Photo: Oxymoron · CC BY-SA 2.0Households without a car or van make up 5.1% in Coddenham, less than in 99% of UK towns
2.9% of households live in a flat or apartment; across England’s towns the figure is 23%. Few places have so few residents aged 15 to 24: 7.4% here, fewer than in 97% of UK towns. Coddenham is home to 625 residents in 278 households, by the 2021 Census. On the census count, a quarter of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership.
A median age of 49.8: Coddenham is older than 84% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
25% of residents are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. In Halesworth, the oldest of Suffolk’s towns by this measure, it is 35%.
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.
Residents who moved in within the year: 6.9%, a lower share than 86% 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 Coddenham, 46% of adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 14% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. For residents who moved in within the year, the comparison across England’s towns is 11%. Across Coddenham, 4.8% of adults are full-time students.
Only 1.4% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home in Coddenham
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.
Nearly a quarter of households have dependent children, against 29% across England’s towns. Shared households of unrelated adults make up 4.3% across England’s towns. Census figures put one-person households at 26% in Coddenham.
Coddenham ranks above 93% of UK towns on households in detached houses: 54%
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
Set against 24% across England’s towns, just over one in ten households live in a terraced house in Coddenham. Elsewhere, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
A higher share of residents whose main language is English than 77% 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
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (3%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.1%). The benchmark for residents whose main language is English across England’s towns: 90%. Compared with other places, residents born outside the UK are scarce here: 5.8%, fewer than in 56% of UK towns.
In Coddenham, 54% of residents describe themselves as Christian, more than in 75% 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: 95% of Coddenham · Suffolk’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Next after White British come Other White (2.6%), Mixed or multiple (2.1%) and Caribbean (0.5%). On residents who describe themselves as White British, Coddenham sits higher than 72% of UK towns: 95%. As a reference point, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. With residents with no religion at 40%, Coddenham is behind 59% of UK towns on that count.
58% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, a share 95% of UK towns don’t reach
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
6 residents care, unpaid, for at least 50 hours a week. Across England’s towns, the share of married adults and civil partners is 44%. Coddenham has fewer unpaid carers than 97% of UK towns, at 6.7%.
Degree-level qualifications: held by 43% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Coddenham, 43% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 11% have no qualification at all (18%).
Coddenham and its 7 nearest towns: 2 of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coddenham | 625 | — | 49.8 | 25% | 24% |
| Great Blakenham | 2,188 | 2.7 mi | 31.9 | 8.7% | 35% |
| Claydon | 3,140 | 2.7 mi | 48.8 | 27% | 26% |
| Needham Market | 5,055 | 2.8 mi | 50 | 28% | 19% |
| Bramford | 2,335 | 5 mi | 51.9 | 33% | 19% |
| Stowupland | 2,019 | 5.4 mi | 47.6 | 28% | 24% |
| Stowmarket | 21,537 | 5.7 mi | 40.2 | 19% | 29% |
| Debenham | 2,294 | 5.9 mi | 49.7 | 29% | 27% |
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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 Coddenham’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 Coddenham’s residents
What is the population of Coddenham?
The 2021 Census counted 625 people in Coddenham’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Coddenham?
The median age was 49.8 at the 2021 Census. 7.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 25% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Coddenham?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Suffolk’s towns. 5.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Coddenham?
40% said they had no religion and 54% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5.8% didn’t answer.
Is Coddenham good for families?
24% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Coddenham’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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