Photo: mym · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 51.8: Rushmere St Andrew is older than 91% of UK towns
Across England’s towns, 29% of households have dependent children; in Rushmere St Andrew, 21%. For Rushmere St Andrew, the census puts shared households of unrelated adults at 1.3%. Compared with other places, households in flats are scarce here: 1.7%, fewer than in 98% of UK towns. There were 306 households in the village at the 2021 Census, home to 675 residents.
Rushmere St Andrew: 31% of residents are 65 or over, above 92% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Here 10% of residents are aged 15 to 24, where the figure across England’s towns is 12%. To put it in context, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
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.
Rushmere St Andrew ranks below 88% of UK towns on full-time students: 3.9%
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, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier; in Rushmere St Andrew, 7.4%. The wider picture: 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Rushmere St Andrew households average 2.2 people, smaller than in 67% 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.
The census found that 30% of households are one person living alone in Rushmere St Andrew.
In Rushmere St Andrew, 63% of households live in a detached house, more than in 97% 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
11% of households have no car or van (England’s towns: 24%). Across England’s towns, the share of households in detached houses is 21%. Here, nearly one in ten households live in a terraced house.
Residents whose main language is English: 99%, a higher share than 80% 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
In Rushmere St Andrew, 4.5% of residents were born outside the UK, beside 18% across England’s towns. Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (1.8%) or in the Middle East and Asia (0.9%). Residents whose main language is English make up 90% across England’s towns.
A smaller share of residents with no religion than 93% of UK towns: 30%
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 Rushmere St Andrew · Suffolk’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The groups that follow White British are Mixed or multiple (3%), Other White (2.2%) and African (1.2%). Compared with other places, residents who describe themselves as Christian are common here: 61%, more than in 96% of UK towns. Across the comparison, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. In Rushmere St Andrew, 92% of residents describe themselves as White British, beside 73% across England’s towns.
More married adults and civil partners than 98% of UK towns: 60%
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
Unpaid carers: 10% here and 8.7% across England’s towns. Adults who have never married account for 23%. Measured more widely, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Among adults, 34% hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
18% of Rushmere St Andrew’s adults have no qualification (18% across England’s towns), and 34% have one at degree level (34%).
Median age: 2 of the 7 towns around Rushmere St Andrew 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rushmere St Andrew | 675 | — | 51.8 | 31% | 21% |
| Kesgrave | 14,947 | 1.6 mi | 44.1 | 20% | 33% |
| Ipswich | 151,566 | 2.5 mi | 39 | 17% | 29% |
| Martlesham Heath | 2,730 | 2.8 mi | 54.5 | 34% | 18% |
| Martlesham | 1,976 | 2.9 mi | 47.8 | 28% | 28% |
| Grundisburgh | 1,424 | 3.2 mi | 49 | 27% | 28% |
| Woodbridge | 10,146 | 4.6 mi | 53.3 | 33% | 21% |
| Claydon | 3,140 | 4.8 mi | 48.8 | 27% | 26% |
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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 Rushmere St Andrew’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 Rushmere St Andrew’s residents
What is the population of Rushmere St Andrew?
The 2021 Census counted 675 people in Rushmere St Andrew’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Rushmere St Andrew?
The median age was 51.8 at the 2021 Census. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 31% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Rushmere St Andrew?
92% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Suffolk’s towns. 4.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Rushmere St Andrew?
30% said they had no religion and 61% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 6.2% didn’t answer.
Is Rushmere St Andrew good for families?
21% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Rushmere St Andrew’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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