Photo: Geographer · CC BY-SA 2.0A smaller share of households with dependent children than 91% of UK towns: 21%
Here nearly one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24, where the figure across England’s towns is 12%. Haughley had 1,316 residents in 600 households at the 2021 Census. Households in terraced houses: 13% of the total. One-person households are more common here than in 85% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Haughley’s people
Many older residents
29% of residents were 65 or over in 2021, more than in 87% of UK towns; 19% of households are someone 66 or over living alone. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
More residents aged 65 and over than 87% of UK towns: 29%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 70–74, with 7.7% of residents, 1.6 times the share across England’s towns. Half of Haughley’s residents are over 48.8, older than in 79% of UK towns. For comparison, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 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.
Full-time students make up 3.1% in Haughley, less than in 98% 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%.
Across England’s towns, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier; in Haughley, 6.5%. For full-time students, the comparison across England’s towns is 7.9%.
2.2 people per household, fewer than in 76% 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.
Where 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns, Haughley has 2.5%.
Households in detached houses make up 40% in Haughley, more than in 76% of UK towns
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
Households in flats: 9.2% here and 23% across England’s towns. More households without a car or van than in 57% of UK towns: 17%. The wider picture: 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
More residents whose main language is English than 90% of UK towns: 99%
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 largest groups were born in EU countries (2.1%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.8%). Haughley has fewer residents born outside the UK than 80% of UK towns, at 3.8%.
Above 93% of UK towns: 97% of residents describe themselves as White British
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: 97% of Haughley · Suffolk’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The share of residents who describe themselves as Christian trails 54% of UK towns: 49%. Census figures put residents with no religion at 44% in Haughley. Typically, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns.
A larger share of unpaid carers than 88% of UK towns: 11%
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
Where 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns, Haughley has 50%. Census figures put adults who have never married at 29% locally. Across England’s towns, the share of unpaid carers is 8.7%.
Among adults, 27% hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
22% of Haughley’s adults have no qualification (18% across England’s towns), and 27% have one at degree level (34%).
3 in 7 nearby towns have a higher median age than Haughley
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haughley | 1,316 | — | 48.8 | 29% | 21% |
| Stowmarket | 21,537 | 2.5 mi | 40.2 | 19% | 29% |
| Stowupland | 2,019 | 2.5 mi | 47.6 | 28% | 24% |
| Elmswell | 4,446 | 2.7 mi | 43.2 | 23% | 27% |
| Woolpit | 1,838 | 3.3 mi | 52 | 31% | 21% |
| Bacton and Cotton | 1,567 | 3.7 mi | 53.9 | 31% | 19% |
| Mendlesham | 1,018 | 5.1 mi | 47 | 29% | 23% |
| Needham Market | 5,055 | 5.6 mi | 50 | 28% | 19% |
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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 Haughley’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 Haughley’s residents
What is the population of Haughley?
The 2021 Census counted 1,316 people in Haughley’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Haughley?
The median age was 48.8 at the 2021 Census. 8.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 29% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Haughley?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Suffolk’s towns. 3.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Haughley?
44% said they had no religion and 49% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 5.2% didn’t answer.
Is Haughley good for families?
21% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Haughley’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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