Photo: Robert Edwards · CC BY-SA 2.01.1% of households live in a flat or apartment, below 99% of UK towns
6.2% of households live in a terraced house, against 24% across England’s towns. There were 175 households in Icklingham at the 2021 Census, home to 391 residents. On the census count, 59% of residents describe themselves as Christian. Higher than in 98% of UK towns: 60% of adults are married or in a civil partnership.
Icklingham sits below 97% of UK towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (7.4%)
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Here 25% of residents are 65 or over, where the figure across England’s towns is 18%. On top of that, with a median age of 50.1, Icklingham is older than 85% of UK towns. Across the comparison, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
In Icklingham, 3.3% of adults are full-time students, fewer than in 96% 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%.
9.3% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, against 11% across England’s towns. As a yardstick, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Icklingham ranks below 79% of UK towns on households with dependent children: 24%
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.
One-person households make up 29%, against 30% across England’s towns. Locally, 1.7% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
In Icklingham, 6.7% of households have no car or van, fewer than in 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
Across England’s towns, the share of households in detached houses is 21%; Icklingham has 37%. Still, every 15th household or so has no car or van.
In Icklingham, 13% of residents were born outside the UK, more than in 83% 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
Most residents from abroad were born in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (7.1%) or in EU countries (3.3%). 98% of residents have English as their main language, a higher share than in 54% of UK towns. The share of residents born outside the UK across England’s towns is 18%.
A lower share of residents with no religion than 83% of UK towns, at 35%
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: 88% of Icklingham · Suffolk’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Set against 73% across England’s towns, 88% of residents describe themselves as White British in Icklingham. The share of residents with no religion across England’s towns is 37%. Behind White British, the largest groups are Other White (8.4%), Mixed or multiple (2.3%) and Indian (0.5%).
Below 99% of UK towns: 21% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership
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
For 9 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week. At 6.7%, the share of unpaid carers is lower than in 98% of UK towns. The benchmark for adults who have never married across England’s towns: 39%.
Qualified to degree level: 24% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Icklingham’s adults: 24% with a degree-level qualification and 24% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
Every neighbour of Icklingham has a younger population
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Icklingham | 391 | — | 50.1 | 25% | 24% |
| Mildenhall | 9,684 | 4 mi | 38.2 | 19% | 26% |
| Red Lodge | 5,771 | 4.5 mi | 30.9 | 6.1% | 38% |
| Little Eriswell | 4,120 | 5 mi | 23.9 | 0.7% | 54% |
| Beck Row | 4,129 | 5.7 mi | 31.4 | 11% | 34% |
| Kentford | 1,124 | 5.8 mi | 39.9 | 19% | 34% |
| Barrow | 1,961 | 5.9 mi | 45.3 | 25% | 27% |
| Lakenheath | 4,567 | 6.8 mi | 42.7 | 23% | 22% |
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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 Icklingham’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 Icklingham’s residents
What is the population of Icklingham?
The 2021 Census counted 391 people in Icklingham’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Icklingham?
The median age was 50.1 at the 2021 Census. 7.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 25% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Icklingham?
88% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Suffolk’s towns. 13% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Icklingham?
35% said they had no religion and 59% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 5.9% didn’t answer.
Is Icklingham good for families?
24% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Icklingham’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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