Photo: Robert Edwards · CC BY-SA 2.0Below 99% of UK towns: 0.4% of households live in a flat or apartment
With a median age of 50.6, Lawshall is older than 88% of UK towns. 662 residents in 265 households: that is Lawshall at the 2021 Census. Locally, 62% of households live in a detached house. The share of one-person households is 23%, against 30% across England’s towns.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 8.2% in Lawshall, less than in 91% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
55–59 is the most common age band: one in ten residents, 1.5 times the share across England’s towns. On the census count, a quarter of residents are 65 or over. Across England’s towns, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 85 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.
Below 99% of UK towns: 3.8% 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%.
4.3% of adults are full-time students, against 7.9% across England’s towns. On average, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
Lawshall households average 2.4 people, larger than in 79% 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.
In Lawshall, just over a quarter of households have dependent children, beside 29% across England’s towns. Across Lawshall, 2.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
Households without a car or van: 7.5%, a lower share than 94% 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
With households in terraced houses at 13%, Lawshall is behind 81% of UK towns on that count. Across England’s towns, households without a car or van come to 24%.
Lawshall sits above 84% of UK towns for residents whose main language is English (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
Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (1.4%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.4%). Residents born outside the UK are rarer here than in 70% of UK towns. Against that, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
A larger share of residents who describe themselves as Christian than 93% of UK towns: 60%
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 Lawshall · Suffolk’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The share of residents who describe themselves as White British is 96%, against 73% across England’s towns. By way of comparison, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Residents with no religion: 33% of the total.
A lower share of adults who have never married than 93% of UK towns, at 25%
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
11 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. At 56%, the share of married adults and civil partners is higher than in 92% of UK towns. For comparison, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Unpaid carers: 6.5% here and 8.7% across England’s towns.
A degree-level qualification for 31% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 18% of adults have no qualification; in Lawshall, 17%, while 31% hold one at degree level (34%).
Lawshall is younger than 2 of its 7 nearest neighbours
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lawshall | 662 | — | 50.6 | 25% | 26% |
| Glemsford | 3,693 | 4.7 mi | 46.6 | 25% | 25% |
| Lavenham | 1,224 | 5.2 mi | 61.6 | 42% | 11% |
| Bury St Edmunds | 41,279 | 5.9 mi | 43.2 | 22% | 23% |
| Long Melford | 3,895 | 5.9 mi | 54.5 | 35% | 19% |
| Acton | 1,666 | 6.9 mi | 45.3 | 25% | 27% |
| Thurston | 3,009 | 7.4 mi | 49.1 | 27% | 25% |
| Barrow | 1,961 | 7.7 mi | 45.3 | 25% | 27% |
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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 Lawshall’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 Lawshall’s residents
What is the population of Lawshall?
The 2021 Census counted 662 people in Lawshall’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Lawshall?
The median age was 50.6 at the 2021 Census. 8.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 25% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Lawshall?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Suffolk’s towns. 4.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Lawshall?
33% said they had no religion and 60% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.5% were Muslim and 6.8% didn’t answer.
Is Lawshall good for families?
26% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Lawshall’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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