Younger than 96% of UK towns: half of Cock and End is under 34.9
In Cock and End, 2.2% of households live in a flat or apartment, beside 23% across England’s towns. The village is home to 1,346 residents in 48 households, by the 2021 Census. Across Cock and End, 28% of residents said they have no religion. Shared households of unrelated adults are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Cock and End’s people
A mix of backgrounds
50% of residents described their ethnic group as something other than White British at the 2021 Census, more than in 98% of UK towns. The largest groups after White British are Mixed or multiple (13%), Other White (11%) and Caribbean (6.3%). Ethnicity & religion ↓
A village people move to
26% of residents gave a different address a year before the 2021 Census, 2.4 times the share across England’s towns. Students & newcomers ↓
Younger than most towns
Half of Cock and End’s residents are under 34.9 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 9.1% are 15 to 24 and 3% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Residents aged 65 and over make up 3% in Cock and End, less than in 99% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 30–34: 21% of residents, 2.9 times the share across England’s towns. Cock and End has fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 72% of UK towns, at 9.1%. Measured more widely, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
4% women, 96% men
About 4 women for every 100 men. Across England, 51% of residents are women. A large institution, such as a prison, barracks, boarding school, university or care home, can tilt a town’s split: the census counts the people living there as residents.
Only 2% of adults are full-time students in Cock and End
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%.
Managerial and professional jobs take in 13% of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 34% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). Residents who moved in within the year: 26% of the total. As a yardstick, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Below 93% of UK towns: 21% of households have dependent 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 average household has 2 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 29% of households have dependent children. The share of one-person households stands at 33%.
Fewer households without a car or van than 99% of UK towns: 4.6%
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
Nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns, against 15% in Cock and End. Households in detached houses are more common here than in 78% of UK towns.
Residents born outside the UK make up 20% in Cock and End, more 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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Since 2017: 10% of those born abroad, against 21% across England’s towns. The census found that 88% of residents have English as their main language in Cock and End. The comparison figure for residents born outside the UK is 18% across England’s towns.
50% of residents describe themselves as White British, below 98% 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: 50% of Cock and End · Suffolk’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The groups that follow White British are Mixed or multiple (13%), Other White (11%) and Caribbean (6.3%). Set beside that, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. On residents who describe themselves as Christian, Cock and End sits lower than 93% of UK towns: 39%.
A lower share of married adults and civil partners than 99% of UK towns, at 9.4%
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
23 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. At 3.8%, the share of unpaid carers is lower than in 99% of UK towns. Elsewhere, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Compared with 39% across England’s towns, 78% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership here.
Degree-level qualifications reach 25% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 18% of adults have no qualification; in Cock and End, 18%, while 25% hold one at degree level (34%).
The towns around Cock and End are all older
Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.
Health, work and homes have their own pages
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 Cock and End’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 Cock and End’s residents
What is the population of Cock and End?
The 2021 Census counted 1,346 people in Cock and End’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Cock and End?
The median age was 34.9 at the 2021 Census. 9.1% of residents were 15 to 24 and 3% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Cock and End?
50% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Suffolk’s towns. 20% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Cock and End?
28% said they had no religion and 39% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 16% were Muslim and 11% didn’t answer.
Is Cock and End good for families?
21% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Cock and End’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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