Photo: Michael Garlick · CC BY-SA 2.0Below 99% of UK towns: 2.2% of households live in a terraced house
Across England’s towns, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British; in Great Green, 96%. In 2021, the Census found 654 residents locally, living in 275 households. 23% of households are one person living alone. Lower than in 94% of UK towns: 25% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership.
Half of Great Green is over 49.7, older than 83% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The share of residents aged 65 and over tops 83% of UK towns: 27%. Nearly one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24, a lower share than in 82% of UK towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Below 91% of UK towns: 3.7% of adults are full-time students
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%.
Managerial and professional jobs account for 36% of Great Green’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 20%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. 6.2% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, a lower share than in 95% of UK towns. For full-time students, the comparison across England’s towns is 7.9%.
1.5% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, below 93% 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.
At 2.4 people, the average household compares with 2.4 across England’s towns. Meanwhile, fewer households with dependent children than in 79% of UK towns: 24%. For comparison, 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns.
Below 92% of UK towns: 7.9% of households have no car or van
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
50% of households live in a detached house, against 21% across England’s towns. Households in flats account for 5.1%. Every 13th household or so has no car or van.
Residents whose main language is English make up 99% in Great Green, more than in 84% 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
Across England’s towns, 18% of residents were born outside the UK; in Great Green, 6%. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (2%) and in Africa (1.7%). The benchmark for residents whose main language is English across England’s towns: 90%.
54% of residents describe themselves as Christian, more than in 75% 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: 96% of Great Green · Suffolk’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Of the other groups, the largest are Other White (2.3%), Mixed or multiple (0.8%) and African (0.2%). As a reference point, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. At 41%, the share of residents with no religion is higher than in just over half of UK towns.
Great Green sits above 89% of UK towns for married adults and civil partners (55%)
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
16 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. Great Green has more unpaid carers than 69% of UK towns, at 10%. The benchmark for married adults and civil partners across England’s towns: 44%.
Degree level: the highest qualification of 32% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
18% of Great Green’s adults have no qualification (18% across England’s towns), and 32% have one at degree level (34%).
A younger town than 3 of the 7 around it: Great Green
Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.
Health, work and homes have their own pages
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 Green’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 Green’s residents
What is the population of Great Green?
The 2021 Census counted 654 people in Great Green’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Great Green?
The median age was 49.7 at the 2021 Census. 8.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 27% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Great Green?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Suffolk’s towns. 6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Great Green?
41% said they had no religion and 54% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 4.1% didn’t answer.
Is Great Green good for families?
24% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Great Green’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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