Photo: Geographer · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Nedging Tye is over 53.8, older than 95% of UK towns
Against a figure of 29% across England’s towns, the share of households with dependent children in Nedging Tye comes in at 18%. There were 187 households in the village at the 2021 Census, home to 412 residents. The census found that 1.6% of households live in a flat or apartment locally. 97% of residents describe themselves as White British, more than in 98% of UK towns.
28% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 86% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Across England’s towns, just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24; in Nedging Tye, 9.5%. For comparison, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 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.
6.6% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, below 91% 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%.
34% of Nedging Tye’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 19% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Full-time students are rarer here than in 78% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier.
Households here average 2.2 people, below 74% 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.
28% of households are one person living alone; across England’s towns the figure is 30%. Nedging Tye has more shared households of unrelated adults than 66% of UK towns, at 2.7%.
Below 97% of UK towns: 6% of households live in a terraced house
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
60% of households live in a detached house, against 21% across England’s towns. Measured more widely, 24% of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns. For Nedging Tye, the census puts households without a car or van at 8.4%.
99% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 94% 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
Across England’s towns, the share of residents born outside the UK is 18%; Nedging Tye has 3.6%. The share of residents whose main language is English across England’s towns is 90%. Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (1.9%), then in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1%).
Residents who describe themselves as Christian make up 53% in Nedging Tye, more than in 68% 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: 97% of Nedging Tye · Suffolk’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
43% of residents said they have no religion; across England’s towns the figure is 37%. To put it in context, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
Adults who have never married make up 26% in Nedging Tye, less than in 90% 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
Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over
10 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. As a yardstick, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Nedging Tye has more married adults and civil partners than 85% of UK towns, at 54%. Nothing unusual on unpaid carers: 9.3%, close to the figure across England’s towns.
Adults qualified to degree level or above: 27%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Nedging Tye’s adults: 27% with a degree-level qualification and 16% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
1 of the 7 nearest towns are older than Nedging Tye
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nedging Tye | 412 | — | 53.8 | 28% | 18% |
| Great Bricett | 1,518 | 1.3 mi | 28.2 | 8.8% | 40% |
| Bildeston | 1,096 | 1.7 mi | 50.1 | 24% | 24% |
| Elmsett | 1,001 | 2.9 mi | 54 | 32% | 23% |
| Hadleigh | 8,638 | 4.3 mi | 46.7 | 27% | 27% |
| Needham Market | 5,055 | 5.4 mi | 50 | 28% | 19% |
| Stowmarket | 21,537 | 5.8 mi | 40.2 | 19% | 29% |
| Great Blakenham | 2,188 | 6.3 mi | 31.9 | 8.7% | 35% |
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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 Nedging Tye’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 Nedging Tye’s residents
What is the population of Nedging Tye?
The 2021 Census counted 412 people in Nedging Tye’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Nedging Tye?
The median age was 53.8 at the 2021 Census. 9.5% of residents were 15 to 24 and 28% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Nedging Tye?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Suffolk’s towns. 3.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Nedging Tye?
43% said they had no religion and 53% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.7% were Muslim and 3.9% didn’t answer.
Is Nedging Tye good for families?
18% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Nedging Tye’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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