Photo: Geographer · CC BY-SA 2.0A smaller share of shared households of unrelated adults than 94% of UK towns: 1.4%
28% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership (England’s towns: 39%). On residents who describe themselves as White British, Claydon sits higher than 87% of UK towns: 96%. There were 1,353 households locally at the 2021 Census, home to 3,140 residents. For Claydon, the census puts households in flats at 6.5%.
What the Census says about Claydon’s people
More with no religion than most
47% of residents answered “no religion” in 2021 and 46% Christian, against 37% and 46% across England’s towns. Ethnicity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area) and ONS mid-year population estimates.
From 2011 to 2024, 61% of UK towns grew faster than Claydon: +5%
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Claydon’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 3,100 people in 2011; 3,200 in 2024.
Growth was strongest among the 65 and over (+29%) and weakest among the 0 to 15 (−7%). The biggest one-year rise was mid-2023 to mid-2024, 160 people.
Older than 79% of UK towns: half of Claydon is over 48.8
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 50–54 than any other five-year age: nearly one in ten residents. Residents aged 65 and over are more common here than in just over four fifths of UK towns. Against a figure of 12% across England’s towns, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in Claydon comes in at 11%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Claydon, 48.8. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
6.3% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 95% 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 its share of full-time students (5.7%), Claydon is above 78% of UK towns. The share of residents who moved in within the year across England’s towns is 11%.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Only 26% of households have dependent children in Claydon
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.
Locally, 31% of households are one person living alone. The typical household size is 2.3 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns.
Claydon: 41% of households live in a detached house, above 77% 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
17% of households live in a terraced house, against 24% across England’s towns. Claydon has fewer households without a car or van than just over two thirds of UK towns, at 12%. By way of comparison, 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
In Claydon, 2.9% of residents were born outside the UK, fewer than in 92% of UK towns
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
In Claydon, 99% of residents have English as their main language, beside 90% across England’s towns. Residents born outside the UK: 18% across England’s towns, for comparison. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (1.1%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (0.7%).
More residents with no religion than 85% of UK towns: 47%
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 Claydon · Suffolk’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 46%, near enough the figure across England’s towns. Set beside that, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. After White British, the most common groups are Other White (1.6%), Mixed or multiple (1.3%) and Caribbean (0.2%).
Married adults and civil partners: 51%, a higher share than 71% 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
Unpaid care takes 50 hours a week or more for 82 people. Few places have as many unpaid carers: 9.4% here, more than in 52% of UK towns. As a yardstick, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Degree-level qualifications: held by 24% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 24% of adults in Claydon, 34% across England’s towns; 22% have no qualification, against 18%.
Ranked by age, 178th oldest of 514 UK towns this size
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Ages run from 20.6 in Keele to 63.1 in West Chiltington. Nearest to Claydon in age: Boroughbridge (48.8), Kirkheaton (48.8), Great Totham (48.8) and Lytchett Matravers (48.8).
Median age: 4 of the 7 towns around Claydon are older
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claydon | 3,140 | — | 48.8 | 27% | 26% |
| Great Blakenham | 2,188 | 0.8 mi | 31.9 | 8.7% | 35% |
| Bramford | 2,335 | 2.3 mi | 51.9 | 33% | 19% |
| Ipswich | 151,566 | 4.1 mi | 39 | 17% | 29% |
| Needham Market | 5,055 | 4.2 mi | 50 | 28% | 19% |
| Elmsett | 1,001 | 5.4 mi | 54 | 32% | 23% |
| Grundisburgh | 1,424 | 5.7 mi | 49 | 27% | 28% |
| Great Bricett | 1,518 | 6.2 mi | 28.2 | 8.8% | 40% |
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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 Claydon’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out. The population trend compares with the whole county and nation.
- Estimates since 2021 are modelled. The ONS builds mid-year estimates from the Census, births, deaths and migration records. Claydon’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 2,947 people in 2021, against 3,140 in the built-up area.
- 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 Claydon’s residents
What is the population of Claydon?
The 2021 Census counted 3,140 people in Claydon’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 3,200 people in mid-2024, 5% more than in 2011.
What is the average age in Claydon?
The median age was 48.8 at the 2021 Census, older than 79% of UK towns. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 27% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Claydon?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Suffolk’s towns. 2.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Claydon?
47% said they had no religion and 46% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 5.7% didn’t answer.
Is Claydon good for families?
26% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Claydon’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) · ONS mid-year population estimates for 2021 LSOAs, mid-2011 to mid-2024. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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