Photo: Robert Edwards · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Kirton is over 51.8, older than 91% of UK towns
Where nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns, Kirton has 22%. The 2021 Census put the village’s population at 1,245, in 536 households. The census found that 56% of households live in a detached house here. Fewer one-person households than in 92% of UK towns: 23%.
What the Census says about Kirton’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Kirton’s residents are under 51.8 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 28% are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of UK towns: 6.4%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The share of residents aged 65 and over tops 86% of UK towns: 28%. 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
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Kirton sits below 94% of UK towns for full-time students (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%.
Across England’s towns, a third of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine work; in Kirton, 38% and 21%. Full-time students: 7.9% across England’s towns, for comparison. For Kirton, the census puts residents who moved in within the year at 7.5%.
24% of households have dependent children, below 81% 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.
At 2.3 people, the average household compares with 2.4 across England’s towns. As a reference point, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns. Shared households of unrelated adults: 3.2% of the total.
A lower share of households in terraced houses than 98% of UK towns, at 4.6%
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
Against a figure of 24% across England’s towns, the share of households without a car or van in Kirton comes in at 5.5%. Households in flats account for 3.3%.
More residents whose main language is English than 96% of UK towns: 99%
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 two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (1.4%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (0.9%). Residents born outside the UK are rarer here than in just over four fifths of UK towns. For comparison, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
Kirton: 96% of residents describe themselves as White British, above 83% 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: 96% of Kirton · Suffolk’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
After White British, the largest groups are Other White (1.9%), Mixed or multiple (1.7%) and African (0.5%). Compared with other places, residents who describe themselves as Christian are common here: 52%, more than in 66% of UK towns. The wider picture: 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. In Kirton, just over two in five residents said they have no religion, beside 37% across England’s towns.
A higher share of married adults and civil partners than 96% of UK towns, at 58%
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
Set against 8.7% across England’s towns, one in ten residents give unpaid care in Kirton. By way of comparison, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Unpaid care takes 50 hours a week or more for 30 people.
Degree-level qualifications reach 29% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 34% of adults have a degree-level qualification; in Kirton, 29%, and 14% have none, against 18%.
Of the 7 towns nearest Kirton, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kirton | 1,245 | — | 51.8 | 28% | 24% |
| Trimley St Martin | 1,725 | 1.1 mi | 45.9 | 21% | 24% |
| Trimley St Mary | 3,736 | 2 mi | 48.4 | 25% | 24% |
| Felixstowe | 24,218 | 3.1 mi | 51 | 29% | 20% |
| Shotley Gate | 1,418 | 4 mi | 48.2 | 21% | 26% |
| Martlesham Heath | 2,730 | 4.2 mi | 54.5 | 34% | 18% |
| Martlesham | 1,976 | 4.8 mi | 47.8 | 28% | 28% |
| Kesgrave | 14,947 | 4.9 mi | 44.1 | 20% | 33% |
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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 Kirton’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 Kirton’s residents
What is the population of Kirton?
The 2021 Census counted 1,245 people in Kirton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Kirton?
The median age was 51.8 at the 2021 Census. 6.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 28% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Kirton?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Suffolk’s towns. 3.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Kirton?
42% said they had no religion and 52% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5.4% didn’t answer.
Is Kirton good for families?
24% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Kirton’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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