Photo: Keith Evans · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Coney Weston is over 58.3, older than 99% of UK towns
21% of households are one person living alone; across England’s towns the figure is 30%. On the census count, 79% of households live in a detached house. Fewer households with dependent children than in 98% of UK towns: 16%. Coney Weston had 362 residents in 165 households at the 2021 Census.
More residents aged 65 and over than 98% of UK towns: 38%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 55–59: 13% of residents, 1.9 times the share across England’s towns. Measured more widely, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. Census figures put residents aged 15 to 24 at 6.4% in Coney Weston.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Coney Weston ranks below 99% of UK towns on full-time students: 2.8%
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 class, 43% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 15% in routine and semi-routine work (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). 4.7% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, a lower share than in 99% of UK towns. To put it in context, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Coney Weston households average 2.2 people, smaller than in 70% 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.
Across England’s towns, the share of shared households of unrelated adults is 4.3%; Coney Weston has 3%.
Below 99% of UK towns: 3.7% of households have no car or van
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
3.1% of households live in a terraced house, against 24% across England’s towns. Compared with other places, households in flats are scarce here: 1.2%, fewer than in 99% of UK towns.
Above 98% of UK towns: 99% of residents have English as their main language
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
5.8% of residents were born outside the UK; across England’s towns the figure is 18%. To put it in context, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (3.6%) or in Africa (1.7%).
Residents with no religion: 32%, a lower share than 89% 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: 94% of Coney Weston · Suffolk’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
56% of residents describe themselves as Christian, against 46% across England’s towns. The share of residents with no religion across England’s towns is 37%. Census figures put residents who describe themselves as White British at 94% in Coney Weston.
Coney Weston sits above 99% of UK towns for married adults and civil partners (69%)
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
Compared with 39% across England’s towns, 16% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership here. The comparison figure for married adults and civil partners is 44% across England’s towns. Here, 12% of residents give unpaid care.
34% of adults have a degree-level qualification
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 Coney Weston, 15%, while 34% hold one at degree level (34%).
Every nearby town is younger than Coney Weston
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coney Weston | 362 | — | 58.3 | 38% | 16% |
| Stanton | 2,316 | 2.8 mi | 44.3 | 22% | 28% |
| Ixworth | 2,296 | 4.8 mi | 49.7 | 27% | 26% |
| Walsham le Willows | 1,258 | 5.3 mi | 49 | 25% | 25% |
| East Harling | 2,490 | 5.6 mi | 49.4 | 29% | 25% |
| Rickinghall and Botesdale | 1,842 | 5.8 mi | 52.6 | 31% | 21% |
| Thetford | 25,502 | 6.3 mi | 38.5 | 16% | 31% |
| Great Barton | 1,848 | 7.8 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 Coney Weston’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 Coney Weston’s residents
What is the population of Coney Weston?
The 2021 Census counted 362 people in Coney Weston’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Coney Weston?
The median age was 58.3 at the 2021 Census. 6.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 38% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Coney Weston?
94% 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 Coney Weston?
32% said they had no religion and 56% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 8.8% didn’t answer.
Is Coney Weston good for families?
16% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Coney Weston’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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