Photo: Bob Jones · CC BY-SA 2.0Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 97% of UK towns: 7.5%
The share of adults who have never married is 25%, against 39% across England’s towns. 695 residents in 290 households: that is Hintlesham at the 2021 Census. Here, 2.4% of households live in a flat or apartment. The village has fewer households in terraced houses than 93% of UK towns, at 7.9%.
Hintlesham is older than 86% of UK towns: a median age of 50.2
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 70–74: 8.5% of residents, 1.8 times the share across England’s towns. Locally, 26% of residents are 65 or over.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A lower share of full-time students than 92% of UK towns, at 3.7%
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%.
Against a figure of 11% across England’s towns, the share of residents who moved in within the year in Hintlesham comes in at 13%. Across England’s towns, full-time students come to 7.9%.
Only 25% of households are one person living alone in Hintlesham
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.
2.8% of households are unrelated adults living together, against 4.3% across England’s towns. At the same time, households with dependent children are rarer here than in just over three fifths of UK towns. For one-person households, the comparison across England’s towns is 30%. A household here holds 2.4 people on average.
In Hintlesham, 7.2% of households have no car or van, fewer than in 94% 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
In Hintlesham, 56% of households live in a detached house, beside 21% across England’s towns. Across the comparison, nearly a quarter of households have no car or van across England’s towns.
In Hintlesham, 4.2% of residents were born outside the UK, fewer than in 75% 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 whose main language is English make up 99%, against 90% across England’s towns. On average, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (2.5%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1%).
34% of residents said they have no religion, fewer than in 85% 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 Hintlesham · Suffolk’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
With residents who describe themselves as White British at 96%, Hintlesham is ahead of 83% of UK towns on that count. The benchmark for residents with no religion across England’s towns: 37%. In Hintlesham, 56% of residents describe themselves as Christian.
In Hintlesham, 57% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 93% of UK towns
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 14 residents. On unpaid carers, Hintlesham sits lower than 54% of UK towns: 9.2%. Across England’s towns, the share of married adults and civil partners is 44%.
Qualified to degree level: 33% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Hintlesham counts 33% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 13% have no qualification (18%).
Median age: 4 of the 7 towns around Hintlesham are older
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hintlesham | 695 | — | 50.2 | 26% | 26% |
| Elmsett | 1,001 | 2.9 mi | 54 | 32% | 23% |
| Capel St Mary | 2,992 | 2.9 mi | 50.7 | 31% | 25% |
| Hadleigh | 8,638 | 3.1 mi | 46.7 | 27% | 27% |
| Bramford | 2,335 | 3.6 mi | 51.9 | 33% | 19% |
| East Bergholt | 2,211 | 4.6 mi | 52.8 | 30% | 25% |
| Great Blakenham | 2,188 | 5.4 mi | 31.9 | 8.7% | 35% |
| Ipswich | 151,566 | 5.5 mi | 39 | 17% | 29% |
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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 Hintlesham’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 Hintlesham’s residents
What is the population of Hintlesham?
The 2021 Census counted 695 people in Hintlesham’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Hintlesham?
The median age was 50.2 at the 2021 Census. 7.5% of residents were 15 to 24 and 26% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Hintlesham?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Suffolk’s towns. 4.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Hintlesham?
34% said they had no religion and 56% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.6% were Muslim and 7.8% didn’t answer.
Is Hintlesham good for families?
26% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Hintlesham’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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