Photo: Robert Edwards · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Hundon is over 54.5, older than 96% of UK towns
Against a figure of 23% across England’s towns, the share of households in flats in Hundon comes in at 1.4%. In 2021, the Census found 816 residents locally, living in 363 households. Households with dependent children: a fifth of the total. At 97%, the share of residents who describe themselves as White British is higher than in 94% of UK towns.
35% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 97% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Young people aged 15 to 24 make up nearly one in ten residents, against 12% across England’s towns. On average, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A lower share of full-time students than 94% of UK towns, at 3.6%
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, 34% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 21% in routine and semi-routine work (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). On residents who moved in within the year, Hundon sits lower than 82% of UK towns: 7.2%. Across England’s towns, full-time students come to 7.9%.
Fewer shared households of unrelated adults than 87% of UK towns: 1.7%
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.
At 2.2 people, the average household compares with 2.4 across England’s towns. For comparison, 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns. Locally, 28% of households are one person living alone.
Fewer households in terraced houses than 94% of UK towns: 7.6%
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
Compared with 24% across England’s towns, 7.6% of households have no car or van here. Across Hundon, 50% of households live in a detached house.
100% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 99% 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
Compared with 18% across England’s towns, 4.4% of residents were born outside the UK here. By way of comparison, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (2%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.4%).
Hundon: 55% of residents describe themselves as Christian, above 78% 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: 97% of Hundon · Suffolk’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Asked about religion, 39% answered none, against 37% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian.
In Hundon, 22% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, fewer than in 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
The share of married adults and civil partners tops 96% of UK towns: 59%. Adults who have never married make up 39% across England’s towns. The number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 20. Unpaid carers are rarer here than in 63% of UK towns.
29% of adults are qualified to degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 29% of Hundon’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 23% have no qualification (18%).
The towns around Hundon are all younger
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hundon | 816 | — | 54.5 | 35% | 20% |
| Cock and End | 1,346 | 2 mi | 34.9 | 3% | 21% |
| Kedington | 1,778 | 2.1 mi | 47.1 | 27% | 30% |
| Clare | 2,278 | 3 mi | 53.2 | 33% | 19% |
| Haverhill | 26,704 | 4.6 mi | 39.2 | 16% | 32% |
| Steeple Bumpstead | 1,376 | 5.8 mi | 48.8 | 25% | 25% |
| Glemsford | 3,693 | 5.9 mi | 46.6 | 25% | 25% |
| Great Yeldham | 1,824 | 6.7 mi | 45.6 | 20% | 30% |
Health, work and homes have their own pages
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 Hundon’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 Hundon’s residents
What is the population of Hundon?
The 2021 Census counted 816 people in Hundon’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Hundon?
The median age was 54.5 at the 2021 Census. 8.5% of residents were 15 to 24 and 35% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Hundon?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Suffolk’s towns. 4.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Hundon?
39% said they had no religion and 55% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6% didn’t answer.
Is Hundon good for families?
20% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Hundon’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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