Photo: Michael Roots · CC BY 3.0Half of Crowfield is over 55.8, older than 97% of UK towns
84% of households live in a detached house, against 21% across England’s towns. Few places have so few adults who have never married: 19% here, fewer than in 99% of UK towns. The 2021 Census counted 375 residents in 164 households. Residents who describe themselves as Christian: nearly two thirds of the total.
Crowfield sits below 99% of UK towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (6.4%)
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Against a figure of 18% across England’s towns, the share of residents aged 65 and over in Crowfield comes in at 28%. Across England’s towns, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 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.
Full-time students make up 3.4% in Crowfield, less than in 96% 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%.
Against a figure of 11% across England’s towns, the share of residents who moved in within the year in Crowfield comes in at 8.1%. To put it in context, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Fewer households with dependent children than 97% of UK towns: 18%
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 typical household size is 2.2 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. As a yardstick, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns. Shared households of unrelated adults account for 4.3%. Few places have so few one-person households: 28% here, fewer than in nearly two thirds of UK towns.
A lower share of households in flats than 99% of UK towns, at 0.6%
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
Households without a car or van make up 4.2%, against 24% across England’s towns. The benchmark for households in flats across England’s towns: 23%. For Crowfield, the census puts households in terraced houses at 1.8%.
Above 99% of UK towns: 100% 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
Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (1.9%), then in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.1%). For residents whose main language is English, the comparison across England’s towns is 90%. Compared with other places, residents born outside the UK are scarce here: 3.7%, fewer than in 81% of UK towns.
A higher share of residents who describe themselves as White British than 99% of UK towns, at 99%
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: 99% of Crowfield · Suffolk’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
On religion, 29% answered “no religion” and 66% Christian, against 37% and 46% across England’s towns. Elsewhere, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns.
A larger share of married adults and civil partners than 99% of UK towns: 62%
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
Some 13 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. By way of comparison, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Compared with other places, unpaid carers are common here: 11%, more than in 88% of UK towns.
Adults with a degree-level qualification: 39%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
With 39% of its adults qualified to degree level, Crowfield compares with 34% across England’s towns; another 16% hold no qualification (18%).
The towns around Crowfield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crowfield | 375 | — | 55.8 | 28% | 18% |
| Debenham | 2,294 | 3.8 mi | 49.7 | 29% | 27% |
| Needham Market | 5,055 | 4.2 mi | 50 | 28% | 19% |
| Claydon | 3,140 | 4.7 mi | 48.8 | 27% | 26% |
| Great Blakenham | 2,188 | 4.8 mi | 31.9 | 8.7% | 35% |
| Stowupland | 2,019 | 5.6 mi | 47.6 | 28% | 24% |
| Mendlesham | 1,018 | 5.9 mi | 47 | 29% | 23% |
| Grundisburgh | 1,424 | 6.1 mi | 49 | 27% | 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 Crowfield’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 Crowfield’s residents
What is the population of Crowfield?
The 2021 Census counted 375 people in Crowfield’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Crowfield?
The median age was 55.8 at the 2021 Census. 6.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 28% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Crowfield?
99% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Suffolk’s towns. 3.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Crowfield?
29% said they had no religion and 66% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5.6% didn’t answer.
Is Crowfield good for families?
18% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Crowfield’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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