Photo: Adrian Cable · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 92% of UK towns: half of Fressingfield is over 52.2
29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns, against 21% in Fressingfield. In 2021, the Census found 535 residents locally, living in 251 households. On the census count, 2.4% of households live in a flat or apartment. The village has fewer households without a car or van than 87% of UK towns, at 9.1%.
A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 92% of UK towns, at 8.1%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The share of residents aged 65 and over is 29%, against 18% across England’s towns. Typically, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. The biggest five-year age group is 50–54, with nearly one in ten residents.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Fressingfield sits below 99% of UK towns for full-time students (2.7%)
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, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier; in Fressingfield, 9.7%. On average, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Shared households of unrelated adults: 1.2%, a lower share than 98% 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.
31% of households are one person living alone (England’s towns: 30%). The share of shared households of unrelated adults across England’s towns is 4.3%. A household here holds 2.1 people on average.
Above 71% of UK towns: 37% of households live in a detached house
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
16% of households live in a terraced house, against 24% across England’s towns. Across the comparison, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
2.3% of residents were born outside the UK, below 98% 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 two biggest birthplaces abroad are in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (0.9%) and in EU countries (0.6%). Typically, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. At 100%, the share of residents whose main language is English is higher than in 99% of UK towns.
96% of residents describe themselves as White British, a share 84% of UK towns don’t reach
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 Fressingfield · Suffolk’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The groups that follow White British are Other White (1.9%), Mixed or multiple (1.7%) and African (0.4%). As a yardstick, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. 54% of residents describe themselves as Christian, more than in 78% of UK towns. Where 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns, Fressingfield has 40%.
Adults who have never married: 27%, a lower share than 85% 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
The share of married adults and civil partners is 51%, against 44% across England’s towns. Across the comparison, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Unpaid carers giving 50 hours or more a week: 16. More unpaid carers than in 63% of UK towns: 9.8%.
Degree-level qualifications reach 25% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Fressingfield counts 25% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 20% have no qualification (18%).
Nearby, 5 of 7 towns have older populations than Fressingfield
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fressingfield | 535 | — | 52.2 | 29% | 21% |
| Stradbroke | 1,190 | 2.7 mi | 54.5 | 35% | 20% |
| Harleston | 5,077 | 3.8 mi | 47.6 | 29% | 24% |
| Laxfield | 1,004 | 3.8 mi | 52.3 | 28% | 19% |
| Dickleburgh | 1,166 | 6.4 mi | 41.8 | 19% | 33% |
| Scole | 1,037 | 6.9 mi | 52.8 | 30% | 20% |
| Eye | 2,211 | 7.4 mi | 52.4 | 33% | 21% |
| Halesworth | 4,924 | 8 mi | 54 | 35% | 18% |
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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 Fressingfield’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 Fressingfield’s residents
What is the population of Fressingfield?
The 2021 Census counted 535 people in Fressingfield’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Fressingfield?
The median age was 52.2 at the 2021 Census. 8.1% of residents were 15 to 24 and 29% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Fressingfield?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Suffolk’s towns. 2.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Fressingfield?
40% said they had no religion and 54% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 3.7% didn’t answer.
Is Fressingfield good for families?
21% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Fressingfield’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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