Photo: Colin Park · CC BY-SA 2.0A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of UK towns, at 5.1%
With households in terraced houses at 36%, Stoke-by-Clare is ahead of 91% of UK towns on that count. At the 2021 Census, 239 people lived locally, in 111 households. Census figures put households in flats at 2.7% locally. The village has more residents who describe themselves as White British than 86% of UK towns, at 96%.
Older than 89% of UK towns: half of Stoke-by-Clare is over 51
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 75–79, with nearly one in ten residents, 2.4 times the share across England’s towns. For Stoke-by-Clare, the census puts residents aged 65 and over at 29%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 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.
Full-time students: 2%, a lower share than 99% 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%.
Across England’s towns, a third of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine work; in Stoke-by-Clare, 35% and 26%. At 8%, the share of residents who moved in within the year is lower than in nearly two thirds of UK towns. On average, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
23% of households have dependent children, fewer than in 87% 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.
In Stoke-by-Clare the average household is 2.1 people, beside 2.4 across England’s towns. At 3.6%, the share of shared households of unrelated adults is higher than in 88% of UK towns. The share of households with dependent children across England’s towns is 29%. Locally, 31% of households are one person living alone.
Stoke-by-Clare sits below 60% of UK towns for households without a car or van (14%)
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
2.7% of households live in a flat, less than in 94% of UK towns; 29% in a detached house, against 21% across England’s towns. As a yardstick, nearly a quarter of households have no car or van across England’s towns.
2.5% of residents were born outside the UK, fewer than in 96% 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
Nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns, against 99% in Stoke-by-Clare. The usual figure: 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (1.7%), then in Africa (0.4%).
More residents who describe themselves as Christian than 62% of UK towns: 51%
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: 96% of Stoke-by-Clare · Suffolk’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
After White British, the most common groups are Other White (2.5%), Mixed or multiple (1.3%) and Caribbean (0.4%). For residents who describe themselves as Christian, the comparison across England’s towns is 46%. In Stoke-by-Clare, just over two in five residents said they have no religion, beside 37% across England’s towns.
Stoke-by-Clare sits below 96% of UK towns for unpaid carers (7%)
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
30% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, against 39% across England’s towns. As a yardstick, nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care across England’s towns. Across Stoke-by-Clare, 48% of adults are married or in a civil partnership.
36% of adults hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 18% of adults have no qualification; in Stoke-by-Clare, 19%, while 36% hold one at degree level (34%).
Of the 7 towns nearest Stoke-by-Clare, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stoke-by-Clare | 239 | — | 51 | 29% | 23% |
| Clare | 2,278 | 2.1 mi | 53.2 | 33% | 19% |
| Kedington | 1,778 | 2.9 mi | 47.1 | 27% | 30% |
| Great Yeldham | 1,824 | 3.4 mi | 45.6 | 20% | 30% |
| Steeple Bumpstead | 1,376 | 4.2 mi | 48.8 | 25% | 25% |
| Haverhill | 26,704 | 4.8 mi | 39.2 | 16% | 32% |
| Cock and End | 1,346 | 5.3 mi | 34.9 | 3% | 21% |
| Castle Hedingham | 1,045 | 5.6 mi | 52.9 | 32% | 21% |
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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 Stoke-by-Clare’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 Stoke-by-Clare’s residents
What is the population of Stoke-by-Clare?
The 2021 Census counted 239 people in Stoke-by-Clare’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Stoke-by-Clare?
The median age was 51 at the 2021 Census. 5.1% of residents were 15 to 24 and 29% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Stoke-by-Clare?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Suffolk’s towns. 2.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Stoke-by-Clare?
41% said they had no religion and 51% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 7.2% didn’t answer.
Is Stoke-by-Clare good for families?
23% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Stoke-by-Clare’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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