Photo: Andrew Hill · CC BY-SA 2.0Households without a car or van make up 7.8% in Shotley Gate, less than in 93% of UK towns
28% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, against 39% across England’s towns. Residents aged 15 to 24 are rarer here than in 80% of UK towns. There were 631 households in Shotley Gate at the 2021 Census, home to 1,418 residents. In Shotley Gate, 14% of households live in a terraced house.
What the Census says about Shotley Gate’s people
More with no religion than most
48% of residents answered “no religion” in 2021 and 47% 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).
Older than 75% of UK towns: half of Shotley Gate is over 48.2
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 55–59: 9.3% of residents, 1.4 times the share across England’s towns. Residents aged 65 and over are rarer here than in 57% of UK 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.
Fewer residents who moved in within the year than 83% of UK towns: 7.1%
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%.
By class, 36% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 22% in routine and semi-routine work (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). Across England’s towns, the share of residents who moved in within the year is 11%. Full-time students account for 4.3%.
One-person households make up 27% in Shotley Gate, less than in 71% 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 typical household size is 2.2 people. One-person households: 30% across England’s towns, for comparison. In Shotley Gate, 2.1% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home. At 26%, the share of households with dependent children is lower than in 58% of UK towns.
Households in detached houses: 38%, a higher share than 73% 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
Here 13% of households live in a flat or apartment, where the figure across England’s towns is 23%. The benchmark for households in detached houses across England’s towns: 21%.
Residents whose main language is English make up 99% in Shotley Gate, more than in 84% 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
5.5% of residents were born outside the UK, against 11% across Suffolk’s towns and 18% across England’s towns. Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (2.6%), then in Africa (1.2%). The wider picture: nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
Above 88% of UK towns: 48% of residents said they have no religion
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 Shotley Gate · Suffolk’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Behind White British, the largest groups are Other White (3%), Mixed or multiple (1.3%) and Indian (0.3%). Residents who describe themselves as White British are more common here than in 73% of UK towns. The usual figure: 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. In Shotley Gate, 47% of residents describe themselves as Christian, beside 46% across England’s towns.
A higher share of unpaid carers than 79% of UK towns, at 11%
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
Where 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns, Shotley Gate has 51%. At 50 hours or more a week, 32 people give unpaid care.
Among adults, 28% hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
With 28% of its adults qualified to degree level, Shotley Gate compares with 34% across England’s towns; another 14% hold no qualification (18%).
Among its 7 nearest neighbours, 3 are older than Shotley Gate
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shotley Gate | 1,418 | — | 48.2 | 21% | 26% |
| Harwich | 20,219 | 1.9 mi | 46 | 25% | 25% |
| Trimley St Mary | 3,736 | 2.8 mi | 48.4 | 25% | 24% |
| Trimley St Martin | 1,725 | 3 mi | 45.9 | 21% | 24% |
| Felixstowe | 24,218 | 3.5 mi | 51 | 29% | 20% |
| Kirton | 1,245 | 4 mi | 51.8 | 28% | 24% |
| Holbrook | 2,146 | 4.9 mi | 41.6 | 22% | 29% |
| Kesgrave | 14,947 | 7 mi | 44.1 | 20% | 33% |
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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 Shotley Gate’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 Shotley Gate’s residents
What is the population of Shotley Gate?
The 2021 Census counted 1,418 people in Shotley Gate’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Shotley Gate?
The median age was 48.2 at the 2021 Census. 8.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 21% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Shotley Gate?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Suffolk’s towns. 5.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Shotley Gate?
48% said they had no religion and 47% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 4.3% didn’t answer.
Is Shotley Gate good for families?
26% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Shotley Gate’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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