Photo: Geographer · CC BY-SA 2.0Hinderclay is older than 93% of UK towns: a median age of 52.6
Set against 24% across England’s towns, 3.2% of households live in a terraced house in Hinderclay. The village is home to 332 residents in 124 households, by the 2021 Census. Households in detached houses: nearly two thirds of the total. Few places have as many married adults and civil partners: 62% here, more than in 99% of UK towns.
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 78% of UK towns: 26%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
With residents aged 15 to 24 at 9%, Hinderclay is behind 73% of UK towns on that count. Across the comparison, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
7.3% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, below 80% 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%.
Full-time students: 5% here and 7.9% across England’s towns. Residents who moved in within the year: 11% across England’s towns, for comparison.
19% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 99% 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.
Across England’s towns, households average 2.4 people; in Hinderclay, 2.6. For comparison, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. The census found that a quarter of households have dependent children locally. On shared households of unrelated adults, Hinderclay sits higher than just over four fifths of UK towns: 3.2%.
Only 5.6% of households have no car or van in Hinderclay
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 are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns. The comparison figure for households without a car or van is 24% across England’s towns.
In Hinderclay, 96% of residents have English as their main language, fewer than in 70% 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
Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (4.2%), then in the Middle East and Asia (1.2%). Hinderclay has more residents born outside the UK than 53% of UK towns, at 6.6%. Elsewhere, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
A higher share of residents who describe themselves as Christian than 94% of UK towns, at 60%
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: 87% of Hinderclay · Suffolk’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
By its share of residents with no religion (36%), Hinderclay is below 80% of UK towns. The wider picture: 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Census figures put residents who describe themselves as White British at 87% locally.
Fewer adults who have never married than 98% of UK towns: 22%
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
10% of residents give unpaid care, against 8.7% across England’s towns. Measured more widely, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. The number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 13.
26% of adults have qualifications at degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 34% across England’s towns, 26% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 19% hold no qualification (18%).
Hinderclay is older than every town around it
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hinderclay | 332 | — | 52.6 | 26% | 25% |
| Rickinghall and Botesdale | 1,842 | 1.5 mi | 52.6 | 31% | 21% |
| Walsham le Willows | 1,258 | 3.8 mi | 49 | 25% | 25% |
| Stanton | 2,316 | 4.2 mi | 44.3 | 22% | 28% |
| Gislingham | 1,172 | 4.5 mi | 50.3 | 24% | 25% |
| Roydon (South Norfolk) | 1,117 | 5.2 mi | 52.1 | 27% | 23% |
| East Harling | 2,490 | 6 mi | 49.4 | 29% | 25% |
| Diss | 9,599 | 6.2 mi | 46.3 | 26% | 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 Hinderclay’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 Hinderclay’s residents
What is the population of Hinderclay?
The 2021 Census counted 332 people in Hinderclay’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Hinderclay?
The median age was 52.6 at the 2021 Census. 9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 26% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Hinderclay?
87% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Suffolk’s towns. 6.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Hinderclay?
36% said they had no religion and 60% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 4.6% didn’t answer.
Is Hinderclay good for families?
25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Hinderclay’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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