Photo: mym · CC BY-SA 2.0Snape is older than 99% of UK towns: a median age of 58.2
1.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, against 4.3% across England’s towns. There were 314 households in Snape at the 2021 Census, home to 668 residents. Here, 59% of households live in a detached house. Few places have so few households in terraced houses: 8.5% here, fewer than in 92% of UK towns.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 6%, a lower share than 99% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 60–64 than any other five-year age: just over one in ten residents, 2.2 times the share across England’s towns. Residents aged 65 and over: just over a third of the total.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Fewer full-time students than 99% of UK towns: 2.6%
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, 40% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 16% in routine and semi-routine work (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). 10% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, a higher share than in 80% of UK towns. Typically, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
16% of households have dependent children, below 99% 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.
Across England’s towns, 30% of households are one person living alone; in Snape, 28%. Households average 2.1 people. For comparison, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns.
Fewer flats than 99% of UK towns: 1.3% of households
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
Households without a car or van make up 5.9%, against 24% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, households in flats come to 23%.
A higher share of residents whose main language is English than 80% of UK towns, at 99%
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
Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (2.7%) and in EU countries (1.8%). 6.9% of residents were born outside the UK, a higher share than in 55% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, 90% of residents have English as their main language.
Snape sits above 87% of UK towns for residents who describe themselves as Christian (57%)
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 Snape · Suffolk’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The figure for residents who describe themselves as White British is 95% in Snape and 73% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian. Locally, 36% of residents said they have no religion.
22% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, below 99% of UK towns
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
The figure for unpaid carers is 9.7% in Snape and 8.7% across England’s towns. Higher than in 98% of UK towns: 59% of adults are married or in a civil partnership. By way of comparison, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. 17 residents care, unpaid, for at least 50 hours a week.
39% of adults have qualifications at degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
39% of Snape’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 13% have none (18%).
Snape sits below 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snape | 668 | — | 58.2 | 34% | 16% |
| Saxmundham | 4,778 | 3.3 mi | 43.2 | 23% | 27% |
| Leiston | 5,919 | 3.9 mi | 47.2 | 25% | 22% |
| Aldeburgh | 2,423 | 4 mi | 61.9 | 44% | 12% |
| Rendlesham | 3,185 | 4.8 mi | 40.6 | 17% | 35% |
| Wickham Market | 2,231 | 6 mi | 52 | 33% | 21% |
| Framlingham | 3,831 | 7.6 mi | 48.2 | 27% | 27% |
| Sutton Common | 1,262 | 7.9 mi | 29 | 12% | 43% |
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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 Snape’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 Snape’s residents
What is the population of Snape?
The 2021 Census counted 668 people in Snape’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Snape?
The median age was 58.2 at the 2021 Census. 6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 34% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Snape?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Suffolk’s towns. 6.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Snape?
36% said they had no religion and 57% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 5.7% didn’t answer.
Is Snape good for families?
16% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Snape’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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