kentford | 1,124 | 7.7 mi | 39.9 | 19% | 34% |
| Clare | 2,278 | 7.7 mi | 53.2 | 33% | 19% |
| Great Barton | 1,848 | 8.6 mi | 54.2 | 35% | 23% |
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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 Chedburgh’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 Chedburgh’s residents
What is the population of Chedburgh?
The 2021 Census counted 691 people in Chedburgh’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Chedburgh?
The median age was 47.8 at the 2021 Census. 6.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 24% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Chedburgh?
92% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Suffolk’s towns. 7.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Chedburgh?
41% said they had no religion and 50% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.4% didn’t answer.
Is Chedburgh good for families?
24% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Chedburgh’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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