Photo: David Jones · CC BY 2.0Only 20% of households in Kedington are one person living alone
The average household has 2.5 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. Kedington’s 690 households held 1,778 residents at the 2021 Census. For Kedington, the census puts residents aged 65 and over at 27%. Compared with other places, adults who have never married are scarce here: 25%, fewer than in 94% of UK towns.
Older than 69% of UK towns: half of Kedington is over 47.1
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 70–74: 7.5% of residents, 1.6 times the share across England’s towns. The share of residents aged 15 to 24 stands at 9.7%.
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.
Residents who moved in within the year make up 7.5% in Kedington, less than in 76% 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%.
Against a figure of 7.9% across England’s towns, the share of full-time students in Kedington comes in at 5.1%. Across England’s towns, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Shared households of unrelated adults make up 3.6% in Kedington, more than in 88% 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.
Against a figure of 29% across England’s towns, the share of households with dependent children in Kedington comes in at 30%. On average, 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns.
Kedington sits below 97% of UK towns for households in flats (2%)
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
Here 37% of households live in a detached house, where the figure across England’s towns is 21%. Compared with other places, households without a car or van are scarce here: 7.1%, fewer than in 95% of UK towns. Households in flats: 23% across England’s towns, for comparison. On the census count, nearly a fifth of households live in a terraced house.
In Kedington, 4.8% of residents were born outside the UK, fewer than in 66% 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
The largest groups were born in EU countries (1.9%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.2%). Compared with other places, residents whose main language is English are common here: 98%, more than in 51% of UK towns. Residents born outside the UK make up 18% across England’s towns.
95% of residents describe themselves as White British, more than in 75% 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: 95% of Kedington · Suffolk’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The share of residents with no religion is 43%, against 37% across England’s towns. On average, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. The census found that 52% of residents describe themselves as Christian in Kedington.
A higher share of married adults and civil partners than 91% of UK towns, at 56%
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
37 residents give 50 hours or more of unpaid care each week. Compared with other places, unpaid carers are scarce here: 9.3%, fewer than in 53% of UK towns. The benchmark for married adults and civil partners across England’s towns: 44%.
27% of adults hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 34% across England’s towns, 27% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 21% hold no qualification (18%).
3 of the 7 nearest towns are older than Kedington
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kedington | 1,778 | — | 47.1 | 27% | 30% |
| Haverhill | 26,704 | 2.5 mi | 39.2 | 16% | 32% |
| Cock and End | 1,346 | 3.2 mi | 34.9 | 3% | 21% |
| Steeple Bumpstead | 1,376 | 3.9 mi | 48.8 | 25% | 25% |
| Clare | 2,278 | 3.9 mi | 53.2 | 33% | 19% |
| Great Yeldham | 1,824 | 6.1 mi | 45.6 | 20% | 30% |
| Glemsford | 3,693 | 7.6 mi | 46.6 | 25% | 25% |
| Balsham | 1,625 | 7.9 mi | 50.7 | 28% | 26% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- The Census was taken in a lockdown, in term time. 21 March 2021 fell in term time, and students were asked to give their term-time address, so most were counted where they study. Some may have been living with family that day.
- “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 Kedington’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 Kedington’s residents
What is the population of Kedington?
The 2021 Census counted 1,778 people in Kedington’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Kedington?
The median age was 47.1 at the 2021 Census. 9.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 27% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Kedington?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Suffolk’s towns. 4.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Kedington?
43% said they had no religion and 52% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.7% were Muslim and 4.4% didn’t answer.
Is Kedington good for families?
30% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Kedington’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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