Photo: Adrian Cable · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 52: Tuddenham St Martin is older than 92% of UK towns
The figure for households in flats is 0.6% in Tuddenham St Martin and 23% across England’s towns. 355 residents in 167 households: that is Tuddenham St Martin at the 2021 Census. Across Tuddenham St Martin, nearly a fifth of households have dependent children. Compared with other places, households without a car or van are scarce here: 5.5%, fewer than in 98% of UK towns.
More residents aged 65 and over than 78% of UK towns: 26%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Young people aged 15 to 24 make up 10% of residents, against 12% across England’s towns. Across the comparison, 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 student village: 5.4% of adults study full-time
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, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier; in Tuddenham St Martin, 12%. The comparison figure for full-time students is 7.9% across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Smaller households than 87% of UK towns: 2.1 people on average
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.
The share of one-person households trails 70% of UK towns: 28%. Shared households of unrelated adults are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns.
51% of households live in a detached house, more than in 90% 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
Where nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns, Tuddenham St Martin has 21%.
A higher share of residents whose main language is English than 99% of UK towns, at 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
Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (1.4%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.1%). Compared with other places, residents born outside the UK are scarce here: 3.4%, fewer than in 86% of UK towns. Measured more widely, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
Above 99% of UK towns: 98% of residents describe themselves as White British
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: 98% of Tuddenham St Martin · Suffolk’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
In Tuddenham St Martin, 56% of residents describe themselves as Christian, beside 46% across England’s towns. On the census count, just over two in five residents said they have no religion. Against that, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns.
Tuddenham St Martin ranks above 77% of UK towns on married adults and civil partners: 52%
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 number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 11. 10% of residents give unpaid care, a higher share than in 68% of UK towns. Married adults and civil partners make up 44% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership; in Tuddenham St Martin, 32%.
Degree-level qualifications reach 39% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
With 39% of its adults qualified to degree level, Tuddenham St Martin compares with 34% across England’s towns; another 10% hold no qualification (18%).
Around Tuddenham St Martin, 1 of 7 towns have a higher 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuddenham St Martin | 355 | — | 52 | 26% | 19% |
| Grundisburgh | 1,424 | 2.6 mi | 49 | 27% | 28% |
| Kesgrave | 14,947 | 2.9 mi | 44.1 | 20% | 33% |
| Ipswich | 151,566 | 3 mi | 39 | 17% | 29% |
| Martlesham | 1,976 | 3.7 mi | 47.8 | 28% | 28% |
| Claydon | 3,140 | 3.7 mi | 48.8 | 27% | 26% |
| Martlesham Heath | 2,730 | 3.9 mi | 54.5 | 34% | 18% |
| Bramford | 2,335 | 4.4 mi | 51.9 | 33% | 19% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- The Census was taken in a lockdown, in term time. 21 March 2021 fell in term time, and students were asked to give their term-time address, so most were counted where they study. Some may have been living with family that day.
- “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 Tuddenham St Martin’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 Tuddenham St Martin’s residents
What is the population of Tuddenham St Martin?
The 2021 Census counted 355 people in Tuddenham St Martin’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Tuddenham St Martin?
The median age was 52 at the 2021 Census. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 26% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Tuddenham St Martin?
98% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Suffolk’s towns. 3.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Tuddenham St Martin?
41% said they had no religion and 56% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 2.5% didn’t answer.
Is Tuddenham St Martin good for families?
19% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Tuddenham St Martin’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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