Photo: Stuart Shepherd · CC BY-SA 2.0More households in detached houses than 99% of UK towns: 71%
By its share of residents aged 15 to 24 (19%), Culford is above 98% of UK towns. Census figures put households in terraced houses at 4.5% here. Married adults and civil partners are more common here than in 95% of UK towns. At the 2021 Census, 559 people lived here, in 177 households.
24% of Culford is 65 or over, a higher share than 64% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 15–19: 15% of residents, 2.7 times the share across England’s towns. The median age in Culford is 45.7, higher than in 59% of UK towns. As a yardstick, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 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.
In Culford, 15% of adults are full-time students, more than in 98% 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%.
Residents who moved in within the year make up 16%, against 11% across England’s towns. Against that, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Only 24% of households are one person living alone in Culford
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.
At 2.5 people, the average household compares with 2.4 across England’s towns. Higher than in 85% of UK towns: 3.4% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home. As a reference point, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. On the census count, 28% of households have dependent children.
Few flats: only 1.7% of households in Culford live in one
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
With households without a car or van at 9.1%, Culford is behind 87% of UK towns on that count. On average, 23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
Above 81% of UK towns: 12% of residents were born outside the UK
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
The share of residents whose main language is English trails 58% of UK towns: 97%. By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (5.4%) and in the Middle East and Asia (3.6%). Measured more widely, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns.
Culford: 57% of residents describe themselves as Christian, above 87% 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: 90% of Culford · Suffolk’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
After White British, the most common groups are Other White (3.6%), Mixed or multiple (2%) and Chinese (1.3%). Across England’s towns, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian. Culford has fewer residents who describe themselves as White British than 64% of UK towns, at 90%. At 37%, the share of residents with no religion is in line with the figure across England’s towns.
Adults who have never married: 28%, a lower share than 80% of UK towns
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
14 residents care, unpaid, for at least 50 hours a week. On unpaid carers, Culford sits higher than 77% of UK towns: 10%. As a reference point, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
37% of adults have a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Culford’s adults: 37% with a degree-level qualification and 17% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns. 16% have A levels as their highest qualification, many of them still studying for a degree.
Culford sits below 3 of its 7 closest neighbours on 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Culford | 559 | — | 45.7 | 24% | 28% |
| Bury St Edmunds | 41,279 | 3.8 mi | 43.2 | 22% | 23% |
| Great Barton | 1,848 | 4.1 mi | 54.2 | 35% | 23% |
| Barrow | 1,961 | 6 mi | 45.3 | 25% | 27% |
| Thurston | 3,009 | 6.1 mi | 49.1 | 27% | 25% |
| Ixworth | 2,296 | 6.1 mi | 49.7 | 27% | 26% |
| Red Lodge | 5,771 | 8.1 mi | 30.9 | 6.1% | 38% |
| Thetford | 25,502 | 8.2 mi | 38.5 | 16% | 31% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- The Census was taken in a lockdown, in term time. 21 March 2021 fell in term time, and students were asked to give their term-time address, so most were counted where they study. Some may have been living with family that day.
- “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 Culford’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 Culford’s residents
What is the population of Culford?
The 2021 Census counted 559 people in Culford’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Culford?
The median age was 45.7 at the 2021 Census. 19% of residents were 15 to 24 and 24% were 65 or over.
Is Culford a student village?
Yes: 15% of adults were full-time students at the 2021 Census (66 people), against 7.9% across England’s towns.
How diverse is Culford?
90% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Suffolk’s towns. 12% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Culford?
37% said they had no religion and 57% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.4% were Muslim and 5.2% didn’t answer.
Is Culford good for families?
28% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Culford’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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