Photo: Robert Edwards · CC BY-SA 2.0Raydon is older than 91% of UK towns: a median age of 51.7
Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns. At the 2021 Census Raydon was home to 270 people in 119 households. 7.8% of households have no car or van. One-person households make up 22%, against 30% across England’s towns.
27% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 81% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
8.8% of residents are aged 15 to 24 (England’s towns: 12%). By way of comparison, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Only 3.9% of adults are full-time students in Raydon
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%.
Managerial and professional jobs account for 39% of Raydon’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 21%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. For full-time students, the comparison across England’s towns is 7.9%. Census figures put residents who moved in within the year at 18% here.
Fewer households with dependent children than 92% of UK towns: 21%
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.
Households in Raydon hold 2.4 people on average (England’s towns: 2.4). By way of comparison, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns. 3.4% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
Raydon sits above 83% of UK towns for households in detached houses (44%)
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
Across England’s towns, 24% of households live in a terraced house; in Raydon, 15%. Set beside that, 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
Residents whose main language is English: 100%, a higher share than 99% 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 the Middle East and Asia (1.9%) and in Africa (1.9%). Fewer residents born outside the UK than in 58% of UK towns: 5.6%. The benchmark for residents whose main language is English across England’s towns: 90%.
Residents with no religion make up 46% in Raydon, more than in 81% 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 Raydon · Suffolk’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Next after White British come Other White (4.1%), Mixed or multiple (2.6%) and Indian (0.4%). 48% of residents describe themselves as Christian, a lower share than in 60% of UK towns. On average, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. Against a figure of 73% across England’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as White British in Raydon comes in at 93%.
Raydon sits above 70% of UK towns for married adults and civil partners (51%)
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
In Raydon, 29% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, beside 39% across England’s towns. Lower than in 84% of UK towns: 8% of residents give unpaid care. On average, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. 4 residents give 50 hours or more of unpaid care each week.
A degree-level qualification for 27% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
17% of Raydon’s adults have no qualification (18% across England’s towns), and 27% have one at degree level (34%).
Raydon sits below 3 of its 7 closest neighbours on median age
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raydon | 270 | — | 51.7 | 27% | 21% |
| East Bergholt | 2,211 | 2.4 mi | 52.8 | 30% | 25% |
| Capel St Mary | 2,992 | 2.5 mi | 50.7 | 31% | 25% |
| Hadleigh | 8,638 | 3.1 mi | 46.7 | 27% | 27% |
| Brantham | 2,081 | 4.4 mi | 45.9 | 23% | 28% |
| Elmsett | 1,001 | 5.1 mi | 54 | 32% | 23% |
| Lawford | 4,488 | 5.2 mi | 43.6 | 21% | 29% |
| Manningtree | 1,676 | 5.4 mi | 53.7 | 34% | 15% |
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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 Raydon’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 Raydon’s residents
What is the population of Raydon?
The 2021 Census counted 270 people in Raydon’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Raydon?
The median age was 51.7 at the 2021 Census. 8.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 27% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Raydon?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Suffolk’s towns. 5.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Raydon?
46% said they had no religion and 48% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.7% were Muslim and 3.3% didn’t answer.
Is Raydon good for families?
21% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Raydon’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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