Photo: Adrian Cable · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 97% of UK towns: half of Cransford is over 55.3
Against a figure of 29% across England’s towns, the share of households with dependent children in Cransford comes in at 21%. At the 2021 Census, 160 people lived in the village, in 73 households. Households in terraced houses account for 7.1%. 7% of households have no car or van, a lower share than in 95% of UK towns.
35% of residents are 65 or over, a share 97% of UK towns don’t reach
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Across England’s towns, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 12%; Cransford has 8%. Against that, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
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.
In Cransford, 13% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, more than in 94% 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 Cransford, 32% of adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 18% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, residents who moved in within the year come to 11%. Locally, 4.3% of adults are full-time students.
Cransford ranks below 95% of UK towns on shared households of unrelated adults: 1.4%
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.
A household here has 2.2 people on average; across England’s towns, 2.4. Cransford has fewer one-person households than four fifths of UK towns, at 26%. Set beside that, 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns.
47% of households live in a detached house, more than in 87% 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
Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns. The wider picture: 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
Residents whose main language is English: 99%, a higher share than 97% 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
With residents born outside the UK at 8.9%, Cransford is ahead of 69% of UK towns on that count. Set beside that, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in Africa (3.2%) and in EU countries (2.6%).
56% describe themselves as Christian, more than in 85% 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: 93% of Cransford · Suffolk’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
In Cransford, nearly two in five residents said they have no religion, beside 37% across England’s towns. To put it in context, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Residents who describe themselves as White British: 93% of the total.
A higher share of married adults and civil partners than 91% of UK towns, at 56%
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
Where nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns, Cransford has 28%. The usual figure: 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. In Cransford, 11% of residents give unpaid care.
Adults qualified to degree level or above: 29%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
With 29% of its adults qualified to degree level, Cransford compares with 34% across England’s towns; another 16% hold no qualification (18%).
The towns around Cransford are all younger
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cransford | 160 | — | 55.3 | 35% | 21% |
| Framlingham | 3,831 | 2.5 mi | 48.2 | 27% | 27% |
| Saxmundham | 4,778 | 3.7 mi | 43.2 | 23% | 27% |
| Laxfield | 1,004 | 5.1 mi | 52.3 | 28% | 19% |
| Wickham Market | 2,231 | 5.5 mi | 52 | 33% | 21% |
| Rendlesham | 3,185 | 7.1 mi | 40.6 | 17% | 35% |
| Leiston | 5,919 | 7.7 mi | 47.2 | 25% | 22% |
| Stradbroke | 1,190 | 8 mi | 54.5 | 35% | 20% |
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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 Cransford’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 Cransford’s residents
What is the population of Cransford?
The 2021 Census counted 160 people in Cransford’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Cransford?
The median age was 55.3 at the 2021 Census. 8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 35% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Cransford?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Suffolk’s towns. 8.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Cransford?
39% said they had no religion and 56% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 2.5% didn’t answer.
Is Cransford good for families?
21% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Cransford’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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