Photo: Keith Evans · CC BY-SA 2.0Younger than 99% of UK towns: half of Great Bricett is under 28.2
Compared with 24% across England’s towns, 2.5% of households have no car or van here. Great Bricett counted 1,518 residents and 399 households at the 2021 Census. On the census count, nearly two thirds of residents describe themselves as White British. At 3%, the share of households in flats is lower than in 93% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Great Bricett’s people
More born abroad than most towns
37% of residents were born outside the UK, against 11% across Suffolk’s towns and 18% across England’s towns. The largest groups were born in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (24%) and in the Middle East and Asia (6.6%). Where people were born ↓
A village of families
40% of Great Bricett’s 399 households had dependent children in 2021, more than in 98% of UK towns. 16% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Younger than most towns
Half of Great Bricett’s residents are under 28.2 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 21% are 15 to 24 and 8.8% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
A village people move to
28% of residents gave a different address a year before the 2021 Census, 2.6 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).
Residents aged 65 and over: 8.8%, a lower share than 98% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 25–29 than any other five-year age: 20% of residents, 3 times the share across England’s towns. As a yardstick, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. For Great Bricett, the census puts residents aged 15 to 24 at 21%. In Halesworth, the oldest of Suffolk’s towns by this measure, it is 35%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
37% women, 63% men
About 58 women for every 100 men. Across England, 51% of residents are women. A large institution, such as a prison, barracks, boarding school, university or care home, can tilt a town’s split: the census counts the people living there as residents.
In Great Bricett, 1.7% of adults are full-time students, fewer than in 99% 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%.
By class, 37% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 19% in routine and semi-routine work (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). As a yardstick, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. Across Great Bricett, 28% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
More family households than 98% of UK towns: 40% in Great Bricett
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.
Households average 2.5 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. Against that, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns. One-person households account for 18%.
A lower share of households in terraced houses than 82% of UK towns, at 12%
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
The share of households in detached houses stands at 29%. As a reference point, 24% of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns.
37% born outside the UK, more than in 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 45%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (24%) and in the Middle East and Asia (6.6%). As a reference point, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Residents whose main language is English are rarer here than in 92% of UK towns. Where just over a fifth of those born abroad across England’s towns arrived in 2017 or later, here the share is 66%.
45% of residents describe themselves as Christian, fewer than in 79% 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: 65% of Great Bricett · Suffolk’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Behind White British, the largest groups are Other White (9.3%), Mixed or multiple (4.6%) and African (3.3%). Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 46% across England’s towns, for comparison. Across England’s towns, the share of residents with no religion is 37%; Great Bricett has 41%.
Only 4.3% of residents give unpaid care in Great Bricett
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
Adults who have never married: 46% here and 39% across England’s towns. Measured more widely, 8.7% of residents give unpaid care across England’s towns. Unpaid carers giving 50 hours or more a week: 22. 45% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, a lower share than in 68% of UK towns.
Degree-level qualifications: held by 30% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Great Bricett, 30% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 21% have no qualification at all (18%).
Every nearby town is older than Great Bricett
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great Bricett | 1,518 | — | 28.2 | 8.8% | 40% |
| Bildeston | 1,096 | 2.8 mi | 50.1 | 24% | 24% |
| Elmsett | 1,001 | 3.1 mi | 54 | 32% | 23% |
| Needham Market | 5,055 | 4.1 mi | 50 | 28% | 19% |
| Stowmarket | 21,537 | 4.6 mi | 40.2 | 19% | 29% |
| Hadleigh | 8,638 | 5.2 mi | 46.7 | 27% | 27% |
| Great Blakenham | 2,188 | 5.4 mi | 31.9 | 8.7% | 35% |
| Stowupland | 2,019 | 5.7 mi | 47.6 | 28% | 24% |
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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 Great Bricett’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 Great Bricett’s residents
What is the population of Great Bricett?
The 2021 Census counted 1,518 people in Great Bricett’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Great Bricett?
The median age was 28.2 at the 2021 Census. 21% of residents were 15 to 24 and 8.8% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Great Bricett?
65% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Suffolk’s towns. 37% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Great Bricett?
41% said they had no religion and 45% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1% were Muslim and 5.7% didn’t answer.
Is Great Bricett good for families?
40% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Great Bricett’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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