Photo: Geographer · CC BY-SA 2.0Leavenheath is older than 98% of UK towns: a median age of 56.9
Across England’s towns, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership; in Leavenheath, 59%. The village has fewer households with dependent children than 96% of UK towns, at 19%. There were 472 households locally at the 2021 Census, home to 981 residents. 70% of households live in a detached house.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 98% of UK towns, at 37%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 70–74: just over one in ten residents, 2.2 times the share across England’s towns. Across Leavenheath, 7.4% of residents are aged 15 to 24. The usual figure: 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.
A lower share of full-time students than 79% of UK towns, at 4.1%
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%.
At 11%, residents who moved in within the year sit close to the figure across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 7.9% of adults are full-time students.
Smaller households than 95% of UK towns: 2.1 people on average
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.
The share of shared households of unrelated adults trails 85% of UK towns: 1.7%. In Leavenheath, 30% of households are one person living alone.
Fewer flats than 99% of UK towns: 0.2% of households
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
9.2% of households have no car or van; across England’s towns the figure is 24%. Add to that, at 16%, the share of households in terraced houses is lower than in 70% of UK towns. Measured more widely, nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
Residents whose main language is English make up 99% in Leavenheath, more than in 79% 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
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (1.8%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.5%). Few places have so few residents born outside the UK: 5.5% here, fewer than in nearly three fifths of UK towns. For comparison, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
Leavenheath: 55% of residents describe themselves as Christian, above 80% 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: 93% of Leavenheath · Suffolk’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Next after White British come Other White (3.4%), Mixed or multiple (1.6%) and Bangladeshi (0.6%). Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 46% across England’s towns, for comparison. Leavenheath has fewer residents with no religion than 81% of UK towns, at 35%. Here 93% of residents describe themselves as White British, where the figure across England’s towns is 73%.
Below 99% of UK towns: 21% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership
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 34 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. Leavenheath has more unpaid carers than 92% of UK towns, at 11%. The benchmark for adults who have never married across England’s towns: 39%.
32% of adults have a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Leavenheath counts 32% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 16% have no qualification (18%).
No nearby town is as old as Leavenheath
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leavenheath | 981 | — | 56.9 | 37% | 19% |
| Bures | 1,183 | 2.9 mi | 48.4 | 27% | 25% |
| Great Horkesley | 2,232 | 4.7 mi | 42.2 | 21% | 35% |
| Great Waldingfield | 1,377 | 5 mi | 51.1 | 30% | 27% |
| Sudbury | 23,922 | 5.1 mi | 44.9 | 23% | 25% |
| West Bergholt | 3,175 | 5.6 mi | 48.6 | 25% | 28% |
| Acton | 1,666 | 6.1 mi | 45.3 | 25% | 27% |
| Hadleigh | 8,638 | 6.4 mi | 46.7 | 27% | 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 Leavenheath’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 Leavenheath’s residents
What is the population of Leavenheath?
The 2021 Census counted 981 people in Leavenheath’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Leavenheath?
The median age was 56.9 at the 2021 Census. 7.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 37% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Leavenheath?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Suffolk’s towns. 5.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Leavenheath?
35% said they had no religion and 55% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.7% were Muslim and 8.5% didn’t answer.
Is Leavenheath good for families?
19% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Leavenheath’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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