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52.9Median age

Who lives here · ONS Census 2021

Older than 94% of UK towns: half of Felsham is over 52.9

23% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, against 39% across England’s towns. At the 2021 Census Felsham was home to 472 people in 202 households. Households in terraced houses account for 7.6%. The village has more households in detached houses than 93% of UK towns, at 54%.

29%aged 65 or over 5.7%born abroad 202households

Ages

29% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 87% of UK towns

Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.

FelshamEngland’s towns

0–410–1420–2430–3440–4450–5460–6470–7480–84

The largest age band is 70–74: 9.8% of residents, 2 times the share across England’s towns. Across the comparison, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. Residents aged 15 to 24: nearly a tenth of the total.

Broad ages · share of residents

Under 1515%

15 to 248.9%

25 to 4416%

45 to 6432%

65 and over29%

FelshamSuffolk’s townsEngland’s towns

Women and men · all residents

49% women, 51% men

Felsham

England

WomenMen

About 104 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.

Students & newcomers

In Felsham, 3.6% of adults are full-time students, fewer 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

Full-time students3.6%

Higher managerial and professional15%

Lower managerial and professional22%

Intermediate11%

Small employers and self-employed19%

Supervisory and technical4.6%

Semi-routine7.7%

Routine10%

Never worked or long-term unemployed6.9%

FelshamSuffolk’s townsEngland’s towns

Address a year before the Census

Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.

Felsham

England’s towns

11%

Moved within the UKTerm-time addressMoved from abroad

Moved in within a year

residents, 8.1%; England’s towns 11%

Of them from abroad

0.2× England’s share

Across England’s towns, the share of residents who moved in within the year is 11%; Felsham has 8.1%. For comparison, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.

Households

A smaller share of households with dependent children than 84% of UK towns: 23%

Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.

Living alone, 66+ 19%Living alone, under 66 7.9%Families with dependent children 23%Couples and families, no young children 48%Shared houses and other 2.5%

Against Suffolk’s towns and England’s towns

Felsham

Suffolk’s towns

England’s towns

People per household

1 person27%

2 people39%

3 people15%

4 people14%

5 or more4.5%

England’s towns.

By its share of shared households of unrelated adults (2.5%), Felsham is above 57% of UK towns. In Felsham, 27% of households are one person living alone. For comparison, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns.

Homes & cars

Felsham ranks below 97% of UK towns on households without a car or van: 5.9%

Accommodation type and cars or vans per household, Census 2021. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.

Type of home

Felsham

Suffolk’s towns

England’s towns

DetachedSemi-detachedTerracedFlat or maisonetteCaravan or other

Cars or vans · share of households

No car or van5.9%

One27%

Two41%

Three or more26%

FelshamSuffolk’s townsEngland’s towns

4% of households live in a flat or apartment; across England’s towns the figure is 23%. As a yardstick, 24% of households have no car or van across England’s towns.

Where people were born

99% of residents have English as their main language, a share 91% of UK towns don’t reach

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%

Felsham

5.7%

Suffolk’s towns

11%

England’s towns

18%

EU countriesRest of EuropeMiddle East and AsiaAfricaAmericas, Oceania, other

Main language · residents aged 3 and over

English is main language99%

Another main language, speaks English very well or well0.9%

Another main language, little or no English0%

FelshamSuffolk’s townsEngland’s towns

Born outside the UK: 5.7% of residents, against 18% across England’s towns. By way of comparison, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in Africa (1.7%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.5%).

Ethnicity & religion

Felsham sits above 89% of UK towns for residents who describe themselves as White British (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

FelshamSuffolk’s townsEngland’s towns

Other White3.2%

Asian0.4%

Mixed0.2%

Black0%

Other0%

0%6%12%

White British, not charted: 96% of Felsham · Suffolk’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.

Religion · all residents

FelshamSuffolk’s townsEngland’s towns

No religion36%

Christian57%

Muslim0.2%

Hindu, Sikh, Jewish, Buddhist0.4%

Other religion0%

Didn’t answer5.8%

0%35%70%

Next after White British come Other White (3.2%), Pakistani (0.2%) and Mixed or multiple (0.2%). Across the comparison, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. Felsham has more residents who describe themselves as Christian than 88% of UK towns, at 57%. Residents with no religion: 36% here and 37% across England’s towns.

Relationships & caring

In Felsham, 57% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 93% 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

Never married or in a civil partnership23%

Married or civil partnership57%

Separated1.8%

Divorced13%

Widowed5.3%

FelshamSuffolk’s townsEngland’s towns

47residents give unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age: 10%, against 8.7% in England’s towns

Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over

Up to 19 hours a week4.9%

20 to 49 hours2.2%

50 hours or more3.3%

Against a figure of 8.7% across England’s towns, the share of unpaid carers in Felsham comes in at 10%. Typically, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. The number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 15.

Qualifications

Degree-level qualifications reach 38% of adults

Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.

Highest qualification · residents 16 and over

No qualifications17%

Apprenticeship5.3%

A levels or similar12%

Degree level38%

FelshamSuffolk’s townsEngland’s towns

In Felsham, 38% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 17% have no qualification at all (18%).

Neighbours

Around Felsham, 1 of 7 towns have a higher median age

Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.

WoolpitElmswellLavenhamThurstonBildestonHaughleyStowmarketFelsham

under 3838–4444–5050–5656+

Town	People	Away	Median age	65+	Homes with children
Felsham	472	—	52.9	29%	23%
Woolpit	1,838	3.8 mi	52	31%	21%
Elmswell	4,446	5.1 mi	43.2	23%	27%
Lavenham	1,224	5.2 mi	61.6	42%	11%
Thurston	3,009	5.3 mi	49.1	27%	25%
Bildeston	1,096	5.5 mi	50.1	24%	24%
Haughley	1,316	6.1 mi	48.8	29%	21%
Stowmarket	21,537	6.5 mi	40.2	19%	29%

More about Felsham’s residents

Health, work and homes have their own pages

HealthLife expectancy, early deaths and Census health, adjusted for age Work & commuteIncome, the claimant count, jobs and how people get to work Cost of livingOwners and renters, prices, rents and council tax SchoolsEvery primary and secondary, with results and inspections

How to read these numbers

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 Felsham’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 Felsham’s residents

What is the population of Felsham?

The 2021 Census counted 472 people in Felsham’s built-up area.

What is the average age in Felsham?

The median age was 52.9 at the 2021 Census. 8.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 29% were 65 or over.

How diverse is Felsham?

96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Suffolk’s towns. 5.7% were born outside the UK.

What religion are people in Felsham?

36% said they had no religion and 57% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 5.8% didn’t answer.

Is Felsham good for families?

23% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Felsham’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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