Photo: Helen Steed · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Drinkstone Green is over 56.4, older than 98% of UK towns
In Drinkstone Green, 73% of households live in a detached house, beside 21% across England’s towns. The 2021 Census counted 587 residents in 254 households. The share of one-person households stands at 22%. The village has fewer adults who have never married than 99% of UK towns, at 19%.
Drinkstone Green: 33% of residents are 65 or over, above 95% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
55–59 is the most common age band: 12% of residents, 1.8 times the share across England’s towns. Measured more widely, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. The census found that nearly one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24 in Drinkstone Green.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Residents who moved in within the year make up 8.2% in Drinkstone Green, less than in 61% 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 Drinkstone Green, 45% of adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 16% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Full-time students account for 4.7%. For comparison, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
Drinkstone Green ranks below 94% of UK towns on households with dependent children: 20%
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.
In Drinkstone Green the average household is 2.3 people, beside 2.4 across England’s towns. Measured more widely, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns. The census found that 3.2% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home in the village.
5.1% of households live in a terraced house, fewer than in 98% 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
24% of households have no car or van across England’s towns, against 5.9% in Drinkstone Green. On the census count, 2% of households live in a flat or apartment.
Residents whose main language is English: 99%, a higher share than 80% 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
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (2.6%) and in EU countries (2.4%). As a yardstick, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 18% of residents were born outside the UK; in Drinkstone Green, 6.3%.
Drinkstone Green sits above 93% of UK towns for residents who describe themselves as Christian (59%)
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: 95% of Drinkstone Green · Suffolk’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The next-largest groups, after White British, are Other White (3.1%), Mixed or multiple (1.2%) and Indian (0.7%). The comparison figure for residents who describe themselves as Christian is 46% across England’s towns. Residents with no religion are rarer here than in 85% of UK towns. Where 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns, Drinkstone Green has 95%.
More married adults and civil partners than 99% of UK towns: 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
Heavy unpaid care, 50 hours a week or more, falls to 16 residents. Elsewhere, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. At 10%, the share of unpaid carers is higher than in 71% of UK towns.
Adults qualified to degree level or above: 42%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 42% of adults in Drinkstone Green (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 12% (England’s towns: 18%).
Every neighbour of Drinkstone Green has a younger population
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drinkstone Green | 587 | — | 56.4 | 33% | 20% |
| Woolpit | 1,838 | 1.6 mi | 52 | 31% | 21% |
| Elmswell | 4,446 | 3 mi | 43.2 | 23% | 27% |
| Thurston | 3,009 | 4 mi | 49.1 | 27% | 25% |
| Haughley | 1,316 | 4.5 mi | 48.8 | 29% | 21% |
| Stowmarket | 21,537 | 5.7 mi | 40.2 | 19% | 29% |
| Great Barton | 1,848 | 5.9 mi | 54.2 | 35% | 23% |
| Stowupland | 2,019 | 6.5 mi | 47.6 | 28% | 24% |
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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 Drinkstone Green’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 Drinkstone Green’s residents
What is the population of Drinkstone Green?
The 2021 Census counted 587 people in Drinkstone Green’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Drinkstone Green?
The median age was 56.4 at the 2021 Census. 8.5% of residents were 15 to 24 and 33% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Drinkstone Green?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Suffolk’s towns. 6.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Drinkstone Green?
34% said they had no religion and 59% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6% didn’t answer.
Is Drinkstone Green good for families?
20% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Drinkstone Green’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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