Photo: Robert Edwards · CC BY-SA 2.0Fewer households without a car or van than 90% of UK towns: 8.4%
Compared with 30% across England’s towns, 25% of households are one person living alone here. Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns. 292 residents in 121 households: that is Copdock at the 2021 Census. The census found that nearly a quarter of households have dependent children in the village.
A median age of 49.1: Copdock is older than 80% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Set against 12% across England’s towns, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24 in Copdock. In Copdock, 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A lower share of full-time students than 80% of UK towns, at 4.1%
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%.
35% of Copdock’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 21% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. For Copdock, the census puts residents who moved in within the year at 8.7%. Measured more widely, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Larger households than 76% of UK towns: 2.4 people on average
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 shared households of unrelated adults tops 83% of UK towns: 3.3%.
Copdock: 43% of households live in a detached house, above 82% 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
For Copdock, the census puts households in terraced houses at 21%.
100% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 99% 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
Across England’s towns, 18% of residents were born outside the UK; in Copdock, 7.5%. As a yardstick, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (2.4%) or in Africa (2.4%).
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: 89% of Copdock · Suffolk’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
After White British, the largest groups are Mixed or multiple (5.1%), Indian (1.4%) and Other White (1%). Measured more widely, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. 89% of residents describe themselves as White British, a lower share than in 68% of UK towns. Residents with no religion make up 37%, close to the figure across England’s towns.
54% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, a share 84% 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
The share of adults who have never married trails 77% of UK towns: 29%. Typically, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. The census found that 7.1% of residents give unpaid care in Copdock.
The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 27%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 34% across England’s towns, 27% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 20% hold no qualification (18%).
Around Copdock, 4 of 7 towns have a higher median age
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copdock | 292 | — | 49.1 | 22% | 23% |
| Capel St Mary | 2,992 | 2.6 mi | 50.7 | 31% | 25% |
| Bramford | 2,335 | 3 mi | 51.9 | 33% | 19% |
| Ipswich | 151,566 | 3.7 mi | 39 | 17% | 29% |
| Elmsett | 1,001 | 4.7 mi | 54 | 32% | 23% |
| East Bergholt | 2,211 | 4.7 mi | 52.8 | 30% | 25% |
| Holbrook | 2,146 | 4.9 mi | 41.6 | 22% | 29% |
| Brantham | 2,081 | 5 mi | 45.9 | 23% | 28% |
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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 Copdock’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 Copdock’s residents
What is the population of Copdock?
The 2021 Census counted 292 people in Copdock’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Copdock?
The median age was 49.1 at the 2021 Census. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 22% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Copdock?
89% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Suffolk’s towns. 7.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Copdock?
37% said they had no religion and 54% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5.5% didn’t answer.
Is Copdock good for families?
23% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Copdock’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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