Photo: Adrian S Pye · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 56.1: Heckfield Green is older than 97% of UK towns
21% of households have dependent children; across England’s towns the figure is 29%. Locally, 52% of households live in a detached house. Fewer adults who have never married than in 83% of UK towns: 27%. At the 2021 Census, 585 people lived in Heckfield Green, in 253 households.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 95% of UK towns, at 33%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 60–64 than any other five-year age: 10% of residents, 1.8 times the share across England’s towns. Measured more widely, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. Locally, one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24.
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.
Above 84% of UK towns: 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier
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%.
In Heckfield Green, just over a third of adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 19% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. For Heckfield Green, the census puts full-time students at 4.8%.
Heckfield Green households average 2.2 people, smaller 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.
With one-person households at 28%, Heckfield Green is behind 63% of UK towns on that count. The census found that 2.4% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home in the village.
Below 89% of UK towns: 9.8% of households live in a terraced 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
The share of households without a car or van trails three quarters of UK towns: 11%. For households in terraced houses, the comparison across England’s towns is 24%. Across Heckfield Green, 6.7% of households live in a flat or apartment.
Residents born outside the UK make up 4.3% in Heckfield Green, less than in 74% 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, the share of residents whose main language is English is 90%; Heckfield Green has 99%. By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in Africa (1.4%) and in EU countries (1%). The share of residents born outside the UK across England’s towns is 18%.
More residents with no religion than 83% of UK towns: 47%
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 Heckfield Green · Suffolk’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Christians make up 48% of residents, against 46% across England’s towns. Locally, 94% of residents describe themselves as White British. Against that, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns.
A lower share of unpaid carers than 98% of UK towns, at 6.4%
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
In Heckfield Green, 50% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, beside 44% across England’s towns. The usual figure: 8.7% of residents give unpaid care across England’s towns.
Adults with a degree-level qualification: 32%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 34% across England’s towns, 32% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 16% hold no qualification (18%).
No nearby town is as old as Heckfield Green
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heckfield Green | 585 | — | 56.1 | 33% | 21% |
| Eye | 2,211 | 2.9 mi | 52.4 | 33% | 21% |
| Stradbroke | 1,190 | 3 mi | 54.5 | 35% | 20% |
| Scole | 1,037 | 3.1 mi | 52.8 | 30% | 20% |
| Dickleburgh | 1,166 | 4.2 mi | 41.8 | 19% | 33% |
| Diss | 9,599 | 4.9 mi | 46.3 | 26% | 23% |
| Harleston | 5,077 | 5.7 mi | 47.6 | 29% | 24% |
| Roydon (South Norfolk) | 1,117 | 6.1 mi | 52.1 | 27% | 23% |
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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 Heckfield 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 Heckfield Green’s residents
What is the population of Heckfield Green?
The 2021 Census counted 585 people in Heckfield Green’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Heckfield Green?
The median age was 56.1 at the 2021 Census. 9.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 33% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Heckfield Green?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Suffolk’s towns. 4.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Heckfield Green?
47% said they had no religion and 48% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 3.9% didn’t answer.
Is Heckfield Green good for families?
21% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Heckfield 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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