Church of St Lawrence · Photo: John Salmon · CC BY-SA 2.0Below 99% of UK towns: 14% of households are one person living alone
The share of households in terraced houses is 6.1%, against 24% across England’s towns. Census day 2021: 260 residents and 100 households in Lackford. Here, 5.1% of households have no car or van. The median age in the village is 51.2, higher than in 90% of UK towns.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 16% in Lackford, more than in 97% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 55–59 than any other five-year age: 13% of residents, 2 times the share across England’s towns. Set beside that, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. Residents aged 65 and over account for 19%. In Halesworth, the oldest of Suffolk’s towns by this measure, it is 35%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Below 99% of UK towns: 2.7% of residents lived at another address a year earlier
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, 33% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine or semi-routine work; Lackford has 44% and 19%. 5.8% of adults are full-time students. Measured more widely, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Lackford households average 2.6 people, larger than in 96% 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.
Shared households of unrelated adults make up 6%, against 4.3% across England’s towns. Households with dependent children account for 26%.
1% of households live in a flat or apartment, below 99% 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
Where 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns, Lackford has 60%. On average, 23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
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
With residents born outside the UK at 9.6%, Lackford is ahead of 72% of UK towns on that count. 100% of residents have English as their main language.
Lackford sits above 72% of UK towns for residents who describe themselves as Christian (53%)
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: 92% of Lackford · Suffolk’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
At 37%, residents with no religion sit close to the figure across England’s towns. As a yardstick, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Other than White British, most residents describe themselves as Other White (6.9%), Arab (0.4%) and Mixed or multiple (0.4%). Few places have so few residents who describe themselves as White British: 92% here, fewer than in 52% of UK towns.
Fewer unpaid carers than 99% of UK towns: 5.5%
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
Some 4 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. On married adults and civil partners, Lackford sits higher than 98% of UK towns: 60%. Across England’s towns, nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care. Adults who have never married: 28%, below nearly four fifths of UK towns.
A degree-level qualification for 37% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 37% of adults in Lackford (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 13% (England’s towns: 18%).
Among its 7 nearest neighbours, 1 are older than Lackford
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lackford | 260 | — | 51.2 | 19% | 26% |
| Barrow | 1,961 | 4.5 mi | 45.3 | 25% | 27% |
| Bury St Edmunds | 41,279 | 5.1 mi | 43.2 | 22% | 23% |
| Red Lodge | 5,771 | 5.6 mi | 30.9 | 6.1% | 38% |
| Mildenhall | 9,684 | 6 mi | 38.2 | 19% | 26% |
| Kentford | 1,124 | 6 mi | 39.9 | 19% | 34% |
| Great Barton | 1,848 | 6.5 mi | 54.2 | 35% | 23% |
| Little Eriswell | 4,120 | 7.2 mi | 23.9 | 0.7% | 54% |
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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 Lackford’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 Lackford’s residents
What is the population of Lackford?
The 2021 Census counted 260 people in Lackford’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Lackford?
The median age was 51.2 at the 2021 Census. 16% of residents were 15 to 24 and 19% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Lackford?
92% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Suffolk’s towns. 9.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Lackford?
37% said they had no religion and 53% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 9.2% didn’t answer.
Is Lackford good for families?
26% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Lackford’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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