Photo: Geographer · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Finningham is over 54.4, older than 96% of UK towns
0.5% of households live in a flat or apartment, against 23% across England’s towns. The census found that 22% of households are one person living alone in Finningham. Adults who have never married are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns. The village is home to 493 residents in 203 households, by the 2021 Census.
31% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 92% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Here 7.9% of residents are aged 15 to 24, where the figure across England’s towns is 12%. Elsewhere, 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 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.
Finningham ranks below 79% of UK towns on residents who moved in within the year: 7.4%
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%.
Across England’s towns, a third of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine or semi-routine work; Finningham has 38% and 16%. For Finningham, the census puts full-time students at 4.9%. The wider picture: 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
Only 25% of households in Finningham have dependent children
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 2.4 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. Measured more widely, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns. Across Finningham, 5.9% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
In Finningham, 2.9% of households have no car or van, fewer than in 99% 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
Households in detached houses: 75% here and 21% across England’s towns. Locally, 2.5% of households live in a terraced house. For comparison, nearly a quarter of households have no car or van across England’s towns.
Residents whose main language is English make up 100% in Finningham, more than in 99% 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
The largest groups were born in EU countries (2.2%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.6%). Across England’s towns, 90% of residents have English as their main language. 5.1% of residents were born outside the UK, a lower share than in 63% of UK towns.
95% of residents describe themselves as White British, more than in 76% 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: 95% of Finningham · Suffolk’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Nothing unusual on residents with no religion: 37%, close to the figure across England’s towns. For comparison, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 53% of the total.
A larger share of unpaid carers than 99% of UK towns: 13%
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
For 21 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week. The benchmark for unpaid carers across England’s towns: 8.7%. On married adults and civil partners, Finningham sits higher than 98% of UK towns: 60%.
Qualified to degree level: 33% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 33% of adults in Finningham (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 19% (England’s towns: 18%).
Every neighbour of Finningham 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finningham | 493 | — | 54.4 | 31% | 25% |
| Bacton and Cotton | 1,567 | 1.4 mi | 53.9 | 31% | 19% |
| Gislingham | 1,172 | 1.5 mi | 50.3 | 24% | 25% |
| Mendlesham | 1,018 | 3.3 mi | 47 | 29% | 23% |
| Walsham le Willows | 1,258 | 3.8 mi | 49 | 25% | 25% |
| Rickinghall and Botesdale | 1,842 | 4 mi | 52.6 | 31% | 21% |
| Haughley | 1,316 | 5.1 mi | 48.8 | 29% | 21% |
| Elmswell | 4,446 | 5.7 mi | 43.2 | 23% | 27% |
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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 Finningham’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 Finningham’s residents
What is the population of Finningham?
The 2021 Census counted 493 people in Finningham’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Finningham?
The median age was 54.4 at the 2021 Census. 7.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 31% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Finningham?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Suffolk’s towns. 5.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Finningham?
37% said they had no religion and 53% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 8.3% didn’t answer.
Is Finningham good for families?
25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Finningham’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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