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54.3Median age

Who lives here · ONS Census 2021

Lidgate is older than 96% of UK towns: a median age of 54.3

Flats are home to 0.7% of households, against 23% across England’s towns. There were 156 households in Lidgate at the 2021 Census, home to 296 residents. The share of households in detached houses stands at 69%. On one-person households, Lidgate sits higher than 99% of UK towns: 48%.

18%aged 65 or over 5.7%born abroad 156households

Ages

6.1% of residents are aged 15 to 24, fewer than in 99% of UK towns

Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.

LidgateEngland’s towns

0–410–1420–2430–3440–4450–5460–6470–7480–84

More residents are 60–64 than any other five-year age: nearly a quarter of residents, 4.3 times the share across England’s towns. On the census count, 18% of residents are 65 or over.

Broad ages · share of residents

Under 1515%

15 to 246.1%

25 to 4416%

45 to 6445%

65 and over18%

LidgateSuffolk’s townsEngland’s towns

Women and men · all residents

44% women, 56% men

Lidgate

England

WomenMen

About 80 women for every 100 men. Across England, 51% of residents are women. A large institution, such as a prison, barracks, boarding school, university or care home, can tilt a town’s split: the census counts the people living there as residents.

Students & newcomers

Lidgate ranks below 69% of UK towns on full-time students: 4.4%

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

Full-time students4.4%

Higher managerial and professional19%

Lower managerial and professional16%

Intermediate13%

Small employers and self-employed22%

Supervisory and technical3.6%

Semi-routine8.8%

Routine4%

Never worked or long-term unemployed8.8%

LidgateSuffolk’s townsEngland’s towns

Address a year before the Census

Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.

Lidgate

9.9%

England’s towns

11%

Moved within the UKTerm-time addressMoved from abroad

Moved in within a year

residents, 9.5%; England’s towns 11%

Of them from abroad

0.4× England’s share

Managerial and professional jobs account for 35% of Lidgate’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 13%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Typically, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. Locally, nearly one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier.

Households

A lower share of shared households of unrelated adults than 97% of UK towns, at 1.3%

Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.

Living alone, 66+ 7.1%Living alone, under 66 41%Families with dependent children 21%Couples and families, no young children 29%Shared houses and other 1.3%

Against Suffolk’s towns and England’s towns

Lidgate

Suffolk’s towns

England’s towns

People per household

1 person49%

2 people28%

3 people11%

4 people7.8%

5 or more4.6%

England’s towns.

Households with dependent children make up 21%, against 29% across England’s towns. For comparison, 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns.

Homes & cars

A smaller share of households in terraced houses than 98% of UK towns: 4.6%

Accommodation type and cars or vans per household, Census 2021. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.

Type of home

Lidgate

Suffolk’s towns

England’s towns

DetachedSemi-detachedTerracedFlat or maisonetteCaravan or other

Cars or vans · share of households

No car or van10%

One51%

Two23%

Three or more16%

LidgateSuffolk’s townsEngland’s towns

In Lidgate, one in ten households have no car or van, beside 24% across England’s towns.

Where people were born

Lidgate: 99% of residents have English as their main language, above 74% 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%

Lidgate

5.8%

Suffolk’s towns

11%

England’s towns

18%

EU countriesRest of EuropeMiddle East and AsiaAfricaAmericas, Oceania, other

Main language · residents aged 3 and over

English is main language99%

Another main language, speaks English very well or well1.1%

Another main language, little or no English0.4%

LidgateSuffolk’s townsEngland’s towns

By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in the rest of Europe (2%) and in EU countries (1.4%). Residents born outside the UK are rarer here than in 57% of UK towns. The wider picture: 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.

Ethnicity & religion

More residents who describe themselves as Christian than 96% of UK towns: 61%

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

LidgateSuffolk’s townsEngland’s towns

Other White3.7%

Asian0.3%

Mixed2.4%

Black0.7%

Other0.3%

0%6%12%

White British, not charted: 93% of Lidgate · Suffolk’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.

Religion · all residents

LidgateSuffolk’s townsEngland’s towns

No religion33%

Christian61%

Muslim0.3%

Hindu, Sikh, Jewish, Buddhist1%

Other religion0.7%

Didn’t answer3.7%

0%35%70%

93% of residents describe themselves as White British; across England’s towns the figure is 73%. On residents with no religion, Lidgate sits lower than 87% of UK towns: 33%. By way of comparison, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. After White British, the largest groups are Other White (3.7%), Mixed or multiple (2.4%) and African (0.3%).

Relationships & caring

Unpaid carers: 4.2%, a lower share than 99% of UK towns

Legal partnership status (residents 16 and over) and unpaid care (residents 5 and over), Census 2021.

Partnership status · residents 16 and over

Never married or in a civil partnership21%

Married or civil partnership45%

Separated1.6%

Divorced29%

Widowed4.4%

LidgateSuffolk’s townsEngland’s towns

12residents give unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age: 4.2%, against 8.7% in England’s towns

Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over

Up to 19 hours a week1.4%

20 to 49 hours0.7%

50 hours or more2.1%

44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns, against 45% in Lidgate. Compared with other places, adults who have never married are scarce here: 21%, fewer than in 99% of UK towns. The comparison figure for unpaid carers is 8.7% across England’s towns.

Qualifications

40% of adults have qualifications at degree level

Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.

Highest qualification · residents 16 and over

No qualifications12%

Apprenticeship7.2%

A levels or similar17%

Degree level40%

LidgateSuffolk’s townsEngland’s towns

In Lidgate, 40% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 12% have no qualification at all (18%).

Neighbours

No nearby town is as old as Lidgate

Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.

Cock and EndBarrowKentfordNewmarketKedingtonRed LodgeClareLidgate

under 3838–4444–5050–5656+

Town	People	Away	Median age	65+	Homes with children
Lidgate	296	—	54.3	18%	21%
Cock and End	1,346	3.7 mi	34.9	3%	21%
Barrow	1,961	4.5 mi	45.3	25%	27%
Kentford	1,124	5.6 mi	39.9	19%	34%
Newmarket	18,857	6.4 mi	40.2	18%	23%
Kedington	1,778	6.9 mi	47.1	27%	30%
Red Lodge	5,771	7.9 mi	30.9	6.1%	38%
Clare	2,278	8.1 mi	53.2	33%	19%

More about Lidgate’s residents

Health, work and homes have their own pages

HealthLife expectancy, early deaths and Census health, adjusted for age Work & commuteIncome, the claimant count, jobs and how people get to work Cost of livingOwners and renters, prices, rents and council tax SchoolsEvery primary and secondary, with results and inspections

How to read these numbers

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 Lidgate’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 Lidgate’s residents

What is the population of Lidgate?

The 2021 Census counted 296 people in Lidgate’s built-up area.

What is the average age in Lidgate?

The median age was 54.3 at the 2021 Census. 6.1% of residents were 15 to 24 and 18% were 65 or over.

How diverse is Lidgate?

93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Suffolk’s towns. 5.7% were born outside the UK.

What religion are people in Lidgate?

33% said they had no religion and 61% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 3.7% didn’t answer.

Is Lidgate good for families?

21% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Lidgate’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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