Photo: Alan Murray-Rust · CC BY-SA 2.0Ixworth: 59% of households live in a detached house, above 96% of UK towns
The figure for shared households of unrelated adults is 1.4% in Ixworth and 4.3% across England’s towns. At the same time, with a median age of 49.7, Ixworth is older than 83% of UK towns. Census day 2021: 2,296 residents and 984 households in the village. 52% of adults are married or in a civil partnership.
Ixworth sits above 81% of UK towns for residents aged 65 and over (27%)
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
10% of residents are aged 15 to 24; across England’s towns the figure is 12%. Elsewhere, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 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.
Only 4.5% of adults are full-time students in Ixworth
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%.
Across England’s towns, a third of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine or semi-routine work; Ixworth has 35% and 24%. The share of residents who moved in within the year stands at 8%. For full-time students, the comparison across England’s towns is 7.9%.
Ixworth sits below 64% of UK towns for households with dependent children (26%)
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.
Across England’s towns, 30% of households are one person living alone; in Ixworth, 32%. There are 2.3 people in the average household. Measured more widely, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns.
Few flats: only 5.4% of households in Ixworth live in one
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: 13%, below 66% of UK towns. Across Ixworth, 14% of households live in a terraced house. For households in flats, the comparison across England’s towns is 23%.
Residents whose main language is English: 99%, a higher share than 86% 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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
20% of the town’s residents born abroad came in 2017 or later, set against 21% across England’s towns. For residents whose main language is English, the comparison across England’s towns is 90%. Locally, 5.6% of residents were born outside the UK.
55% of residents describe themselves as Christian, a share 82% 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: 95% of Ixworth · Suffolk’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
There is little gap on residents with no religion: 37%, about the same as across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, residents who describe themselves as Christian come to 46%. Here, 95% of residents describe themselves as White British.
28% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, below 80% 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
Unpaid carers make up 10% of residents, against 8.7% across England’s towns. The benchmark for adults who have never married across England’s towns: 39%.
Among adults, 29% hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
18% of Ixworth’s adults have no qualification (18% across England’s towns), and 29% have one at degree level (34%).
Of the 7 towns nearest Ixworth, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ixworth | 2,296 | — | 49.7 | 27% | 26% |
| Stanton | 2,316 | 2.7 mi | 44.3 | 22% | 28% |
| Great Barton | 1,848 | 3.3 mi | 54.2 | 35% | 23% |
| Thurston | 3,009 | 3.4 mi | 49.1 | 27% | 25% |
| Walsham le Willows | 1,258 | 4.6 mi | 49 | 25% | 25% |
| Elmswell | 4,446 | 5.4 mi | 43.2 | 23% | 27% |
| Woolpit | 1,838 | 5.8 mi | 52 | 31% | 21% |
| Bury St Edmunds | 41,279 | 6.2 mi | 43.2 | 22% | 23% |
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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 Ixworth’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 Ixworth’s residents
What is the population of Ixworth?
The 2021 Census counted 2,296 people in Ixworth’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Ixworth?
The median age was 49.7 at the 2021 Census. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 27% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Ixworth?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Suffolk’s towns. 5.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Ixworth?
37% said they had no religion and 55% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 6.4% didn’t answer.
Is Ixworth good for families?
26% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Ixworth’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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