Photo: Adrian Cable · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 93% of UK towns: half of Easton is over 52.6
By its share of households without a car or van (3%), Easton is below 99% of UK towns. At the 2021 Census Easton was home to 387 people in 168 households. For Easton, the census puts shared households of unrelated adults at 1.2%. On households in flats, Easton sits lower than 96% of UK towns: 2.4%.
29% of residents are 65 or over, a share 87% of UK towns don’t reach
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Where just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns, Easton has 8.4%. Elsewhere, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
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.
5.8% of adults are full-time students, a share 81% of UK towns don’t reach
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%.
Easton sits close to the norm on residents who moved in within the year: 11%, about the same as across England’s towns. Measured more widely, 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.
Fewer one-person households than 97% of UK towns: 21%
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.
Households with dependent children: 23% here and 29% across England’s towns. As a reference point, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns.
A lower share of households in terraced houses than 98% of UK towns, at 4.9%
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
Here 62% of households live in a detached house, where the figure across England’s towns is 21%. Households in terraced houses make up 24% across England’s towns.
A higher share of residents whose main language is English than 60% of UK towns, at 98%
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
Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (3.4%) or in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.8%). Residents whose main language is English make up 90% across England’s towns. More residents born outside the UK than in 52% of UK towns: 6.5%.
A higher share of residents who describe themselves as White British than 83% of UK towns, at 96%
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: 96% of Easton · Suffolk’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns, against 42% in Easton. As a yardstick, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. After White British, the largest groups are Other White (2.1%), Mixed or multiple (1.3%) and African (0.3%). The village has more residents who describe themselves as Christian than 58% of UK towns, at 51%.
Married adults and civil partners make up 61% in Easton, more than in 99% 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
Unpaid carers are about as common here as across England’s towns, at 8.8%. The wider picture: 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Census figures put adults who have never married at 25% in Easton.
42% of adults have a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Easton’s adults: 42% with a degree-level qualification and 9.2% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
Of the 7 towns nearest Easton, 1 are older
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Easton | 387 | — | 52.6 | 29% | 23% |
| Wickham Market | 2,231 | 2 mi | 52 | 33% | 21% |
| Framlingham | 3,831 | 2.9 mi | 48.2 | 27% | 27% |
| Rendlesham | 3,185 | 4.7 mi | 40.6 | 17% | 35% |
| Melton | 1,608 | 4.9 mi | 50.3 | 26% | 21% |
| Woodbridge | 10,146 | 5.9 mi | 53.3 | 33% | 21% |
| Grundisburgh | 1,424 | 6.1 mi | 49 | 27% | 28% |
| Saxmundham | 4,778 | 6.7 mi | 43.2 | 23% | 27% |
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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 Easton’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 Easton’s residents
What is the population of Easton?
The 2021 Census counted 387 people in Easton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Easton?
The median age was 52.6 at the 2021 Census. 8.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 29% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Easton?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Suffolk’s towns. 6.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Easton?
42% said they had no religion and 51% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 5.7% didn’t answer.
Is Easton good for families?
23% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Easton’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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