Photo: Matt Thickitt · CC BY-SA 4.0Peasenhall is older than 99% of UK towns: a median age of 59.1
96% of residents describe themselves as White British; across England’s towns the figure is 73%. By contrast, households in flats are rarer here than in 97% of UK towns. Peasenhall is home to 217 residents in 106 households, by the 2021 Census. The census found that 16% of households have dependent children in the village.
41% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 99% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
In Peasenhall, 5.9% of residents are aged 15 to 24, beside 12% across England’s towns. Set beside that, 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.
Fewer full-time students than 99% of UK towns: 2.7%
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, 33% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine or semi-routine work; Peasenhall has 25% and 36%. The comparison figure for full-time students is 7.9% across England’s towns. Residents who moved in within the year account for 6%.
Peasenhall households average 2.1 people, smaller than in 96% 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.
Shared households of unrelated adults are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns. Just over a third of households are one person living alone.
Only 6.5% of households live in a terraced house in Peasenhall
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
Against a figure of 24% across England’s towns, the share of households without a car or van in Peasenhall comes in at 11%. Households in detached houses account for 20%.
More residents whose main language is English than 99% of UK towns: 100%
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
Most residents from abroad were born in Africa (2.8%) or in EU countries (1.4%). On residents born outside the UK, Peasenhall sits higher than 51% of UK towns: 6.5%. Elsewhere, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
Peasenhall sits above 69% of UK towns for residents who describe themselves as Christian (53%)
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 Peasenhall · Suffolk’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
1.8% of residents are Muslim. Lower than in half of UK towns: 41% of residents said they have no religion. Across England’s towns, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian.
25% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, below 94% 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
7 people care, unpaid, for 50 hours or more a week. More married adults and civil partners than in 80% of UK towns: 53%. The share of adults who have never married across England’s towns is 39%. Peasenhall sits close to the norm on unpaid carers: 9.1%, about the same as across England’s towns.
A degree-level qualification for 22% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
22% of Peasenhall’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 33% have none (18%).
The towns around Peasenhall are all younger
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peasenhall | 217 | — | 59.1 | 41% | 16% |
| Laxfield | 1,004 | 4 mi | 52.3 | 28% | 19% |
| Saxmundham | 4,778 | 4.1 mi | 43.2 | 23% | 27% |
| Halesworth | 4,924 | 5.5 mi | 54 | 35% | 18% |
| Framlingham | 3,831 | 5.6 mi | 48.2 | 27% | 27% |
| Leiston | 5,919 | 7.3 mi | 47.2 | 25% | 22% |
| Stradbroke | 1,190 | 7.9 mi | 54.5 | 35% | 20% |
| Wickham Market | 2,231 | 8.8 mi | 52 | 33% | 21% |
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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 Peasenhall’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 Peasenhall’s residents
What is the population of Peasenhall?
The 2021 Census counted 217 people in Peasenhall’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Peasenhall?
The median age was 59.1 at the 2021 Census. 5.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 41% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Peasenhall?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Suffolk’s towns. 6.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Peasenhall?
41% said they had no religion and 53% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1.8% were Muslim and 4.1% didn’t answer.
Is Peasenhall good for families?
16% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Peasenhall’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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