Photo: Geographer · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 91% of UK towns: half of Henley is over 51.4
The share of one-person households is 18%, against 30% across England’s towns. Henley counted 566 residents and 231 households at the 2021 Census. Households without a car or van: 9.5% of the total. 0.9% of households live in a flat or apartment, fewer than in 99% of UK towns.
Henley ranks below 84% of UK towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 8.6%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Across England’s towns, 18% of residents are 65 or over; in Henley, 27%. Against that, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s 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.
Fewer residents who moved in within the year than 98% of UK towns: 5.9%
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%.
Just over two fifths of Henley’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 18% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. The usual figure: just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns. Census figures put full-time students at 4.4% in the village.
Bigger households than 91% of UK towns: 2.5 people each on average
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.
2.2% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home (England’s towns: 4.3%). Households with dependent children: 26% of the total.
75% of households live in a detached house, a share 99% of UK towns don’t reach
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
6.1% of households live in a terraced house (England’s towns: 24%). The usual figure: 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
Residents whose main language is English: 99%, a higher share than 95% 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
3.5% of residents were born outside the UK, against 18% across England’s towns. As a reference point, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. The largest groups were born in EU countries (1.4%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.1%).
A larger share of residents who describe themselves as White British than 83% of UK towns: 96%
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 Henley · Suffolk’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Beyond White British, the biggest groups are Other White (2.3%), Mixed or multiple (1.2%) and Caribbean (0.5%). Compared with other places, residents who describe themselves as Christian are common here: 54%, more than in 75% of UK towns. Measured more widely, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. Residents with no religion make up 39%, against 37% across England’s towns.
More married adults and civil partners than 99% of UK towns: 62%
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
Heavy unpaid care, 50 hours a week or more, falls to 12 residents. Typically, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Henley has fewer adults who have never married than 98% of UK towns, at 23%. Across England’s towns, 8.7% of residents give unpaid care; locally, 10%.
A degree-level qualification for 38% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 38% of adults in Henley, 34% across England’s towns; 13% have no qualification, against 18%.
Nearby, 1 of 7 towns have older populations than Henley
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henley | 566 | — | 51.4 | 27% | 26% |
| Claydon | 3,140 | 1.8 mi | 48.8 | 27% | 26% |
| Great Blakenham | 2,188 | 2.5 mi | 31.9 | 8.7% | 35% |
| Bramford | 2,335 | 3.7 mi | 51.9 | 33% | 19% |
| Grundisburgh | 1,424 | 4.1 mi | 49 | 27% | 28% |
| Ipswich | 151,566 | 4.3 mi | 39 | 17% | 29% |
| Needham Market | 5,055 | 5 mi | 50 | 28% | 19% |
| Kesgrave | 14,947 | 5.5 mi | 44.1 | 20% | 33% |
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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 Henley’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 Henley’s residents
What is the population of Henley?
The 2021 Census counted 566 people in Henley’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Henley?
The median age was 51.4 at the 2021 Census. 8.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 27% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Henley?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Suffolk’s towns. 3.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Henley?
39% said they had no religion and 54% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 6% didn’t answer.
Is Henley good for families?
26% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Henley’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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