Photo: Robin Webster · CC BY-SA 2.0Tuddenham ranks below 99% of UK towns on households without a car or van: 2.8%
Nearly a quarter of households have dependent children; across England’s towns the figure is 29%. Census day 2021: 420 residents and 179 households in Tuddenham. The share of households in detached houses stands at 54%. Higher than in 88% of UK towns: 55% of adults are married or in a civil partnership.
Older than 76% of UK towns: half of Tuddenham is over 48.4
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 50–54 than any other five-year age: one in ten residents, 1.5 times the share across England’s towns. One in ten residents are aged 15 to 24. Residents aged 65 and over are rarer here than in 51% of UK towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Residents who moved in within the year make up 6% in Tuddenham, less than in 97% 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%.
Where 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns, Tuddenham has 5.1%. Against that, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Only 26% of households in Tuddenham are one person living alone
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.
Shared households of unrelated adults are about as common here as across England’s towns, at 3.4%. Against that, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. There are 2.3 people in the average household.
7.8% of households live in a terraced house, fewer than in 94% 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
Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns. The share of households in terraced houses across England’s towns is 24%.
Above 99% of UK towns: 100% 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 the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (6.4%) and in EU countries (1%). Residents whose main language is English make up 90% across England’s towns. On residents born outside the UK, Tuddenham sits higher than 69% of UK towns: 8.8%.
Tuddenham sits above 85% of UK towns for residents who describe themselves as Christian (56%)
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: 92% of Tuddenham · Suffolk’s towns 86% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Across England’s towns, the share of residents with no religion is 37%; Tuddenham has 35%. Compared with other places, residents who describe themselves as White British are common here: 92%, more than in 52% of UK towns. On average, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
Adults who have never married make up 27% in Tuddenham, less than in 82% 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
Unpaid carers make up 8.5%, close to the figure across England’s towns. By way of comparison, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. 6 people care, unpaid, for 50 hours or more a week.
The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 38%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Tuddenham’s adults: 38% with a degree-level qualification and 19% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
Tuddenham is older than every town around it
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 | 420 | — | 48.4 | 22% | 23% |
| Red Lodge | 5,771 | 2.2 mi | 30.9 | 6.1% | 38% |
| Mildenhall | 9,684 | 2.8 mi | 38.2 | 19% | 26% |
| Kentford | 1,124 | 3.7 mi | 39.9 | 19% | 34% |
| Beck Row | 4,129 | 4.8 mi | 31.4 | 11% | 34% |
| Little Eriswell | 4,120 | 5.2 mi | 23.9 | 0.7% | 54% |
| Barrow | 1,961 | 5.2 mi | 45.3 | 25% | 27% |
| Isleham | 2,287 | 5.9 mi | 44.6 | 23% | 28% |
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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’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’s residents
What is the population of Tuddenham?
The 2021 Census counted 420 people in Tuddenham’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Tuddenham?
The median age was 48.4 at the 2021 Census. 9.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 22% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Tuddenham?
92% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 86% across Suffolk’s towns. 8.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Tuddenham?
35% said they had no religion and 56% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 8.8% didn’t answer.
Is Tuddenham good for families?
23% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Tuddenham’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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