Photo: Geographer · CC BY-SA 2.04.5% of households live in a flat or apartment, below 85% of UK towns
30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns, against 33% in Stanton. More households in detached houses than in nearly four fifths of UK towns: 42%. There were 1,034 households locally at the 2021 Census, home to 2,316 residents. Residents who describe themselves as White British account for 95%.
9.2% of residents are aged 15 to 24, fewer than in 70% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Against a figure of 18% across England’s towns, the share of residents aged 65 and over in Stanton comes in at 22%. For comparison, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. With a median age of 44.3, Stanton is younger than just over half 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.
In Stanton, 4.2% of adults are full-time students, fewer than in 75% 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%.
Residents who moved in within the year: 11%, near enough the figure across England’s towns. The benchmark for full-time students across England’s towns: 7.9%.
A smaller share of shared households of unrelated adults than 73% of UK towns: 1.9%
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.
At 2.2 people, the average household compares with 2.4 across England’s towns. The usual figure: 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns. Households with dependent children account for 28%.
A lower share of households without a car or van than 68% of UK towns, at 12%
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
16% of households live in a terraced house; across England’s towns the figure is 24%.
Residents whose main language is English make up 99% in Stanton, more than in 85% 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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Residents born outside the UK make up 4.7%, against 18% across England’s towns. The share of residents whose main language is English across England’s towns is 90%. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (2.6%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.1%).
Stanton: 43% of residents said they have no religion, above 64% of UK towns
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 Stanton · Suffolk’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
48% of residents describe themselves as Christian; across England’s towns the figure is 46%. Elsewhere, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. The groups that follow White British are Other White (2.7%), Mixed or multiple (1.7%) and Indian (0.2%).
In Stanton, 46% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, fewer than in 64% 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
Heavy unpaid care, 50 hours a week or more, falls to 61 residents. Typically, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. On adults who have never married, Stanton sits higher than 56% of UK towns: 33%. Nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care, about the same as across England’s towns.
Degree-level qualifications: 23% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
22% of Stanton’s adults have no qualification (18% across England’s towns), and 23% have one at degree level (34%).
Stanton is younger than 6 of its 7 nearest neighbours
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stanton | 2,316 | — | 44.3 | 22% | 28% |
| Ixworth | 2,296 | 2.7 mi | 49.7 | 27% | 26% |
| Walsham le Willows | 1,258 | 3 mi | 49 | 25% | 25% |
| Rickinghall and Botesdale | 1,842 | 5.1 mi | 52.6 | 31% | 21% |
| Thurston | 3,009 | 6 mi | 49.1 | 27% | 25% |
| Great Barton | 1,848 | 6.1 mi | 54.2 | 35% | 23% |
| Elmswell | 4,446 | 6.2 mi | 43.2 | 23% | 27% |
| Gislingham | 1,172 | 6.8 mi | 50.3 | 24% | 25% |
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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 Stanton’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 Stanton’s residents
What is the population of Stanton?
The 2021 Census counted 2,316 people in Stanton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Stanton?
The median age was 44.3 at the 2021 Census. 9.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 22% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Stanton?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Suffolk’s towns. 4.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Stanton?
43% said they had no religion and 48% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5.7% didn’t answer.
Is Stanton good for families?
28% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Stanton’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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