Photo: Charles Greenhough · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Redgrave is over 61.5, older than 99% of UK towns
Set against 29% across England’s towns, 16% of households have dependent children in Redgrave. The village is home to 305 residents in 137 households, by the 2021 Census. On the census count, 1.4% of households live in a flat or apartment. More residents who describe themselves as Christian than in 94% of UK towns: 60%.
Residents aged 65 and over: 45%, a higher share than 99% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
5.6% of residents are aged 15 to 24, against 12% across England’s towns. Measured more widely, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. More residents are 70–74 than any other five-year age: 14% of residents, 3 times the share across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Above 93% of UK towns: 13% of residents lived at another address a year earlier
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%.
44% of Redgrave’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 15% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Fewer full-time students than in two thirds of UK towns: 4.4%. Residents who moved in within the year make up 11% across England’s towns.
Smaller households than 79% of UK towns: 2.2 people on average
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.
There is little gap on shared households of unrelated adults: 4.4%, about the same as across England’s towns. 29% of households are one person living alone.
Fewer households in terraced houses than 99% of UK towns: 0.7%
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
The share of households without a car or van trails 89% of UK towns: 8.6%. Across Redgrave, 74% of households live in a detached house. For comparison, nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns.
99% of residents have English as their main language, a share 76% of UK towns don’t reach
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 EU countries (4.3%) or in Africa (1%). As a reference point, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. 5.9% of residents were born outside the UK, a lower share than in 55% of UK towns.
Redgrave ranks above 78% of UK towns on residents who describe themselves as White British: 95%
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: 95% of Redgrave · Suffolk’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Against a figure of 37% across England’s towns, the share of residents with no religion in Redgrave comes in at 36%. For comparison, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns.
Below 99% of UK towns: 16% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership
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
5.4% of residents give unpaid care, against 8.7% across England’s towns. Across the comparison, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Married adults and civil partners account for 66%.
Qualified to degree level: 36% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 34% of adults have a degree-level qualification; in Redgrave, 36%, and 16% have none, against 18%.
Every neighbour of Redgrave has a younger population
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Redgrave | 305 | — | 61.5 | 45% | 16% |
| Rickinghall and Botesdale | 1,842 | 1.5 mi | 52.6 | 31% | 21% |
| Roydon (South Norfolk) | 1,117 | 3.8 mi | 52.1 | 27% | 23% |
| Gislingham | 1,172 | 4.3 mi | 50.3 | 24% | 25% |
| Walsham le Willows | 1,258 | 4.9 mi | 49 | 25% | 25% |
| Diss | 9,599 | 4.9 mi | 46.3 | 26% | 23% |
| Stanton | 2,316 | 5.6 mi | 44.3 | 22% | 28% |
| East Harling | 2,490 | 5.9 mi | 49.4 | 29% | 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 Redgrave’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 Redgrave’s residents
What is the population of Redgrave?
The 2021 Census counted 305 people in Redgrave’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Redgrave?
The median age was 61.5 at the 2021 Census. 5.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 45% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Redgrave?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Suffolk’s towns. 5.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Redgrave?
36% said they had no religion and 60% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 3.6% didn’t answer.
Is Redgrave good for families?
16% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Redgrave’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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