Photo: Geographer · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Longfield Green is under 26.8, younger than 99% of UK towns
1% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home (England’s towns: 4.3%). Households in flats are rarer here than in 93% of UK towns. Longfield Green is home to 986 residents in 198 households, by the 2021 Census. The census found that 65% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership here.
A smaller share of residents aged 65 and over than 99% of UK towns: 4.8%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 20–24: just over a fifth of residents, 3.6 times the share across England’s towns. The wider picture: 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
28% women, 72% men
About 39 women for every 100 men. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Longfield Green is a garrison town: service personnel living in barracks count as residents.
Full-time students: 2.4%, a lower share than 99% of UK towns
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, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier; in Longfield Green, 22%. The usual figure: 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
40% of households have dependent children, a share 98% of UK towns don’t reach
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.
32% of households are one person living alone; across England’s towns the figure is 30%. The usual figure: 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns. The average household has 2.4 people.
Households without a car or van: 3.9%, a lower share than 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 24% of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns, Longfield Green has 30%. The census found that 17% of households live in a detached house in the village.
A higher share of residents born outside the UK than 71% of UK towns, at 9.2%
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 its share of residents whose main language is English (97%), Longfield Green is below just over three fifths of UK towns. To put it in context, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (3.2%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (2.7%).
54% of residents said they have no religion, more than in 97% 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: 91% of Longfield Green · Suffolk’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Islam is the religion of 1.9% of residents. As a yardstick, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. Fewer residents who describe themselves as Christian than in 94% of UK towns: 39%. Add to that, the share of residents who describe themselves as White British is 91%, against 73% across England’s towns.
Longfield Green sits below 99% of UK towns for unpaid carers (4.2%)
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
Where 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns, Longfield Green has 27%. Across England’s towns, the share of unpaid carers is 8.7%. The number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 9.
Degree-level qualifications: 27% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Longfield Green’s adults: 27% with a degree-level qualification and 6% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
No nearby town is as young as Longfield Green
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Longfield Green | 986 | — | 26.8 | 4.8% | 40% |
| Ixworth | 2,296 | 3.5 mi | 49.7 | 27% | 26% |
| Stanton | 2,316 | 4.6 mi | 44.3 | 22% | 28% |
| Great Barton | 1,848 | 4.6 mi | 54.2 | 35% | 23% |
| Thetford | 25,502 | 5.6 mi | 38.5 | 16% | 31% |
| Thurston | 3,009 | 6 mi | 49.1 | 27% | 25% |
| Bury St Edmunds | 41,279 | 6.6 mi | 43.2 | 22% | 23% |
| Walsham le Willows | 1,258 | 7.4 mi | 49 | 25% | 25% |
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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 Longfield Green’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 Longfield Green’s residents
What is the population of Longfield Green?
The 2021 Census counted 986 people in Longfield Green’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Longfield Green?
The median age was 26.8 at the 2021 Census. 30% of residents were 15 to 24 and 4.8% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Longfield Green?
91% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Suffolk’s towns. 9.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Longfield Green?
54% said they had no religion and 39% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1.9% were Muslim and 4% didn’t answer.
Is Longfield Green good for families?
40% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Longfield Green’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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