Photo: Geographer · CC BY-SA 2.0More households with dependent children than 94% of UK towns: 35%
At 2.5 people, the average household compares with 2.4 across England’s towns. Locally, 8.2% of households have no car or van. Half of Rendlesham’s residents are under 40.6, younger than in 77% of UK towns. The town’s 1,273 households held 3,185 residents at the 2021 Census.
What the Census says about Rendlesham’s people
A town of families
35% of Rendlesham’s 1,273 households had dependent children in 2021, more than in 94% of UK towns. 22% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
More with no religion than most
49% of residents answered “no religion” in 2021 and 43% Christian, against 37% and 46% across England’s towns. Ethnicity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Below 84% of UK towns: 17% of residents are 65 or over
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 50–54: 8.7% of residents, 1.3 times the share across England’s towns. To put it in context, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. Across Rendlesham, just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Rendlesham, 40.6. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
7% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 85% 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, a third of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine work; in Rendlesham, 35% and 23%. Locally, 5% of adults are full-time students. Against that, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
One-person households make up 27% in Rendlesham, less than in 77% 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.
2.8% of households are unrelated adults living together, against 4.3% across England’s towns. As a yardstick, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns.
Households in terraced houses make up 14% in Rendlesham, less than in 78% 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
Flats are home to 21% of households, against 23% across England’s towns. For households in terraced houses, the comparison across England’s towns is 24%. The census found that a third of households live in a detached house in Rendlesham.
A higher share of residents born outside the UK than 64% of UK towns, at 8%
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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Where 21% of those born abroad across England’s towns arrived in 2017 or later, here the share is 17%. Elsewhere, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (3.1%) and in Africa (2%). Fewer residents whose main language is English than in half of UK towns: 98%.
Rendlesham ranks above 92% of UK towns on residents with no religion: 49%
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: 92% of Rendlesham · Suffolk’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Of the other groups, the largest are Other White (3.5%), Mixed or multiple (1.6%) and African (1.1%). The benchmark for residents with no religion across England’s towns: 37%. At 43%, the share of residents who describe themselves as Christian is lower than in 84% of UK towns. Add to that, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns, against 92% in Rendlesham.
Only 29% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership in Rendlesham
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
On unpaid carers, 8.3% here is much the same as across England’s towns. The share of adults who have never married across England’s towns is 39%. Locally, 52% of adults are married or in a civil partnership.
The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 32%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 18% of adults have no qualification; in Rendlesham, 13%, while 32% hold one at degree level (34%).
Of 514 UK towns its size (2,500 to 4,000 people), the 64th youngest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Keele is the youngest (20.6); West Chiltington the oldest (63.1). Nearest to Rendlesham in age: Indian Queens, Fraddon and St Columb Road (40.4), Holywell Green and Stainland (40.5), Denholme (40.7) and Drayton (40.8).
Of the 7 towns nearest Rendlesham, 6 are older
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rendlesham | 3,185 | — | 40.6 | 17% | 35% |
| Wickham Market | 2,231 | 2.8 mi | 52 | 33% | 21% |
| Sutton Common | 1,262 | 3.4 mi | 29 | 12% | 43% |
| Melton | 1,608 | 4 mi | 50.3 | 26% | 21% |
| Woodbridge | 10,146 | 5 mi | 53.3 | 33% | 21% |
| Saxmundham | 4,778 | 6.8 mi | 43.2 | 23% | 27% |
| Martlesham | 1,976 | 7 mi | 47.8 | 28% | 28% |
| Framlingham | 3,831 | 7.1 mi | 48.2 | 27% | 27% |
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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 Rendlesham’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 Rendlesham’s residents
What is the population of Rendlesham?
The 2021 Census counted 3,185 people in Rendlesham’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Rendlesham?
The median age was 40.6 at the 2021 Census, younger than 77% of UK towns. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 17% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Rendlesham?
92% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Suffolk’s towns. 8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Rendlesham?
49% said they had no religion and 43% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.4% were Muslim and 6.1% didn’t answer.
Is Rendlesham good for families?
35% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Rendlesham’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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