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801 people call this village in Suffolk, East of England home.
Fornham All Saints is below the 1,000 residents fair grades need, but every figure on this page is real. 8% of commuters get to work on foot, by bike or by public transport. Its listed buildings number 21, with 1 at Grade I. Over-65s are 32% of the population.
The 3 things Fornham All Saints does most differently from other towns.
Historic England lists them inside Fornham All Saints’ built-up area, along with 1 scheduled monument.
5% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Explore the history →Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Fornham All Saints. Best known first.
CathedralSt Edmundsbury Cathedral3.3 km outside town, to the southeast
Abbey or priory · English HeritageBury St Edmunds Abbey3.3 km outside town, to the southeast
MuseumMoyse's Hall Museum2.9 km outside town, to the south
Abbey or prioryAbbey Ruins3.3 km outside town, to the southeastAttractionAttraction · National TrustThe Ice House4.7 km outside town, to the southwestMuseumMuseumSuffolk Regiment Museum2.5 km outside town, to the southPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Fornham All Saints.
The middle age in Fornham All Saints is 50.7. People 65 and over make up nearly a third of the town. 5.5% of residents are 15 to 24, below Suffolk’s towns (10%) and England’s towns (12%) alike. Graduates make up 27% of adults.
45% women, 55% men
About 121 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Fornham All Saints | Suffolk | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 9.6% | 16% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 5.5% | 10% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 28% | 24% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 26% | 25% |
| 65+ | 32% | 23% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 20% | 20% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 7.2% | 6.5% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 17% | 17% | 17% |
| Degree level | 27% | 27% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Suffolk and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 28% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
In 2026, 3.4% of 16 to 64s were claiming unemployment benefits. Households had £59K a year before tax, near Suffolk’s towns (£57K) and higher than England’s towns (£55K). Fornham All Saints counts 14 jobs per working resident.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Just over half of households own their home, below Suffolk’s towns (64%) and England’s towns (61%) alike. Social housing holds 13% of households. The £365,000 median rests on 25 standard sales inside the built-up area (September 2023 to August 2026).
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £465,000 | 13 |
| Semi-detached | £317,000 | 10 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
Of all the crimes, 67% were violence and sexual offences. In the 12 months to August 2026, police logged 21 crimes and 5 reports of anti-social behaviour inside Fornham All Saints’s built-up area. Violent crime runs at 17.1 per 1,000 residents a year.
Not gradedAnti-social behaviour, shoplifting and other theft are shown but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident.
data.police.uk street-level crime · points inside the ONS built-up-area boundary · OGL · The police category of violence and sexual offences includes harassment and stalking.
One GP practice serves the town. Poor health, by residents’ own account, affects 4.5% of the town. The nearest A&E to Fornham All Saints is West Suffolk Hospital, 3 miles away.
| Census 2021 | Fornham All Saints | Suffolk | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 80% | 81% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 4.5% | 5% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 18% | 18% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · Because the census answers ignore age, a younger population lifts them; that is why the Health Grade is built on age-adjusted measures like life expectancy and early deaths.
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Fornham All Saints’s listed buildings include the Church of All Saints, Grade I. Scaled to its population, Fornham All Saints has 262 listed buildings per 10,000 people, above both Suffolk’s towns (89) and England’s towns (39). Homes built before 1919 account for 5% of the housing. The top grade, Grade I, goes to 1 of them.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fornham All Saints | 801 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Bury St Edmunds | 41,279 | 2 | C+ | B− | C− | B− |
| Great Barton | 1,848 | 3.4 | — | D | A+ | A |
| Thurston | 3,009 | 5.2 | B+ | B+ | C | A |
| Barrow | 1,961 | 5.2 | — | C | A | B+ |
| Ixworth | 2,296 | 6.2 | — | C | B | A− |
| Kentford | 1,124 | 8.4 | — | C− | B | A− |
| Red Lodge | 5,771 | 8.6 | C+ | B− | C | A− |
Great Barton, Barrow, Ixworth and Kentford have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
An older village. At the 2021 Census, 32% of residents were 65 or over and 24% were 45 to 64, against 18% and 25% across England’s towns; 9.6% were under 15.
That is 10.8 times the typical UK town for its size. Its Grade I building is Church of All Saints. It also has 1 scheduled monument.
Homes cost more than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £365,000, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: semi-detached houses £317,000 and detached houses £465,000. Private rents in the West Suffolk council area averaged £1,183 a month in August 2026.
Village in Suffolk, England
Fornham All Saints is a built-up area of 801 people, in the West Suffolk council area. TownRatings uses ONS’s 2022 built-up areas as towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a council district, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from ONS geography and Census 2021
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · HM Land Registry Price Paid (standard sales, September 2023 to August 2026) · ONS Price Index of Private Rents (August 2026, by council) · MHCLG and Welsh Government council tax, Band D 2026–27 (with parish precepts in England) · data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS small-area life expectancy and healthy life expectancy, 2019 to 2023 (England and Wales), OHID Fingertips small-area indicators (England) and Census 2021 health, adjusted for age · ONS small-area income estimates (financial year ending 2023) · DWP claimant count via Nomis (January to August 2026) · Historic England, National Heritage List for England (listed buildings, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, battlefields, World Heritage Sites), October 2026, inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary · Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties by build period (31 March 2025) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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