Photo: Des Blenkinsopp · CC BY-SA 2.0A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 82% of UK towns: 27%
The share of households in detached houses tops 83% of UK towns: 44%. Framlingham had 3,831 residents and 1,716 households at the 2021 Census, with a median age of 48.2 (older than 75% of UK towns). The census found that 1.6% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home locally. A third of households are one person living alone, a higher share than in 74% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Framlingham’s people
A town people move to
15% of residents gave a different address a year before the 2021 Census, 1.4 times the share across England’s towns. Students & newcomers ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Framlingham is older than 75% of UK towns: a median age of 48.2
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 tops nearly three quarters of UK towns: 11%. No age band is larger than 55–59: 7.1% of residents.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Framlingham, 48.2. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 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.
Residents who moved in within the year make up 15% in Framlingham, more than in 96% 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%.
Full-time students: 5.4% here and 7.9% across England’s towns. For comparison, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Framlingham households average 2.2 people, smaller than in 74% of UK towns
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.
Census figures put households with dependent children at 27% in Framlingham.
Fewer car-free households than 73% of UK towns: 11%
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
8.5% of households live in a flat or apartment; across England’s towns the figure is 23%. Elsewhere, 24% of households have no car or van across England’s towns. Across Framlingham, 18% of households live in a terraced house.
98% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 68% 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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Across England’s towns, just over a fifth of those born abroad arrived in 2017 or later; here, 15%. For comparison, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (2.5%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.4%). Few places have so few residents born outside the UK: 6.1% here, fewer than in 53% of UK towns.
A larger share of residents who describe themselves as White British than 64% of UK towns: 94%
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: 94% of Framlingham · Suffolk’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Where 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns, Framlingham has 42%. The usual figure: 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. Here, 51% of residents describe themselves as Christian.
Only 31% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership in Framlingham
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
Nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care, about the same as across England’s towns. Adults who have never married make up 39% across England’s towns. The census found that 48% of adults are married or in a civil partnership in Framlingham.
36% of adults have a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Framlingham, 36% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 16% have no qualification at all (18%).
Ranked by age, 203rd oldest of 530 UK towns this size
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
The youngest is Bailrigg (18.9) and the oldest Milford on Sea (64.6). Nearest to Framlingham in age: Newbold Verdon (48.2), Highley (48.2), Cuxton (48.2) and Sturminster Newton (48.2).
5 of the 7 nearest towns are older than Framlingham
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Framlingham | 3,831 | — | 48.2 | 27% | 27% |
| Wickham Market | 2,231 | 4.7 mi | 52 | 33% | 21% |
| Laxfield | 1,004 | 5.6 mi | 52.3 | 28% | 19% |
| Saxmundham | 4,778 | 6 mi | 43.2 | 23% | 27% |
| Debenham | 2,294 | 7 mi | 49.7 | 29% | 27% |
| Rendlesham | 3,185 | 7.1 mi | 40.6 | 17% | 35% |
| Stradbroke | 1,190 | 7.3 mi | 54.5 | 35% | 20% |
| Melton | 1,608 | 7.8 mi | 50.3 | 26% | 21% |
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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 Framlingham’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 Framlingham’s residents
What is the population of Framlingham?
The 2021 Census counted 3,831 people in Framlingham’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Framlingham?
The median age was 48.2 at the 2021 Census, older than 75% of UK towns. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 27% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Framlingham?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Suffolk’s towns. 6.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Framlingham?
42% said they had no religion and 51% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 6.7% didn’t answer.
Is Framlingham good for families?
27% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Framlingham’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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