Photo: Geographer · CC BY-SA 2.038% of Hopton is 65 or over, a higher share than 98% of UK towns
Shared households of unrelated adults are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns. Hopton had 122 residents in 56 households at the 2021 Census. Locally, a fifth of households have dependent children. Against a figure of 39% across England’s towns, the share of adults who have never married in Hopton comes in at 25%.
Below 99% of UK towns: 3.3% of residents are aged 15 to 24
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 0–4, with 11% of residents, 1.9 times the share across England’s towns. The median age in Hopton is 51.2, higher than in 90% of UK towns. Set beside that, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
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 residents who moved in within the year than 99% of UK towns, at 3.3%
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, 29% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 32% in routine and semi-routine work (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). Measured more widely, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
Households here average 2.1 people, below 95% 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 (34%), Hopton is above 82% of UK towns.
Above 67% of UK towns: 36% of households live in a detached 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
Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns. As a reference point, 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns. For Hopton, the census puts households without a car or van at 16%. A fifth of households live in a terraced house; across England’s towns the figure is 24%.
Residents whose main language is English: 99%, a higher share than 91% 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, 18% of residents were born outside the UK; in Hopton, 4.9%. The benchmark for residents whose main language is English across England’s towns: 90%. The largest groups were born in EU countries (3.3%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.6%).
98% of residents describe themselves as White British, a share 99% of UK towns don’t reach
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: 98% of Hopton · Suffolk’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns, against 36% in Hopton. The share of residents who describe themselves as Christian stands at 52%. By way of comparison, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns.
Only 7.3% of residents give unpaid care in Hopton
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
4 residents care, unpaid, for at least 50 hours a week. As a reference point, 8.7% of residents give unpaid care across England’s towns. In Hopton, 48% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, beside 44% across England’s towns.
Degree-level qualifications reach 24% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
With 24% of its adults qualified to degree level, Hopton compares with 34% across England’s towns; another 28% hold no qualification (18%).
A younger town than 2 of the 7 around it: Hopton
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hopton | 122 | — | 51.2 | 38% | 20% |
| Rickinghall and Botesdale | 1,842 | 3.8 mi | 52.6 | 31% | 21% |
| Stanton | 2,316 | 3.9 mi | 44.3 | 22% | 28% |
| East Harling | 2,490 | 4.4 mi | 49.4 | 29% | 25% |
| Walsham le Willows | 1,258 | 5 mi | 49 | 25% | 25% |
| Ixworth | 2,296 | 6.5 mi | 49.7 | 27% | 26% |
| Roydon (South Norfolk) | 1,117 | 6.6 mi | 52.1 | 27% | 23% |
| Gislingham | 1,172 | 6.7 mi | 50.3 | 24% | 25% |
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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 Hopton’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 Hopton’s residents
What is the population of Hopton?
The 2021 Census counted 122 people in Hopton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Hopton?
The median age was 51.2 at the 2021 Census. 3.3% of residents were 15 to 24 and 38% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Hopton?
98% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Suffolk’s towns. 4.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Hopton?
36% said they had no religion and 52% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 9% didn’t answer.
Is Hopton good for families?
20% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Hopton’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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