Photo: Keith Evans · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 98% of UK towns: half of Hollesley is over 57.5
In Hollesley, 1.9% of households live in a flat or apartment, beside 23% across England’s towns. Across Hollesley, 1.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home. At 19%, the share of households with dependent children is lower than in 96% of UK towns. Its 314 households held 697 residents at the 2021 Census.
37% of Hollesley is 65 or over, a higher share than 98% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Set against 12% across England’s towns, 7% of residents are aged 15 to 24 in Hollesley. To put it in context, 18% of residents are 65 or over 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.
Below 96% of UK towns: 3.3% of adults are full-time students
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%.
By class, 30% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 21% in routine and semi-routine work (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). Full-time students make up 7.9% across England’s towns. 10% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
2.1 people per household, fewer than in 90% 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.
By its share of one-person households (28%), Hollesley is below 64% of UK towns.
Hollesley: 60% of households live in a detached house, above 96% 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 without a car or van make up 9.1%, against 24% across England’s towns. The usual figure: 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns. The census found that just over one in ten households live in a terraced house in Hollesley.
Hollesley sits below 81% of UK towns for residents born outside the UK (3.7%)
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 (2.9%), then in the Middle East and Asia (0.4%). The wider picture: 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Hollesley has more residents whose main language is English than 77% of UK towns, at 99%.
Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 59%, a higher share than 92% 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 Hollesley · Suffolk’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
After White British, the largest groups are Other White (3.3%), Mixed or multiple (0.6%) and Chinese (0.3%). More residents who describe themselves as White British than in 86% of UK towns: 96%. Elsewhere, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Residents with no religion: 35% here and 37% across England’s towns.
22% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, below 98% 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
55% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, against 44% across England’s towns. The benchmark for adults who have never married across England’s towns: 39%. Locally, 7.9% of residents give unpaid care.
Among adults, 26% hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
26% of Hollesley’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 21% have none (18%).
Hollesley 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hollesley | 697 | — | 57.5 | 37% | 19% |
| Sutton Common | 1,262 | 3 mi | 29 | 12% | 43% |
| Rendlesham | 3,185 | 5.4 mi | 40.6 | 17% | 35% |
| Kirton | 1,245 | 5.7 mi | 51.8 | 28% | 24% |
| Melton | 1,608 | 5.9 mi | 50.3 | 26% | 21% |
| Woodbridge | 10,146 | 5.9 mi | 53.3 | 33% | 21% |
| Trimley St Martin | 1,725 | 6.6 mi | 45.9 | 21% | 24% |
| Martlesham | 1,976 | 6.7 mi | 47.8 | 28% | 28% |
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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 Hollesley’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 Hollesley’s residents
What is the population of Hollesley?
The 2021 Census counted 697 people in Hollesley’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Hollesley?
The median age was 57.5 at the 2021 Census. 7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 37% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Hollesley?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Suffolk’s towns. 3.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Hollesley?
35% said they had no religion and 59% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5.9% didn’t answer.
Is Hollesley good for families?
19% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Hollesley’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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