Photo: Adrian Cable · CC BY-SA 2.0Households with dependent children: 20%, a lower share than 95% of UK towns
With a median age of 51.4, Sproughton is older than 91% of UK towns. Households without a car or van account for 8.1%. 803 residents in 389 households: that is Sproughton at the 2021 Census. Across England’s towns, households average 2.4 people; in the village, 2.1.
29% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 89% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 55–59 than any other five-year age: nearly one in ten residents, 1.3 times the share across England’s towns. Typically, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. Here, 9.7% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
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 91% of UK towns: 3.7%
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%.
In Sproughton, 33% of adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. 8.7% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, a lower share than in 51% of UK towns. Full-time students: 7.9% across England’s towns, for comparison.
34% of households are one person living alone, more than in 83% 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, 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home; in Sproughton, 2.1%. By way of comparison, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns.
In Sproughton, 47% of households live in a detached house, more than in 87% 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
The share of households in terraced houses is 11%, against 24% across England’s towns. Across Sproughton, 13% of households live in a flat or apartment. The wider picture: just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
Above 82% of UK towns: 99% of residents have English as their main language
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 EU countries (3.4%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.1%). The share of residents whose main language is English across England’s towns is 90%. 5.6% of residents were born outside the UK, fewer than in 58% of UK towns.
A larger share of residents who describe themselves as White British than 66% of UK towns: 94%
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: 94% of Sproughton · Suffolk’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The groups that follow White British are Mixed or multiple (2.5%), Other White (2.3%) and Caribbean (0.3%). Set beside that, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. Residents with no religion are more common here than in 53% of UK towns. Add to that, 50% of residents describe themselves as Christian; across England’s towns the figure is 46%.
29% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, fewer than in 78% 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
22 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. For adults who have never married, the comparison across England’s towns is 39%. Higher than in 85% of UK towns: 11% of residents give unpaid care. With married adults and civil partners at 49%, Sproughton is ahead of 56% of UK towns on that count.
Adults with a degree-level qualification: 30%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
17% of Sproughton’s adults have no qualification (18% across England’s towns), and 30% have one at degree level (34%).
Sproughton and its 7 nearest towns: 2 of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sproughton | 803 | — | 51.4 | 29% | 20% |
| Bramford | 2,335 | 1 mi | 51.9 | 33% | 19% |
| Ipswich | 151,566 | 2.6 mi | 39 | 17% | 29% |
| Claydon | 3,140 | 3.3 mi | 48.8 | 27% | 26% |
| Great Blakenham | 2,188 | 3.4 mi | 31.9 | 8.7% | 35% |
| Elmsett | 1,001 | 4.5 mi | 54 | 32% | 23% |
| Capel St Mary | 2,992 | 4.6 mi | 50.7 | 31% | 25% |
| Hadleigh | 8,638 | 6 mi | 46.7 | 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 Sproughton’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 Sproughton’s residents
What is the population of Sproughton?
The 2021 Census counted 803 people in Sproughton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Sproughton?
The median age was 51.4 at the 2021 Census. 9.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 29% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Sproughton?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Suffolk’s towns. 5.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Sproughton?
41% said they had no religion and 50% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.9% were Muslim and 7% didn’t answer.
Is Sproughton good for families?
20% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Sproughton’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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