Photo: Adrian S Pye · CC BY-SA 2.0Tostock is older than 92% of UK towns: a median age of 52.2
Where nearly a quarter of households have no car or van across England’s towns, Tostock has 6%. On the census count, nearly three in five adults are married or in a civil partnership. Compared with other places, households in flats are scarce here: 1.4%, fewer than in 99% of UK towns. The village is home to 511 residents in 219 households, by the 2021 Census.
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 88% of UK towns: 29%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 55–59 than any other five-year age: 10% of residents, 1.5 times the share across England’s towns. The share of residents aged 15 to 24 stands at 8.8%. The wider picture: 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 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.
A smaller share of full-time students than 86% of UK towns: 3.9%
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%.
The share of residents who moved in within the year is 8.1%, against 11% across England’s towns. Across the comparison, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Tostock sits below 87% of UK towns for one-person households (25%)
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.
Compared with 4.3% across England’s towns, 2.7% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home here. For one-person households, the comparison across England’s towns is 30%. Households average 2.3 people. On households with dependent children, Tostock sits lower than 71% of UK towns: 25%.
A larger share of households in detached houses than 97% of UK towns: 62%
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 figure for households in terraced houses is 6.4% in Tostock and 24% across England’s towns. For households in detached houses, the comparison across England’s towns is 21%.
Tostock ranks above 99% of UK towns on residents whose main language is English: 100%
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
Across England’s towns the share born abroad is 18%; in Tostock it is 3.9%. Typically, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (1.2%) or in the Middle East and Asia (1.2%).
Above 91% of UK towns: 58% of residents describe themselves as Christian
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 Tostock · Suffolk’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Across England’s towns, 37% of residents said they have no religion; in Tostock, 36%. Locally, 95% of residents describe themselves as White British. Typically, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
Below 98% of UK towns: 23% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership
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
Unpaid carers are about as common here as across England’s towns: 8.8%. The usual figure: 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Among adults, 45% hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 34% of adults have a degree-level qualification; in Tostock, 45%, and 14% have none, against 18%.
Among its 7 nearest neighbours, 1 are older than Tostock
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tostock | 511 | — | 52.2 | 29% | 25% |
| Woolpit | 1,838 | 1.6 mi | 52 | 31% | 21% |
| Elmswell | 4,446 | 2.2 mi | 43.2 | 23% | 27% |
| Thurston | 3,009 | 2.4 mi | 49.1 | 27% | 25% |
| Great Barton | 1,848 | 4.4 mi | 54.2 | 35% | 23% |
| Ixworth | 2,296 | 4.4 mi | 49.7 | 27% | 26% |
| Haughley | 1,316 | 4.8 mi | 48.8 | 29% | 21% |
| Walsham le Willows | 1,258 | 5.6 mi | 49 | 25% | 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 Tostock’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 Tostock’s residents
What is the population of Tostock?
The 2021 Census counted 511 people in Tostock’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Tostock?
The median age was 52.2 at the 2021 Census. 8.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 29% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Tostock?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Suffolk’s towns. 3.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Tostock?
36% said they had no religion and 58% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5.5% didn’t answer.
Is Tostock good for families?
25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Tostock’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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